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KBO stars Hwang and Son can help the Angels in 2016

While the Angels search for internal solutions to help fill the coaching staff vacancies, perhaps on-the-field help could come from the international market.

The Angels may have priced themselves out of the international amateur market for the next two years with the blockbuster signing of shortstop Roberto Baldoquin for $8M (with a 100% overage tax of ~$7M), but that doesn't preclude the club from dipping into another international market: Southeast Asia.

Recently, mlbtraderumors.com reported that both 28-year-old third baseman Jae-gyun Hwang and outfielder Ah-seop Son have asked their club, the Lotte Giants of the Korean Baseball Organization, for permission to be posted this offseason.