INTERNATIONAL

APEX BASEBALL PIONEERED THE PROCESS OF USING ASIAN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUES TO HELP NORTH AMERICAN BALLPLAYERS BREAK THE MLB RESERVE SYSTEM. 

THIS LED TO RECORD-BREAKING EIGHT FIGURE CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS THE FIRST TWO PLAYERS IN MLB HISTORY TO PLAY IN KOREA AND RETURN TO MLB ON MULTI-YEAR GUARANTEED CONTRACTS (ERIC THAMES, 2017 & MERRILL KELLY, 2019).