The Kia Tigers of the Korea Baseball Group introduced this week that they’ve signed former MLB left-hander Eric Stout. He’s a brief damage alternative for righty James Naile, who sustained a damaged jaw when he was hit within the face by a comebacker off the bat of Matt Davidson (hyperlink by way of Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap Information).
Stout, a 31-year-old southpaw, has 23 main league appearances underneath his belt. Three of them got here with the Royals in 2018. The rest had been in ’22, when he mixed for 20 outings between the Pirates and Cubs. Stout turned in a 5.64 ERA throughout 22 1/3 innings, placing out 22.7% of batters confronted in opposition to an elevated 14.5% stroll charge. He spent most of final 12 months in Triple-A and signed in Taiwan’s Chinese language Skilled Baseball League for the ’24 season. Stout had a 2.77 ERA throughout 113 2/3 innings spanning 20 appearances to earn the bump to the KBO.
Naile, 31, appeared in 17 video games for the Cardinals between 2022-23. Whereas he struggled to a 7.40 earned run common, he parlayed a robust Triple-A season right into a take care of the Kia Tigers. The UAB product had a 2.53 ERA with an honest 21.5% strikeout charge over 149 1/3 frames in his debut 12 months in Korea. The jaw damage sadly ends his common season, although Yoo suggests he might return within the playoffs.
