Former Los Angeles Dodgers right-fielder Yasiel Puig is returning to play in the Korean Baseball Organization, the highest level of baseball in South Korea. Puig announced he is returning to the Kiwoom Heroes for the 2025 season after previously playing for the team in 2022.
“Thank you HEROES I am so honored and happy to go back. This 2025 we get the [trophy],” Puig wrote on X.
Puig began his professional career with the Dodgers after they signed him to a seven-year, $42 million in 2012. He made his major league debut in June 2013, and became an MLB All-Star in 2014 as he hit .