The Texas Rangers of the American Professional Baseball (MLB) team introduced the new family, Hyun-jong Yang, 33, in detail in the 2021 media guide first published online on the 27th (Korean time).
The Media Guide is a player information brochure.
The Texas club also included the career records of players who participated in Spring Camp as invited players after signing a minor league contract in the media guide.
The Texas club said that Yang Hyun-jong swept the Korean professional baseball regular league and the best Korean series player (MVP) in 2017 and won the KBO league average ERA title twice in 2015 and 2019.
In addition, he added that in 2014 and 2017, he received the Choi Dong-won Award, which is the best between MLB.
Texas also announced Yang Hyun-jong's annual performance and national team history, and noted that he started in 30 games a year on average for 7 years from 2014 to last year, earning 14 wins and throwing 184⅓ innings.
In the aftermath of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the major league played only 60 games per team last year, and Hyunjong Yang's steadfastness is considered a strength that increases his chances of being promoted to the big league.
After Park Chan-ho (2002-2005), Choo Shin-soo (2014-2020), and Rob Lepsnyder (2020), the Texas club predicted that Yang Hyeon-jong could become the fourth big leaguer born in Korea in the history of the Texas club.
If Yang Hyun-jong is included in the opening game's 26 rosters and enters the big league stage, he will earn up to 1.85 million dollars in annual salary this year.
Outfielder Lepsnyder (30), also known as Kim Jeong-tae, was born in Seoul and adopted into an American family. He hit 0.200 in Texas last year and was released, and signed a minor contract with the Minnesota Twins.
(Photo = Captured video interview of Texas club, Yonhap News)