Samsung is finalizing an agreement with the 156km light speed ball right-hander Kherson Garabito, a substitute for Reyes

Jun 14, 2025

Samsung is finalizing an agreement with the 156km light speed ball right-hander Kherson Garabito, a substitute for Reyes
Texas right-hander Kherson Garavito, who agreed to join Samsung as a replacement for Reyes. Source = Major League official website



The Samsung Lions quickly confirmed the substitute foreign pitcher for Denny Reyes, who was announced on waivers.

Texas Rangers right-handed fastball pitcher Kherson Garavito (30).

Samsung has finalized its contract with Garabito, including the transfer fee, and is only set to announce it. He is a pitcher who is included in the 40-man roster, so he has to pay a transfer fee to Texas, a club belonging to the original team.




Samsung announced on waivers through KBO on the 14th that Reyes, who is rehabilitating due to a recurrence of a foot injury after agreeing to sign a contract with Garabito. Reyes will say goodbye to the team on the 15th and take steps to leave the country.

Regarding the new foreign pitcher, who is about to make an official announcement, the Samsung team is wrapping up the weekend"We will make an official announcement next week" he said.

Born in the Dominican Republic, Garabito entered the U.S. through the Kansas City Royals through an international amateur free contract in 2012, and is a fastball pitcher who measures 94 miles (151 kilometers) on average and 97 miles (156 kilometers) on average, although he is not tall at 1 meter 83 and 72 kilograms. He throws sliders, changeups, curves, and two-seam pitches to steal batters' timing.




A big league career is a world away. Garavito, who played in Kansas City, the San Francisco Minor League, and the Latin American Winter League until the 2023 season, only made his major league debut for Texas in May 2024. The annual salary for this season in Texas is 740,000 dollars (about 1.012 billion won).

Until this season, he played in 21 games (two starts) and 34 ⅓ innings in two major league seasons, recording a 5.77 ERA and a WHIP of 1.485 in two losses without a win. He struck out 30 and allowed 13 walks. Last year, he lost two games and had a 4.78 ERA in 26 ⅓ innings in 18 big league games. This season has been sluggish, mainly staying in the minor leagues. On April 12, Kim Hye-sung, who played for Oklahoma under the Dodgers, was hit with a two-run home run as a member of Triple-A Round Rock.

In 10 minor league seasons, he played mostly as a starter. During 175 games (146 starts) 754 ⅓ innings, he was 30-54 with a 3.76 ERA and a 1.324 WHIP.
Samsung is finalizing an agreement with the 156km light speed ball right-hander Kherson Garabito, a substitute for Reyes
A match between the Samsung Lions and the KT Wiz at Daegu Lions Park on the 14th. Samsung Furado is pitching hard. Daegu = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.14/
Samsung is finalizing an agreement with the 156km light speed ball right-hander Kherson Garabito, a substitute for Reyes
KBO League match between Samsung and KIA at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 25th. Samsung Diaz hit a two-run home run against KIA starter Yoon Young-chul in the bottom of the first inning. Diaz performing a ceremony. Daegu=Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.25/
He allowed 325 walks while striking out 654. He is a pitching pitcher who boasts strikeouts of about eight times per nine innings in both the Major League and Minor League. He is considered a suitable pitcher for the KBO League ABS system. It is expected that there will be an ideal harmony between the two foreign pitchers if they take the mound side by side as ace Furado, who plays long innings by cooking batters skillfully with colorful breaking balls and timing battles, and as a different style of fastball pitcher. He is about the same age as home run king Lewin Diaz and is from the same Dominican Republic, so foreign chemistry is also expected.

An official familiar with the foreign market situation explained that "Garavito was at the top of most KBO clubs' recruitment lists last year along with Hanwha Ponce and others. "A pitcher who was highly evaluated due to his good pitching." As he is a young pitcher who has not succeeded in the big leagues, he is expected to have a strong will to challenge the major leagues once again based on the success of the KBO league.

Attention is focusing on how Samsung's rapid replacement of foreigners will affect the rest of the season.
Samsung is finalizing an agreement with the 156km light speed ball right-hander Kherson Garabito, a substitute for Reyes
Samsung-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 22nd. Koo Ja-wook is hugging Reyes after hitting a two-run shot with two outs in the top of the eighth inning. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.22/
Reyes, who joined Samsung last year as a substitute for David Buchanan, was forced to return without completing his second season due to an unexpected injury.

Reyes, who made a soft landing with 11 wins, 4 losses and a 3.81 ERA in 26 games last year, succeeded in renewing his contract with an active autumn age. In two playoff games against LG, he won the series MVP by leading Samsung to the Korean Series for the first time in nine years with two wins, no losses, and a 0.66 ERA. In the Korean Series against KIA, he also became a winning pitcher with seven scoreless innings and gained a reputation as a big game pitcher, but was hampered by injuries. He became cheaper with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 3.90 ERA in 36 KBO league games.

Reporter Jung Hyun-seok hschung@sportschosun.com



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.