KIA is likely to recruit Wizdom as 'MLB's 20 home runs for 3 consecutive years..."Positive promotion"
KIA is likely to recruit Wizdom as 'MLB's 20 home runs for 3 consecutive years..."Positive promotion"
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The professional baseball KIA Tigers are expected to recruit Patrick Wisdom (33), a slugger who has recorded more than 20 home runs in the U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) for three consecutive years, as a new foreign hitter.
An official from KIA said on the 15th, "We are positively pursuing the recruitment of Wizdom," adding, "However, the physical examination process has not yet been completed."
KIA is expected to break up with existing foreign player Socrates Brito as it has decided to sign a new foreign hitter.
Wizdham of Ututta is a big man who hit 88 home runs in 455 MLB games and played as a first baseman, third baseman and outfielder.
He made his big league debut with the st. Louis Cardinals in 2018 and was a regular at the Chicago Cubs from 2021 to 2023.
Wisdom played in 106 games in 2021 with a batting average of 0.231, 28 homers, 61 RBIs, and an OPS (on-base plus slugging) of 0.823, and continued to play with a batting average of 0.207, 25 homers, and 66 RBIs with an OPS of 0.724.
In 2023, he had a batting average of 0.205, 23 home runs, 46 RBIs, and an OPS of 0.789.
He played in 75 games this year and was released after a sluggish batting average of 0.171, eight home runs and 23 RBIs.
Wisdom, who became a free agent (FA), could not find a new team in the MLB and signed with Narangheros de Hermosillo, a team in the Mexican Pacific League, last month.
The club recently said on its website, "Wizdom was excluded from the winter league participation list this season when it signed with a Korean professional baseball team."
Wisdom is a player with high slugging capability, which is well known in MLB as well. However, his sophistication is somewhat disappointing.
He played 1,473 times at bat in the MLB and recorded 540 strikeouts. He struck out once in three times at bat.
MLB's overall batting average is 0.209 and the on-base percentage is 0.291, which is not good.
Wisdom was especially weak against right-handed pitchers.
The batting average against right-handed pitchers was only 0.154 in 2024, 0.196 in 2023, and 0.191 in 2022.
If Wisdom joins KIA, he is expected to take over as the main first baseman. 온라인카지노
KIA was struggling due to the first baseman's problem this year. As there was no main first baseman before the season's opening, the team had to change the position of outfielder Lee Woo-sung.
This year's first base defense was played by Lee Woo-sung, Byun Woo-hyuk, and Seo Geon-chang.