"Less than 24 hours left." MLB without an answer, Ko Woo-suk will return to LG
Attention is focusing on whether closing pitcher Ko Woo-seok, who led the LG Twins to the unified victory last season, will dramatically sign a contract with the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) club.
After the 2023 season, Ko expressed his intention to challenge the MLB. In response, KBO requested MLB Secretariat to post Ko to 30 MLB clubs on Nov. 28 last year at the request of LG Twins club.
However, unlike his brother-in-law Lee Jung-hoo, who signed a six-year, $130 million (about 146.2 billion won) mega contract with San Francisco by posting together, Ko Woo-seok still has no news.
The problem is that Ko Woo-suk doesn't have much time left.
The deadline for posting of MLB is 7 a.m. on Monday (Korea time), which is less than 24 hours away. If he fails to sign the contract before then, Ko Woo-suk will not be able to play in the MLB in the 2024 season.
The majority say that Ko Woo-suk is unlikely to advance to MLB due to the circumstances.
Ko Woo-suk, who joined LG with his first nomination in 2017, recorded a total of 19 wins, 26 losses, six holds, 139 saves, and an ERA of 3.18 in 354 games and 368.1 innings from his first year of joining the team. Since 2019, he has achieved double-digit saves for five consecutive years, playing as a top-class closing pitcher representing the league.
In particular, he played 61 games in the 2022 season, achieving a career high with 4 wins, 2 losses, 42 saves and a 1.48 ERA, and also won the title of relief king.
However, he had three wins, eight losses, and 15 saves last season, showing poor performance compared to the previous year. For this reason, the prevailing assessment was that Ko Woo-suk's application for posting was unexpected.
At first, the mood seemed not bad. The St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Central, a former team of Oh Seung-hwan and Kim Kwang-hyun, were the first to show interest in recruiting Ko.
In the western district, Arizona Diamond Bex and Seattle Mariners were named as teams that could recruit Ko Woo-suk, and local reports said that the New York Yankees, a prestigious MLB tradition, was also considering recruiting Ko Woo-suk.
Along with Lee Jung-hoo, the possibility of going to MLB together with brother-in-law and brother-in-law has risen, but the big league challenge has passed the year, and time is not on Ko Woo-seok's side anymore. 헤라카지노
If he fails to sign a contract with the MLB club, Ko will join LG in the 2024 season. Even if he fails to post, he can become a free agent (FA) and take on the challenge again after the 2024 season.
Since it is a free status that does not cost posting money a year later, it can increase the possibility of entering MLB. As the posting application clearly informs the name of the person, it cannot be concluded that the challenge itself is a failure even if it does not go this time.