Executing multiple positions Kim was a player to watch even before his professional debut in the KBO. He won the Lee Young-min Batting Award, given to the top-hitting high school player in Korea ...

Before the players otherwise known as the "Grandson of the Wind" and the "Comet" took the Majors by storm, they were two of ...

Track Record: A decorated high school player, Kim made his KBO debut at 18 years old and spent three seasons as Ha-Seong Kim’s double-play partner with Nexen and Kiwoom. Once Ha-Seong Kim signed ...

Ha-Seong Kim, SS, Kiwoom Heroes Kim is expected ... He jumped straight from high school to the KBO at 18 years old, bypassing the minor league KBO Futures League, and set a new KBO rookie record ...

including undrafted high school students or graduates, KBO officials for years have raised issues with teams' signings of top prospects. Before Kim Seong-min, 55 South Koreans signed with major ...

Kim wraps up his KBO career having hit .304/.364/.403 with 37 home runs and 211 stolen bases. He established a new single-season best by homering 11 times this past year. He's also a multi-time ...

Here's the breakdown of the posting fee tiers: Kim, 25, has spent his entire KBO career with the Heroes. In parts of eight seasons, he's hit .301/.361/.398 with 34 home runs and 196 stolen bases.

Kim bats right-handed and pitches from the right side as well. The phenom has drawn comparisons to Shohei Ohtani in high school and is taking a path rarely taken by skipping the KBO draft.

Kim will have until 5:00 pm Eastern on January 3 to sign (X link via Yoo). 9:17pm: The KBO announced that the Heroes have officially made Kim available via the posting system. The posting went ...

It is not an official opening of the posting process, which begins a 30-day window for a KBO player to negotiate with big league clubs. Regarding Kim, the status check is a formality. The lefty ...

It was from Karl Ravech and Boog Sciambi, two ESPN broadcasters who introduced themselves — Kim, a KBO analyst and former South Korea scout for major-league teams, had met Sciambi but not Ravech ...