KBO General Managers Agree In Principle To Increase Foreign Player Quota

Korea Baseball Organization officials said that KBO general managers "have agreed in principle to increase the current foreign player quota starting next season," according to YONHAP. Execs from 10 clubs, nine current teams plus the expansion KT Wiz that will join the league in '15, "met on Tuesday." Currently, "teams are allowed to carry two foreign players on the active roster." The NC Dinos, an expansion club that played its inaugural KBO season in '13, was "permitted three foreign players." At their meeting, the general managers agreed that "teams will now be able to sign three foreigners and play two of them." The Dinos and the Wiz "will be granted four foreign player spots, with up to three of them allowed to suit up for games" (KOREA HERALD, 11/6).