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As the first half of the season drew to a conclusion in South Korean baseball this week, a familiar name sat atop the home run leaderboard. Choi Jeong of the SSG Landers is tied for the home run lead in the Korea Baseball Organization with 19 after 73 games. He is chasing his fourth home run crown, which would make him the oldest player to lead the KBO in that category at 36 years and eight months old. The player on .
With spring training approaching, KBO club taking its time on acquiring foreign hitter January 27, 2021
Spring training in South Korean baseball starts in less than a week, and the Kiwoom Heroes remain the only club not to have filled all three foreign player slots for the 2021 season.
In the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), clubs can each acquire up to three players from overseas, with a maximum of two pitchers and at least one position player. All 10 clubs so far have signed two foreign pitchers each, and the Heroes have yet to find a new import bat for this year.
Kiwoom Heroes’ manager Hong Won-ki speaks to reporters in an online press conference held at Gocheok Sky Dome on Jan. 25, 2021, in this photo provided by the Heroes. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)