Overview

• The team announced the signing Wednesday local time, confirming the right-hander’s move from Seoul’s Jangchung High School to the Blue Jays organization.
• Leeco Sports Agency said Moon received a US$1.5 million signing bonus, while the club declined to disclose financial terms.
• Moon becomes the Blue Jays’ first South Korean international amateur signee, following prior big-league stints by free-agent additions Oh Seung-hwan and Ryu Hyun-jin.
• Across three high school seasons, he went 6–2 with a 2.18 ERA and 93 strikeouts in 66 innings, allowing no home runs and featuring a fastball around 150 kph plus slider, curve, changeup and two-seamer.
• The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets were also reported to have shown interest in the 18-year-old.