The Hanwha Eagles signed Venezuelan left-hander Ricardo Sanchez on the 19th with an annual salary of $400,000.
Sanchez, a 26-year-old young left-hander born in 1997, 메이저사이트made his major league debut with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2020 and posted an ERA of 6.75 in 5.1 innings in three games.
He started 133 of 140 minor league games, going 32-52 with a 4.61 earned run average, striking out 581 batters in 640.1 innings pitched.
The team expects that Sanchez, who uses curves, sliders, and changeups in addition to two-seams of similar speed to fastballs in the second half of 140km (up to 151km), will be able to digest stable innings through his unique aggressive pitching pattern.
Sanchez plans to return to Korea in April and join the team as soon a