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Longtime big league veteran Shin-Soo Choo announced earlier this week hat tip to Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap News that will be his final season in pro baseball. Choo is essentially playing for free in , as he re-signed with the Landers for a KBO-minimum salary and will donate the sum to charity. Choo hit. Choo was also something of an underrated threat power-wise home runs and on the basepaths steals in chances , as he authored three seasons during his big league career.

An international signing for the Mariners in , Choo spent parts of his first two Major League campaigns in Seattle before being traded to Cleveland in July It was a shrewd acquisition for the Indians, as Choo went on to become a lineup fixture over seven seasons with the Tribe. Choo ended up generating only 7.

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After garnering only limited interest from big league teams during the offseason, Choo decided to head back to his native country and sign with the Landers then known as the SK Wyverns. Since Choo had signed with the Mariners as an amateur, he had never played in the KBO League prior to , and his homecoming has been a successful one. Choo has hit.

Choo will receive 1. Choo who turned 40 in July will be entering his 23rd season in pro baseball. Even at his increased age, Choo has still been productive in his home country, hitting. Over 16 seasons of Major League ball, Choo was usually a very productive hitter, posting a. There was some speculation last winter that Choo might be considering a return to the majors, but no such news publicly surfaced this winter, and Choo will now return to the Landers in search of another championship.

The deal is worth 2. After sixteen consecutive seasons in MLB, Choo signed a one-year deal to return to his native South Korea for the season.