Baseball transaction foiled due to league's oversight
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean professional baseball league has off...
The South Korean professional baseball league (KBO) has apologized for its oversight that prevented the LG Twins from acquiring pitcher Akitake Okada from the Ulsan Whales of the Futures League. The attempt to sign Okada as a replacement for injured Australian pitcher Lachlan Wells failed due to a rule the KBO failed to enforce.
The rule stipulates that Futures League players can only sign with KBO clubs between the end of the postseason and July 31 of the following year. The KBO acknowledged the error and apologized to both the LG Twins and Ulsan Whales for the missed opportunity. Okada, 32, who had a 4-3 record with the Whales, had traveled to Seoul earlier to prepare for the move but returned to Ulsan.
Meanwhile, the Twins announced that injured pitcher Wells would be replaced in the starting rotation by Park Si-won.
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