{"id":493391,"date":"2026-02-23T04:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T04:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/493391\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T04:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T04:36:08","slug":"kbos-si-hwan-roh-could-explore-mlb-posting-next-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/493391\/","title":{"rendered":"KBO’s Si Hwan Roh Could Explore MLB Posting Next Offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization announced an 11-year extension with third baseman Si Hwan Roh<\/a> that covers the 2027-37 seasons.\u00a0 The contract is the longest deal in KBO history and the most expensive, as Roh is set to earn up to $30.7 billion won (a little over $21.3MM in USD).\u00a0 Some options are included in the deal, including the intriguing possibility that the extension might not take place at all \u2014 following the 2026 KBO season, Roh is allowed to explore a move to Major League Baseball via the posting system.<\/p>\n

If Roh is posted next winter and he doesn\u2019t agree to a deal with a big league team within the 30-day posting window, he\u2019ll return to the Eagles and enter into his 11-year commitment.\u00a0 If Roh does sign with a MLB club, the Eagles would be in line for a posting fee if Roh landed a guaranteed deal worth at least $25MM.\u00a0 The fee would be worth 20% of the first $25MM of Roh\u2019s contract, 17.5% of the next $25MM, and $15% for anything beyond $50MM.<\/p>\n

With $21.3MM already waiting for Roh, any interested Major League teams would likely have to significantly top that figure to lure Roh away from the Eagles.\u00a0 The likelihood that MLB locks out the players next winter is another chief factor for Roh and other international talents, as they may prefer to remain in their own leagues rather than come to the big leagues at a time of labor turmoil.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also the fact that Roh may not trigger his posting clause out of sheer loyalty to the Eagles.\u00a0 \u201cI want to share the beginning and the end with Hanwha.\u00a0 I have never once thought about leaving the team, so I don\u2019t even want to imagine it,\u201d Roh told ChosunBiz<\/a> and other outlets.\u00a0 The length of the extension held particular appeal for Roh, as \u201cthe number 11 resonates with me more than the figure of 30.7 billion won.\u00a0 It motivates me and makes me proud.\u00a0 Joining the Hanwha Eagles and being able to play for a single team for a long time as a baseball player is an enormous source of pride and was my dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

With all this in mind, Roh\u2019s contract might be nothing more than transactional footnote as it relates to fans of Major League Baseball, if he indeed remains with the Eagles for the remainder of his career.\u00a0 The nature of the contract perhaps could be a precedent for international teams (from the KBO or Japan\u2019s Nippon Professional Baseball) to entice some top talents into staying put, rather than seeking out a contract in North America.\u00a0 Should a team put a concrete contract and figure on the table, the player now has a clear price point to take across the pond when negotiating with MLB teams.<\/p>\n

Fans will get a chance to see Roh in action for South Korea\u2019s team during the World Baseball Classic, and he has an impressive resume over his seven seasons with the Eagles.\u00a0 Roh has hit .264\/.352\/.449 with 124 home runs over 3347 career plate appearances, and he hit a career-best 32 homers in 2025 while helping the Eagles reach the Korean Series for the first time since 2006.\u00a0 Roh has played exclusively at third base for the last two seasons, and he saw some action at shortstop and first base earlier in his career.<\/p>\n

Roh is entering his age-25 season, so he\u2019d be 26 if and when he is posted for big league teams in the offseason.\u00a0 This young age surely informed the Eagles\u2019 decision to make such a lengthy commitment to Roh, and his youth may hold particular appeal (though obviously not in the form of 11 years) to any interested MLB teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization announced an 11-year extension with third baseman Si Hwan Roh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,198053,82],"class_list":["post-493391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-si-hwan-roh","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}