KT Wiz sign new pitcher Murphy, release postseason hero Cuevas

The KT Wiz announced their signing of former major league pitcher Patrick Murphy on Friday. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club said Murphy agreed to a $277,000 deal for the rest of this season. The league began its annual All-Star break Friday, and the season will resume next Thursday. In a corresponding move, the Wiz released William Cuevas, their longtime staff ace, after parts of seven seasons with the right-hander. Murphy, 30, was a third-round pick by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2013 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft and made his big league debut with the club in 2020. The righty later played for the Washington Nationals, and his last MLB game came in 2022. Murphy pitched for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball in 2024, going 1-2 with a 3.26 ERA over 38 2/3 innings in relief. He returned to the United States this year for a minor league stint with the Texas Rangers. "Murphy has a good four-seam fastball and can mix in two-seam fastballs, cutters and curveballs effectively," Wiz general manager Na Do-hyun said. "We hope he will be an anchoWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times