KIA is the only candidate? Was it true that the replacement rumor was true? I was offered KBO as a 47-homer hitter in ML

Aug 10, 2025

KIA is the only candidate? Was it true that the replacement rumor was true? I was offered KBO as a 47-homer hitter in ML
The LG-KIA match at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 23rd. Wizdom, with no outs and first base, is bowing after hitting a double play in the bottom of the ninth inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.23/



Was the rumor of replacing foreign batters true. The only candidate is the KIA Tigers, who said that a batter with 47 home runs in the Major League was offered to go to Korea.

U.S. Major League Baseball reporter Francis Romero said on the 10th (Korean time) "According to the Kansas City Royals, the club signed Bobby Dalbec to a minor league contractThe 30-year-old Dalbec received offers from KBO league clubs, but decided to remain in the Major League system," he reported.

Dalbec, born in 1995, was a fourth round pick by the Boston Red Sox in 2016. And he made his big league debut with Boston in 2020 and hit eight home runs in 23 games that year. The best season was 2021. Poten exploded with 25 home runs and 78 RBIs while playing almost full time with 133 games.




Although he was also given the opportunity to play the following year, he had a batting average of 2.15 OPS 0.652 with 12 home runs and 39 RBIs in 117 games, and he spent longer in Triple-A from the 2023 season.

KIA is the only candidate? Was it true that the replacement rumor was true? I was offered KBO as a 47-homer hitter in ML
바비 달벡. AP Yonhap News
This season, he played seven big league games with the Chicago White Sox, recording only four hits in 18 at-bats without a home run and an RBI. This year's Triple-A record is 77 hits in 279 at-bats in 74 games with a batting average of 276 and 17 home runs and 59 RBIs with an OPS of 0.894.

Dalbec, who was released as an FA after being released by the White Sox earlier this season, signed with the Milwaukee Brewers in May, but was released again in early August after playing in the minor leagues. As a free body, he received attention from KBO League clubs, but signed with Kansas City on the 9th as he chose to stay.




As reported, if Dalbec received a love call from KBO league clubs, the only candidate at this point is actually the KIA Tigers. Other than KIA, no club is considering a foreign hitter replacement card at this point. In KIA, which is in the midst of a ranking battle, foreign batter Patrick Wisdom is in a batting slump It is said to be less destructive. This is why infielder Dalbec can be considered as an alternative card.

KIA is the only candidate? Was it true that the replacement rumor was true? I was offered KBO as a 47-homer hitter in ML
In the game between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 7th, Wisdom hits a solo home run to the left and shares joy in the top of the 4th inning. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.07/
In fact, KIA has recently considered several candidates with the possibility of replacing foreign batters in mind. However, it is not easy to replace at this point. In order to replace him, he has to bring in a player who can perform better than him, but he doesn't deserve to find this card.

Of course, even if Dalbec chooses to go to the KBO League, there is no guarantee that he will succeed unconditionally. As seen in the big league performance, Dalbec has the power to simply move on when hitting, but on the contrary, the strikeout rate is also very high. It's either all or all. He also hit 25 home runs in the 2021 season, when he had the best performance in the big league, but he struck out 156 times, unlike 100 hits.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.