Yasiel Puig is about to sign an Asian team, will he return to the KBO League?
Yasiel Puig is about to sign an Asian team, will he return to the KBO League?
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The possibility of Yasiel Puig (34), who draws attention just by his presence, returning to the Asian league is raising his head.메이저놀이터
Puig said goodbye to the Venezuelan Winter League, which he has been involved in this season, through his SNS on the 7th. In response, the U.S. News Week quoted a local reporter in Venezuela and reported that Puig will sign with the Asian team.
Puig is a versatile hitter with a batting average of 0.277, 132 homers, 415 RBIs and 79 steals in a total of 861 games in the Major League Baseball. Notably, he became acquainted with Ryu in 2013 while playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
However, they often hurt the team's atmosphere with insufficient professional consciousness, and in the end, they failed to find their team in 2020 when COVID-19 overlapped, and naturally took steps to exit the Major League.
Since then, Puig has turned to the Mexican League to show off his robustness and signed a contract with the Kiwoom Heroes in the KBO League in 2022 to draw the attention of domestic baseball fans.
Puig, who appeared in Kiwoom's uniform for the 2022 season, played in 126 games and quickly adapted to Korean baseball, batting .277 with 21 home runs and 73 RBIs. However, he was embroiled in a lawsuit regarding illegal sports gambling after the season ended, and was no longer seen in Korea.
Puig, who has not given up his will to live, continues to have a real sense of play through the Mexican League, the Dominican Winter League, and the Venezuelan Winter League. Recently, he has been involved in the Tiburones de la Guaira, which belongs to the Venezuelan Winter League, but the player himself said, "I am leaving the team to propose a contract for 2025," raising questions about his destination.
If he signs a contract with an Asian club, Kiwoom, the original team, will naturally come to mind first. This is because Kiwoom's decision, which passed the suspension right, is important for Puig to play in the KBO League.
However, Go Hyung-wook, Kiwoom's general manager, said, "I heard that the Asian team is interested in Puig. We also contacted each other to say hello, but nothing more happened. I've never heard of any request to release the right of withholding."
Puig showed off his unchanging skills with a batting average of 0.298 with 20 home runs and 55 RBIs in 81 games by playing both the Mexican League and the Venezuelan Winter League this year. Baseball fans are paying keen attention to where his plane will land, whether in Korea, Japan or Taiwan.