A trio of former huge leaguers re-signed with groups within the Korea Baseball Group this week.
- Outfielder Guillermo Heredia re-signed with the SSG Landers (X hyperlink through Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.internet) on a $1.6MM cope with one other $200K in incentives. It’ll be the third KBO season for the Cuban-born outfielder. Heredia, who suited up for 5 MLB groups throughout a seven-year run, is coming off a .360/.399/.538 line with 21 homers and 31 doubles. He owns a .343/.393/.502 slash over two seasons in Korea. Heredia’s most up-to-date huge league expertise got here as a depth outfielder for the Braves in 2022. The Landers signed Mitch White and re-upped Drew Anderson earlier this month, so the Heredia deal finalizes their trio of overseas gamers to open subsequent season.
- The Kia Tigers retained righty James Naile on a $1.6MM cope with $200K in incentives, tweets Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap Information. The 31-year-old hurler is headed into his second KBO season. His first 12 months may hardly have gone higher. As Yoo notes, Naile gained the league’s ERA title with a 2.53 mark throughout 149 1/3 innings on a Tigers crew that went on to win the Korean Collection title. Naile missed time late within the season when he was hit within the jaw by a comebacker, however he made it again in time for the championship collection. A former twentieth spherical pick of UAB, Naile made 17 appearances with the Cardinals between 2022-23. The Tigers signed righty Adam Oller earlier this offseason. They’ve but to announce whether or not they’ll re-sign outfielder Socrates Brito, who has spent the previous three seasons there and is coming off a .310/.359/.516 displaying.
- Outfielder Victor Reyes is returning to the Lotte Giants on a $1MM cope with $250K in incentives (X hyperlink through Kurtz). The switch-hitting heart fielder had a .352/.394/.511 slash with 40 doubles and 15 longballs in his first season with Lotte. Reyes, 30, appeared in elements of 5 seasons with the Tigers throughout his stint within the majors. He performed almost 400 video games for Detroit between 2018-22, hitting .264/.294/.379 in virtually 1300 plate appearances. The Giants nonetheless have two spots obtainable for overseas gamers, each of which can be utilized on pitching. Charlie Barnes and Aaron Wilkerson held these positions in 2024, although the crew has but to announce whether or not both pitcher shall be again subsequent season.
