Heroes sign new pitcher C.C. Mercedes

The Kiwoom Heroes announced their signing of the Dominican pitcher Cristopher Crisostomo Mercedes on Wednesday. Also known as C.C. Mercedes, the 31-year-old left-hander will make $280,000 for the remainder of this Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season. Mercedes signed with the Tampa Bay Rays as an international amateur in 2012 but never reached the majors. He signed with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in 2017 and stayed with them until 2022. He then joined another NPB club, the Chiba Lotte Marines, in 2023 and spent two seasons there. He had been pitching for Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan this season. Mercedes posted a 37-44 record with a 3.10 ERA in 126 appearances in the NBP. In the CPBL, the left-hander went 6-3 with a 2.57 ERA in 14 starts. The Heroes said they valued Mercedes' experience in Asian baseball, adding it should make his transition to the KBO relatively easy. Mercedes is expected to join the Heroes in early August. Through Tuesday's action, the Heroes were in last place in the 10Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times