The Korea Baseball Group (KBO) introduced Friday it has requested Main League Baseball (MLB) to publish All-Star infielder Track Sung-mun.
Track’s KBO membership, the Kiwoom Heroes, requested the KBO earlier within the day to publish Track, and the league workplace promptly knowledgeable MLB of Track’s availability.
Underneath an settlement between the 2 leagues, as soon as a KBO participant is posted, any of the 30 MLB golf equipment can negotiate a cope with that participant inside a 30-day window.
In response to the Heroes, the window will open at 8 a.m. Japanese time (ET) on Saturday — the day after MLB golf equipment are notified — and can shut at 5 p.m. ET on Dec. 21.
If Track lands a deal, he would turn out to be the sixth Heroes participant to achieve MLB, following Kang Jung-ho (Pittsburgh Pirates), Park Byung-ho (Minnesota Twins), Kim Ha-seong (San Diego Padres), Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco Giants) and Kim Hye-seong (Los Angeles Dodgers).
Track is represented by ISE Baseball, which beforehand labored with Kim Ha-seong.
KBO groups obtain a “launch charge” in the event that they lose a participant to MLB by posting, and the quantity will depend upon the assured portion of the participant’s contract.
The discharge charge is 20 % of the primary $25 million and 17.5 % of the quantity exceeding the following $25 million. As an example, if a participant indicators for over $50 million, then his former KBO workforce will obtain 20 % of the primary $25 million ($5 million) and 17.5 % of the following $25 million ($4,375,000), plus 15 % of the quantity exceeding $50 million.
If Track can’t come to an settlement with an MLB workforce, he will not be posted once more till Nov. 1, 2026.
In August, Track signed a six-year extension at 12 billion gained ($8.15 million). It is going to kick in at the beginning of subsequent yr if Track would not attain MLB. But when he does, the deal can be routinely voided.
Track, 29, was drafted within the second spherical by the Heroes in 2014 and has by no means performed for an additional franchise. The late bloomer has had his two best seasons in 2024 and 2025.
Final yr, he broke out with a .340/.409/.518 line, and profession highs of 19 homers, 104 RBIs and 21 steals. He overcame a gradual begin to this yr to complete with a .315/.387/.530 line, 26 dwelling runs, 90 RBIs and 25 steals.
Track, who bats left and throws proper, is primarily a 3rd baseman, however has additionally frolicked at second base and first base.
