Zac Petrillo
@zpetrillo.bsky.social
Post Production + Technical Operations at A+E. Adjunct at MMC. SABR member. Korean baseball book coming in spring 2026. If you are into the KBO, let’s be friends.
By KBO standards, the offseason has been wild so far:
Chan-ho Park headed to Doosan
Hyoung-woo Choi going back to Samsung
Baek-ho Kang signing with Hanwha
Hyun-soo Kim moving to KT
James Naile and Lewin Diaz (both with MLB buzz) deciding to stay in Korea
Chan-ho Park headed to Doosan
Hyoung-woo Choi going back to Samsung
Baek-ho Kang signing with Hanwha
Hyun-soo Kim moving to KT
James Naile and Lewin Diaz (both with MLB buzz) deciding to stay in Korea
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
By KBO standards, the offseason has been wild so far:
Chan-ho Park headed to Doosan
Hyoung-woo Choi going back to Samsung
Baek-ho Kang signing with Hanwha
Hyun-soo Kim moving to KT
James Naile and Lewin Diaz (both with MLB buzz) deciding to stay in Korea
Chan-ho Park headed to Doosan
Hyoung-woo Choi going back to Samsung
Baek-ho Kang signing with Hanwha
Hyun-soo Kim moving to KT
James Naile and Lewin Diaz (both with MLB buzz) deciding to stay in Korea
Cameron is exactly the kind of player that might excel in Korea. Love the signing for the Bears.
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Cameron is exactly the kind of player that might excel in Korea. Love the signing for the Bears.
As expected, Cody Ponce win the KBO League MVP. He’s the ninth foreign player in league history to win it, and the seventh foreign player since 2015 to win.
(LEAD) Eagles ace Cody Ponce voted 2025 KBO MVP | Yonhap News Agency
(ATTN: ADDS photo, comments)By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- Hanwha Eagles start...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
As expected, Cody Ponce win the KBO League MVP. He’s the ninth foreign player in league history to win it, and the seventh foreign player since 2015 to win.
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There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
Klay is a top ten trash talker ever. He has the “I’m sorry this unfortunate fact about you has to be a fact but it does” shtick down.
Klay Thompson on Ja Morant calling him a "bum": “Nothing of intelligent depth. Just running his mouth. He’s been running his mouth a long time. It’s funny you run your mouth when you’re on the bench. It’s kinda been the whole story of his career so far.”
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November 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Klay is a top ten trash talker ever. He has the “I’m sorry this unfortunate fact about you has to be a fact but it does” shtick down.
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Meet the first San Francisco pro women’s baseball team, which drafted Kelsie Whitmore first overall on Thursday | @sfchronicle.com
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Kelsie Whitmore makes history as No. 1 pick by San Francisco in first WPBL draft
Kelsie Whitmore, who pitched for the Oakland Ballers last year, has become the first player drafted in the nascent Women’s Pro Baseball League.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Meet the first San Francisco pro women’s baseball team, which drafted Kelsie Whitmore first overall on Thursday | @sfchronicle.com
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In 2018, I followed girls’ baseball teams from Boston and D.C. to Baseball For All Nationals in Rockford, IL. Several of those girls were drafted into the WPBL last night.
The story is no longer online but you can read it in full below:
The story is no longer online but you can read it in full below:
the path to the women's professional baseball league
“One day it won’t be interesting anymore that I’m a girl playing baseball.”
www.thefrankiedlc.news
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
In 2018, I followed girls’ baseball teams from Boston and D.C. to Baseball For All Nationals in Rockford, IL. Several of those girls were drafted into the WPBL last night.
The story is no longer online but you can read it in full below:
The story is no longer online but you can read it in full below:
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The WPBL Has Teams and Players Now blogs.fangraphs.com/the-wpbl-has...
The WPBL Has Teams and Players Now
And though the players are clearly the real deal, it remains to be seen whether the league will be.
blogs.fangraphs.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The WPBL Has Teams and Players Now blogs.fangraphs.com/the-wpbl-has...
Song negotiating window will begin at 8am ET this Saturday and close on December 21 at 5pm ET.
Sung-mun Song is apparently getting posted in the next two days. Here we go. In my opinion, the best all around player in Korea could be coming stateside.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Song negotiating window will begin at 8am ET this Saturday and close on December 21 at 5pm ET.
Rakyung Kim is headed to New York!
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Rakyung Kim is headed to New York!
Kim goes fourth overall to Boston. She’s the first of at least three Korean players we should see drafted tonight.
Hyeonah Kim is a dynamic catcher and one of three Korean players expected to be drafted on Thursday night
From Seoul to the WPBL: Hyeonah Kim’s Journey to the Draft - WPBL: Women's Pro Baseball League
As the Women’s Professional Baseball League inaugural draft draws closer, fans from around the world await to see who will be selected to the first four teams in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and San...
www.womensprobaseballleague.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Kim goes fourth overall to Boston. She’s the first of at least three Korean players we should see drafted tonight.
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José Ramírez now has 4 top-3 MVP finishes, the most of any player to not win MVP
(…yet)
On his place in MVP voting history and what he’s accomplished in his career thus far ⬇️
www.mlb.com/news/why-jos...
(…yet)
On his place in MVP voting history and what he’s accomplished in his career thus far ⬇️
www.mlb.com/news/why-jos...
