Star outfielder Lee Jung-hoo likely to be posted for MLB clubs in early Dec.: source | Yonhap News Agency

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) — South Korean baseball star Lee Jung-hoo will likely be posted for Major League Baseball (MLB) clubs in early December after league offices on both sides of the Pacific complete necessary paperwork, an industry source said Friday. According to the source, Lee’s current club, the Kiwoom Heroes, submitted the player’s medical records to the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) office Wednesday. The KBO will review them before sharing the information with the MLB Commissioner’s Office. With the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday this week, the process is expected to take a few days and push the start of Lee’s posting process to early December, the source added. Under an agreement between the KBO and MLB, once a KBO player…