Dodgers set to sign major Korean pitching prospect

The Los Angeles Dodgers have landed a top international prospect.

South Korean pitcher Jang Hyun-seok has agreed to a contract with the Dodgers, the right-hander’s agency announced on Wednesday. Jang, who is 19, will receive a $900,000 signing bonus as an international free agent.

Daniel Kim first reported the news on Monday that the Dodgers were on the verge of signing Jang.

Jang was expected to be the first overall pick in the Korean Baseball Organization draft, but he announced last week that he was skipping the KBO draft in pursuit of an MLB opportunity.

“It was a tough decision for me because I dreamed of pitching both in the KBO and MLB,” Jang said in a statement, per The Korea Times. “But ultimately, I wanted to challenge myself in the best league in the world and decided to take a crack at MLB.”

Jang is 3-0 with a 0.33 ERA in seven appearances in his final high school season. You can see how nasty some of his pitches are in the video below: