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Kim Ji-Woo is the latest in a long line of promising two-way prospects to emerge from the amateur ranks since Shohei Ohtani arrived from ****** an.
Kim, 18, reportedly received an offer north of $1 million from the Toronto Blue Jays, among other potential MLB suitors.
Instead, he will stay at home and enter the KBO draft, according to a post on Kim’s Instagram account June 21.
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“I recently received generous offers from several MLB teams who believed in my potential, and I came close to signing. However, I have decided to respectfully decline the MLB offers and instead enter the KBO rookie draft,” Kim wrote, according to a translation provided by KBO in English on Twitter/X. “What I want most is to play in Korea’s passionate ballparks, and hearing the cheers from the fans. I felt that the right order is to prove myself as a good player on the KBO stage and earn recognition from KBO fans.”
Kim, 18, reportedly received an offer north of $1 million from the Toronto Blue Jays, among other potential MLB suitors.
Instead, he will stay at home and enter the KBO draft, according to a post on Kim’s Instagram account June 21.
MORE: Nationals’ World Series champion announces immediate retirement from MLB at 31
“I recently received generous offers from several MLB teams who believed in my potential, and I came close to signing. However, I have decided to respectfully decline the MLB offers and instead enter the KBO rookie draft,” Kim wrote, according to a translation provided by KBO in English on Twitter/X. “What I want most is to play in Korea’s passionate ballparks, and hearing the cheers from the fans. I felt that the right order is to prove myself as a good player on the KBO stage and earn recognition from KBO fans.”
