The ex-grandeliga Cuban outfielder Yasiel puig signed a one-year, $ 1 million contract with the Kiwoom Heroes of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO), reported Jeeho Yoo Yonhap News Agency.
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Puig will receive the highest salary for a first-year foreign player at KBO, after spending his 2021 playing for El Águila de Veracruz in the Mexican Baseball League, where he hit .312 (from 205-64) with 12. doubles, 10 homers, 43 RBIs, .409 on-base percentage, .517 slugging and .926 OPS.
He also saw action with Toros del Este in the Dominican Republic, where in nine games he posted a line of .176 / .256 / .294 / .551 product of six hits in 34 at-bats, with a double, home run, two RBIs and 10 bases reached.
For his part, Francys Romero; who is Editor of Lasmayores.com, commented that Puig will report to his new team on February 1st.
Meanwhile, Kiwoom finished the 2021 season of Korean baseball with a 70-67 record, falling in the wild-card round by two games to one against the Doosan Bears, who ultimately succumbed in four games to KT Wiz in the Series of Korea.
