Park Hyo-joon, who is trying to enter the U.S. big league, was hit again by a sharp wind.

Gwynette Strikers, a minor league Triple-A club affiliated with the Atlanta Braves of the U.S. Major League Baseball, announced on its website on the 7th that "Counter fielder Park Hyo-joon has become a free agent FA player.

After the 2023 season, the Strikers released a total of 20 players, including Park Hyo-joon, through the organization of the team.

Park Hyo-joon signed a contract with the prestigious New York Yankees in July 2014 with a down payment of $1.16 million about 1.5 billion won while he was a junior at Yatap High School. 사설토토

Park Hyo-joon, who advanced to the U.S. with high expectations, has grown step by step in the minor league since 2015 and made his long-awaited big league debut in 2021, becoming the 25th Korean major leaguer ever.

Park Hyo-joon, who transferred to the Pittsburgh Pirates in July 2021, had a batting average of 0.195 with three home runs and 14 RBIs in 45 big league games that year. He was expected to be included in Pittsburgh's opening entry in the 2022 season, but he was sanded down to the minor leagues with poor performance, and was eventually released by the club after the season.

Park Hyo-joon transferred to Atlanta through the Boston Red Sox, and moved to the minor league after being on standby for release again. He played in 101 games in the minor league this year and recorded a not bad performance with a batting average of 0.262 6 home runs and 42 RBIs, but failed to make a call-up in the end.

Eventually, Park Hyo-joon, who was released for the third time, was at a crossroads of choice.

Park Hyo-joon, who is already in his late 20s, must choose whether to continue his challenge in the U.S. or return to Korea. Park Hyo-joon, who was born in 1996, is not a small age, so it is not easy to continue his challenge.

There is a possibility of returning to Korea, but he cannot play right away. In order to prevent indiscriminate leakage of prospects in the past, the Korea Baseball Organization KBO made a rule that "a player who went straight to an overseas league without going through a rookie draft cannot sign a contract with a domestic club for two years after the contract is terminated with a foreign club."

Park Hyo-joon, who has not yet resolved his military service obligations, can also find ways to challenge the KBO League rookie draft after completing his military service.