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Odrisamer Despaigne has signed on for another year with the KT Wiz of the KBO League, the team announced. Despaigne will receive $800K in guaranteed money ($500K salary, $300K signing bonus) for the one-year contract, with another $300K available in incentives. After pitching 363 innings for five MLB teams between 2014-19, Despaigne signed with the Wiz last offseason and posted a 4.33 ERA, 2.24 K/BB rate, and 6.6 K/9 over 207 2/3 innings in his first year of KBO action.
Jose Pirela is also headed to South Korea, as the Samsung Lions announced that Pirela has signed a one-year deal. Pirela will receive a $100K signing bonus and $500K in salary, plus up to $200K in incentives. Pirela spent 2020 with the Hiroshima Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball, hitting .266/.312/.411 with 11 home runs over 337 plate appearances. Pirela was deployed almost exclusively as an outfielder with the Carp, though the bulk of his Major League experience came as
Ex-MLB hitter Jose Pirela signs with KBO s Lions |
This photo provided by the Samsung Lions of the Korea Baseball Organization shows Jose Pirela. (Samsung Lions)
The Samsung Lions of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said Wednesday they have signed former major league hitter Jose Pirela.
The team said the Venezuela-born Pirela signed a one-year deal worth up to $800,000, including a guaranteed salary of $500,000 and a signing bonus of $100,000. He can make up to $200,000 in incentives.
Making his MLB debut with the New York Yankees in 2014, the 31-year old went .257 with 17 homeruns and 82 RBIs in 302 big league games for the Yankees, San Diego Padres and the Philadelphia Phillies. He has played both in the outfield and at second base.