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Twins will negotiate for Korean slugger Park Byung-Ho

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South Korea's Park Byung-Ho throws a pitch during a 2014 Asian Games match played in Incheon (AFP Photo/Manan Vatsyayana)

Los Angeles (AFP) - The Minnesota Twins placed the winning bid to negotiate a Major League Baseball deal with South Korean slugger Park Byung-Ho, the club and MLB said.

The Twins have 30 days to reach a deal with the first-baseman after paying a reported $12.85 million for the right to negotiate with the 29-year-old who hit 53 home runs and 146 runs-batted-in in 19040 games for the Korean Baseball Organization's Nexen Heroes this year.