Kiwoom Heroes signed RHP Jake Brigham to a 1-year, $480,000 contract This signing shouldn’t come as much of a surprise for a few reasons. First, Brigham has been dominant in the early going of the 2021 Chinese Professional Baseball League season. Second, the right-hander had been playing under monthly contracts with the Wei Chuan Dragons. […]
Transaction Analysis
Transaction Analysis: Keon Barnum Continues His Legend
The Lexington Legends signed 1B/DH-L Keon Barnum to an unknown contract The Lexington Legends spent the past two weeks announcing a slew of signings. Pretty much all of them came and went and didn’t truly register on my radar. Sure, they could turn out great, but none of them were what they unleashed the other […]
Transaction Analysis: Félix Doubront Finally Heads to the CPBL
Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions signed LHP Félix Doubront to an unknown contract The past few years the Uni-Lions have been rich with offense and sorely lacking in pitching. This wasn’t due to any lack of trying. From Donn Roach to Alec Asher the Lions brought in various foreign arms to try and fix their pitching woes. […]
Transaction Analysis: The Bears Add Another Pitcher
Doosan Bears signed LHP Aríel Miranda to a 1-year, $550,000 contract The Bears lost in game 6 of the 2020 Korean Series. As soon as the game was over the Bears were well aware that they were more than likely to lose their staff ace, Chris Flexen, to the big leagues. Even without losing Flexen, […]
Transaction Analysis: The Leones Snag An Ace
Leones de León signed RHP Lázaro Blanco to an unknown contract A few months back I wrote about Blanco signing with Saraperos de Saltillo of Liga Mexicana de Béisbol. Unfortunately, the LMB season ended up being canceled because of the Coronavirus, and Blanco never took the field in Mexico. However, my thoughts on Blanco that […]