The Pirates won the bidding for Korean shortstop Jung-ho Kang, according to CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman.

Their posting fee was $5,002,015, as reported by his team, the Nexen Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization, and the Heroes accepted the bid Saturday.

The Pirates have 30 days to negotiate with Kang’s agent, Alan Nero of Octagon. If the two sides reach an agreement, Nexen receives the posting fee. If not, Kang cannot be posted again until next winter.

Kang, 27, hit .356 with a .459 on-base percentage and 40 home runs in 117 games for the Heroes this season, though those impressive offensive numbers came against lower-level competition in the KBO.

“If he were Cuban, he’d get $100 million,” Nero told the New York Post in November.

Nero is reportedly seeking a multi-year contract worth $4 million to $6 million per season. If the Pirates signed Kang near those terms, that would push their 2015 payroll to roughly $97 million.