The best to never win MVP? Why that honor belongs to José Ramírez
José Ramírez is one of the best players in baseball. There’s no question about that after the career he’s built. He’s a seven-time All-Star and six-time Silver Slugger Award winner.
There’s just one p...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
José Ramírez now has 4 top-3 MVP finishes, the most of any player to not win MVP
(…yet)
On his place in MVP voting history and what he’s accomplished in his career thus far ⬇️
www.mlb.com/news/why-jos...
(…yet)
On his place in MVP voting history and what he’s accomplished in his career thus far ⬇️
www.mlb.com/news/why-jos...
Sung-mun Song is apparently getting posted in the next two days. Here we go. In my opinion, the best all around player in Korea could be coming stateside.
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Sung-mun Song is apparently getting posted in the next two days. Here we go. In my opinion, the best all around player in Korea could be coming stateside.
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Mo'ne Davis spent years telling people that she was done playing baseball. She did not want to be forever defined by what she did as a 13-year-old in Little League, a decade ago, and she did not feel like there was space for her to do much else. And then she felt differently. On Davis and the WPBL:
Mo’ne Davis Is Finally Ready to Play Baseball Again
More than a decade after becoming a Little League sensation at age 13, Mo’ne Davis is set to make more history as the face of the Women’s Pro Baseball League.
www.si.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Mo'ne Davis spent years telling people that she was done playing baseball. She did not want to be forever defined by what she did as a 13-year-old in Little League, a decade ago, and she did not feel like there was space for her to do much else. And then she felt differently. On Davis and the WPBL:
A Brief History of International Exchange in Korean Baseball
A Brief History of International Exchange in Korean Baseball
by Jongho Kim Professional sports in Korea began in earnest in the 1980s. At the time, Korea had industrialized, and the economy was more stable than before, but the country was still under militar…
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November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A Brief History of International Exchange in Korean Baseball
Kang signing is official now. The heart of the Eagles lineup - Kang, Hyun-bin Moon, and Si-hwan Roh - is arguably the best in the KBO. This goes with some of the strongest young pitching in the league.
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Kang signing is official now. The heart of the Eagles lineup - Kang, Hyun-bin Moon, and Si-hwan Roh - is arguably the best in the KBO. This goes with some of the strongest young pitching in the league.
I thought Fire Weather was incredible
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I thought Fire Weather was incredible
Sounds like Baek-ho Kang is signing with the Hanwha Eagles. Huge pick up for an offense that was streaky and slumped in big spots. Kang has proven himself clutch. Kang signed with an American agency and had wanted to test MLB, but that was always a long shot this offseason.
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Sounds like Baek-ho Kang is signing with the Hanwha Eagles. Huge pick up for an offense that was streaky and slumped in big spots. Kang has proven himself clutch. Kang signed with an American agency and had wanted to test MLB, but that was always a long shot this offseason.
Women’s Pro Baseball League to play inaugural 2026 season at neutral Illinois venue
Women's Pro Baseball League to play inaugural 2026 season in Illinois
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Women’s Pro Baseball League to play inaugural 2026 season at neutral Illinois venue
Here’s how I’d vote:
Abreu
Beltran
Buerhle
Choo
Hamels
Felix
Andruw
Pettitte
Manny
A-Rod
Abreu
Beltran
Buerhle
Choo
Hamels
Felix
Andruw
Pettitte
Manny
A-Rod
The 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot as announced moments ago by @baseballhall.org (baseballhall.org/news/2026-bb...). Results will be announced Jan. 20th. Game on!
November 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Here’s how I’d vote:
Abreu
Beltran
Buerhle
Choo
Hamels
Felix
Andruw
Pettitte
Manny
A-Rod
Abreu
Beltran
Buerhle
Choo
Hamels
Felix
Andruw
Pettitte
Manny
A-Rod
Unbelievable stoppage time goal to keep Ireland’s World Cup hopes alive. Wow.
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Unbelievable stoppage time goal to keep Ireland’s World Cup hopes alive. Wow.
NC Dinos star shortstop Ju-won Kim ties it in the ninth! Teams like the Mets are known to already have their eye on Kim. Helluva a game in Tokyo.
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NC Dinos star shortstop Ju-won Kim ties it in the ninth! Teams like the Mets are known to already have their eye on Kim. Helluva a game in Tokyo.
Hyun-min Ahn with a massive home run in the eighth inning. If you were watching the KBO, you already knew the youngster had crazy talent. The soon to be Rookie of the Year award winner looks ready to make a name for himself at the WBC.
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Hyun-min Ahn with a massive home run in the eighth inning. If you were watching the KBO, you already knew the youngster had crazy talent. The soon to be Rookie of the Year award winner looks ready to make a name for himself at the WBC.
Sung-moon Song got the scoring going for Korea with a two-run single. Who else?
November 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Sung-moon Song got the scoring going for Korea with a two-run single. Who else?
When a dozen scouts were in attendance to see Ponce, Woo-joo Jeong stole the show. When his team’s season was on the line, Jeong shut down the Twins. Today at the Tokyo Dome, Jeong struck out four over three innings, allowing no runs or hits. He’s 19. Remember the name.
November 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
When a dozen scouts were in attendance to see Ponce, Woo-joo Jeong stole the show. When his team’s season was on the line, Jeong shut down the Twins. Today at the Tokyo Dome, Jeong struck out four over three innings, allowing no runs or hits. He’s 19. Remember the name.