South Korean baseball club Hanwha Eagles announced Friday they’ve acquired two veteran American pitchers with prior playing experience in the top domestic competition.The Korea Baseball Organization team said they’ve signed left-hander Shane Youman and right-hander Mitch Talbot.Youman will make $375,000, along with a $100,000 signing bonus. Talbot has signed for a $390,000 salary with a signing bonus of $210,000. Foreign players may only sign one-year deals in the KBO.Youman, 35, pitched the pas

South Korean baseball club NC Dinos announced Thursday they have re-signed infielder Eric Thames and starting pitcher Charlie Shirek for next season.The Korea Baseball Organization club said each player has signed for $1 million.Shirek, who will return for his third KBO season, made $300,000 in 2014. Thames, who joined the Dinos before the 2014 season, earned $250,000.Shirek in June became the first foreign pitcher to toss a no-hitter in league history. (Yonhap)

The Nexen Heroes announced on Wednesday they’ve signed former Major League Baseball left-hander Ryan Feierabend to a one-year deal.The Seoul-based Korea Baseball Organization club said the 29-year-old American has signed for $270,000 in annual salary, along with $30,000 in signing bonus and $80,000 in options.Feierabend has 31 big league games under his belt. He was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in 2003 and made his major league debut with the M’s in 2006. Most recently, the left-hander pitche

Nexen Heroes’ second baseman Seo Geon-chang on Tuesday was voted by his peers as the top player of 2014 in South Korean professional baseball.Seo was the winner of the Player of the Year honors at the Players Choice Awards, presented by the Korea Professional Baseball Players Association, the interest group for players in the Korea Baseball Organization.Two weeks ago, Seo captured the league MVP award, as voted by the media, thanks to his historic season. (Yonhap)

South Korean baseball club Nexen Heroes announced Monday they’ve re-signed their 20-game winner Andy Van Hekken for his fourth season.The Seoul-based Korea Baseball Organization team said Van Hekken will return for $650,000 in salary, along with a $50,000 signing bonus and $100,000 in options. He made $350,000 this year.The 35-year-old left-hander is coming off his best KBO season, after going 20-6 with a 3.51 ERA and 178 strikeouts in 187 innings. (Yonhap)

Cuban outfielder Yasmany Tomas is in the process of agreeing to a $68.5 million, six-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.The person spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the deal had not yet been completed. The person said several additional steps were necessary but the agreement was likely to be finalized in the next few days.MLB.com reported Wednesday a deal had been agreed to.Tomas, 24, hit .375 (6 for 16) for Cuba with

Two Korea Baseball Organization clubs on Tuesday announced their acquisitions of former Major League Baseball players.The Lotte Giants said they signed outfielder Jim Adduci to a one-year deal worth $650,000, a figure that includes a signing bonus.The 29-year-old played 61 games with the Texas Rangers in 2013 and 2014, with a career big league batting average of .189 with one home run, eight RBIs and five steals.Also on Tuesday, the LG Twins said they signed right-hander Lucas Harrell to a one-y

For a second straight day, the South Korean baseball club Kia Tigers and their posted left-hander Yang Hyeon-jong on Monday failed to narrow their differences over accepting a bid from a Major League Baseball club.Yang has asked the team to accept the bid so that he could pursue his dream of playing in the majors, while the Tigers, apparently not pleased with the amount of the winning bid, haven’t budged.An official with the Tigers said that while Yang understands the team’s plight, he said he’d

The Minnesota Twins have won the bidding war for the posted South Korean left-hander Yang Hyeon-jong, an informed baseball source told Yonhap on Sunday.The source, who’s familiar with the posting process, confirmed an earlier U.S. report that the Twins had submitted the highest bid for Yang. He has been pitching for the Kia Tigers in the Korea Baseball Organization since 2007 and became eligible for posting after the 2014 season.The value of the Twins’ bid has not been announced. Multiple indust

By winning his first Korea Baseball Organization MVP award, Seo Geon-chang, the dynamic leadoff man for the Nexen Heroes, capped off an improbable journey from the baseball netherworld to its pinnacle.Seo earned 77 of 99 possible votes cast by media to win the MVP in a landslide. During the regular season, he set new league records with 201 hits, 135 runs scored and 17 triples, while winning his first batting title with a .370 average.It’s hard to believe this is the same player who was struggli