Outfielder Austin Dean re-signed with the LG Twins of the Korea Baseball Organization this week (h/t to Dan Kurtz of MyKBO). He’ll receive a $300K signing bonus, an $800K salary and up to $200K in incentives.
Dean will stick with the KBO’s defending champions for a second season. The right-handed hitter signed with the Seoul-based Twins last December. He had a strong year against KBO pitching, connecting on 23 home runs in 139 games. Dean ran a .314/.376/.517 slash line through 583 trips to the plate.
A fourth-round draftee of the Marlins in 2012, Dean has played parts of five seasons at the big league level. The bulk of that time came with Miami between 2018-19. He picked up sporadic reps with the Cardinals and Giants over the subsequent three seasons. Dean hit .228/.286/.390 over 365 plate appearances against big league arms.
Dean joined pitchers Casey Kelly and Adam Plutko as foreign players on the Twins’ roster in 2023. Kelly and Plutko are back in free agency. The New York Post’s Jon Heyman reported this week that Plutko was looking to make it back to MLB after two seasons with the Twins. MLB.com’s Jon Morosi tweeted on Tuesday that Kelly could be on major league teams’ radars as well.
Good for him hope he continues to thrive in the KBO
Probably eats free twice a day at his favorite Sushi spot too. What a life!
Like how Korean players get to eat two hamburgers a day at their favorite chili’s?
Gimbap maybe sushi is Japan.
Exactly. Korea is obsessed with burgers and american food. And yes there is Gimbap but you can also get a tempura crunch california roll if you wanted. Or sashimi. They have everything there. Even pad thai.
No. You’re a liar and a charlatan.
Been called slightly worse..Why do you think they are so underdeveloped? I said South Korea not North. Hamburgers are one of the most popular street foods there. Kobe beef is popular too and that is from Japan haha
What are you even talking about? Saying a lot of nothing. I know about my country. I wasn’t being serious anyway.
Sorry. I was getting out of hand.
I definitely gotta go to Korea someday to watch a game or two.
Make sure you go to the right part of Korea
North of course.
Guy’s raking in Korea.
Stunned he’s not back in the show.
Could always hit, but originally didn’t really have a defensive position, though I thought he was improving. I was told by a member of the Marlins front office several years ago, at this point, that he never got a real opportunity b/c Mike Hill hated him, and didnt think he had any actual skills…