Hyeseong Kim (left) and Shohei Ohtani (right) (Getty)
Korean baseball star Hyeseong Kim is heading to MLB, joining the reigning world champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The organization and the KBO star have agreed to a three-year, $12.5 million guaranteed contract, which can increase to $22 million with bonuses.
In a rare Instagram story, National League MVP Shohei Ohtani welcomed his new teammate by writing the caption in Hangul, the Korean writing system. This gesture prompted a grateful response from Hyeseong Kim.
Hyeseong Kim thanks new teammate Shohei Ohtani after being greeted in Korean (credit: kimhs.3/Instagram)
Ohtani wrote "환영합니다 친구야," which translates to "Welcome, my friend," using full honorifics in Korean. Kim expressed his gratitude by thanking Ohtani and giving a thumbs up.
