Last place team with a 30% win rate collapsed, can you rebound? Recruitment of a left-hander from Taiwan, Japan
Jul 30, 2025
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Kiwoom requested the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) to announce the waivers of foreign pitcher Kenny Rosenberg on the 30th, and hired C.C. Mercedes (left pitching and hitting) for a total of 280,000 dollars (including transfer fee) as a new foreign pitcher.
Mercedes, a Dominican Republic native, began his professional career in 2012 by signing an international amateur contract with the Tampa Bay Rays in Major League Baseball. After playing in the minor leagues, he moved to the Yomiuri Giants of the Japanese professional baseball league in 2017 and advanced to the Asian stage. He played 709 ⅓ in seven seasons with the Yomiuri and Chiba Lotte Marines, recording 37 wins and 44 losses with a 3.10 ERA. In the 2025 season, Tuong of Taiwan's professional baseball league pitched in 14 games as a member of the Lions, recording 6 wins and 3 losses with a 2.57 ERA.
Mercedes, who has a physique of 1m88 and 82kg, is a left-hander who can play various pitches such as fastball, curveball, slider, and change-up, and is strong in running the game and stable control.
Kiwoom's general manager Huh Seung-pil said, `Mercedes is a pitcher with extensive experience in Asian baseball as a player who played in Japan and Taiwan. I think I will be able to adapt quickly to the KBO league as well. "As he has shown stable innings ability while playing as a starting pitcher for a long time in Japan, I expect it to add stability to the starting lineup."
Mercedes will join the team as early as August after completing administrative procedures such as issuing visas.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
