The Doosan Bears of the Korea Baseball Group introduced they’ve signed utilityman Jared Younger (h/t to Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap Information). The Previous Dominion product had been taking part in in Triple-A with the Cardinals.
Younger was a fifteenth spherical choose by the Cubs again in 2017. He reached the majors late within the 2022 season and appeared in 22 video games over the following two years. The left-handed hitter ran a .210/.290/.435 line with a pair of residence runs throughout 69 journeys to the plate. Chicago positioned Younger on waivers firstly of final offseason. St. Louis nabbed him from their rival and efficiently handed him by way of waivers throughout Spring Coaching.
Assigned to their prime farm workforce in Memphis, Younger was hitting .285/.411/.506. He linked on 11 homers and walked at a robust 14.3% clip in opposition to an 18.5% strikeout charge. The Playing cards by no means known as him up, however his wonderful work within the higher minors will get him a glance within the KBO. That absolutely comes with a pleasant pay bump in comparison with his Triple-A wage.
KBO groups are solely permitted to roster three foreign-born gamers. As a corresponding transfer for signing Younger, they waived outfielder Henry Ramos. The 32-year-old signed with the Bears over the winter. He was hitting .306/.360/.482 in 80 video games. That’s robust manufacturing, however Yoo notes (on X) that the Bears’ teaching employees has taken situation with Ramos’ protection and baserunning. A veteran of 12 minor league seasons, Ramos has logged transient MLB time with the Diamondbacks and Reds.
