Professional baseball LG Twins closing pitcher Ko Woo-seok (25) has entered the countdown to advance to the Major League (MLB) of American professional baseball.When the American media reported on the 3rd (Korean time) that Go Woo-seok and the San Diego Padres reached a contract agreement, the LG club said, “Go Woo-seok recently received an offer from a major league club according to the posting system procedure, and the LG Twins are recruiting players.” “We have decided to respect his wishes and send him to the major league team that made the offer,” the official announced.On this day, Go Woo-seok left for the United States to undergo a physical examination and finalize his contract.Go Woo-seok’s negotiation deadline is 7 a.m. on the 4th, Korean time.As the LG club allowed Go Woo-seok to advance to the major league regardless of the posting fee (transfer fee) of the big league club, ‘brother-in-law’ Jeong-hoo Lee (25, San Francisco Giants) has already found a new home for a large sum of $113 million over 6 years. ) and ‘brother-in-law’ Go Woo-seok, competing in the same National League West Division this year, the ‘family glory’ has become a reality.
Reporter John Heyman of the New York Post, a representative MLB source, posted on his social network service (SNS) on this day, “The contract between Woo Suk Go and San Diego is imminent. He will probably be the closing pitcher. (Korean righthander Woo Suk Go close to signing with Padres) . Likely to be their closer)” he wrote.The specific contract size is unknown.If Ko Woo-seok passes the physical examination and signs the contract, he will form San Diego’s ‘Korean duo’ with infielder Kim Ha-seong, who won the ‘Gold Glove’.You may be able to see two Korean players at the same time in the ‘MLB Seoul Opening Game’ between San Diego and the Los Angeles Dodgers, which will be held at Gocheok Dome in Seoul on March 20th and 21st this year.The Dodgers have a large number of Korean and Japanese players, including superstars Shohei Otani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and the San Diego team has Ha-seong Kim, Yu Darubishu, and Yuki Matsui, so they are expected to receive great attention from baseball fans in both countries.The Dodgers and San Diego plan to hold practice games against teams in the metropolitan area ahead of the opening series.We can look forward to seeing Go Woo-seok wearing a San Diego uniform and facing LG batters.Go Woo-seok is expected to lock the back door of San Diego along with Matsui, a former firefighter with 200 saves and the youngest player in Japanese professional baseball, who recently signed a 슬롯게이밍 contract worth $28 million over the past five years.