Park Hae-min celebrates after hitting a double within the backside of the third inning in the course of the 2025 Ok-Baseball Collection analysis match between South Korea and Japan held at Tokyo Dome in Japan, Nov. 16. Yonhap
The reigning South Korean baseball champions LG Twins can be with their captain Park Hae-min for 4 extra years.
The Twins introduced Friday that Park agreed to a four-year contract value as much as 6.5 billion gained (US$4.4 million). The middle fielder obtained a signing bonus of three.5 billion gained and his complete wage at some stage in the deal can be 2.5 billion gained. He can earn one other 500 million gained in incentives.
Park, 35, has been with the Twins since 2022 and has not missed a recreation over the previous 4 seasons, placing up a .278 batting common and 142 steals — tied for first within the Korea Baseball Group (KBO) within the 2022-2025 interval.
Park was a key member of the Twins’ Korean Collection championship groups in 2023 and 2025, and he served as their captain this yr. On this previous common season, Park stole 49 bases to steer the KBO for a report fifth time.
Lengthy thought to be a premier defender, Park has gained the KBO Fielding Awards in heart discipline in 2023 and 2025.
After he grew to become a free agent earlier this month, Park had been rumored to be on his approach out of the Twins. However the Seoul-based membership retained him on a deal that can take him by way of his age-39 season, possible making certain that Park will end his profession in his hometown.
“I might wish to thank the membership for making me such an amazing supply. I’m blissful to proceed my profession as a member of the LG Twins and I’ll attempt to reward our followers with extra championships,” Park mentioned. “I additionally wish to thank my teammates for placing their religion in me as their captain this yr.”
The Twins mentioned the sensation was mutual, thanking Park for rejecting robust affords from different golf equipment to remain put in Seoul.
“He has performed an enormous function in serving to us win two titles since he joined us and he tell us he needed to stay an LG Twin,” the workforce mentioned. “We hope he can take us to even better heights.”
Park is the fifth free agent to signal this offseason, leaving 16 gamers unsigned. (Yonhap)
