New Hanwha Eagles pitcher Wilkel Hernandez indicators his contract with the Korea Baseball Group membership, Saturday, on this photograph offered by the Eagles. Yonhap
The Hanwha Eagles introduced their signings of two Venezuelan gamers on Saturday, newly buying pitcher Wilkel Hernandez and reuniting with their one-time outfielder Yonathan Perlaza for his second tour of responsibility in South Korea.
The Eagles, the 2025 Korean Sequence runners-up, stated Hernandez will make as much as $900,000 on his one-year deal. He took a signing bonus of $100,000 and his wage can be $650,000. He can earn one other $150,000 in incentives.
The 26-year-old right-hander has by no means pitched within the majors however has 34 video games in Triple-A beneath his belt, all from the 2025 season within the Detroit Tigers system. He went 3-7 with a 4.80 EAR in 114 1/3 innings in these 34 outings, together with 19 begins.
Over his minor league profession, Hernandez has made 152 appearances, together with 124 begins, with a 31-42 file and a 4.07 ERA.
The Eagles are bringing again Perlaza, the change hitter who batted .275/.364/.486 with 24 dwelling runs and 70 RBIs with the Korea Baseball Group (KBO) membership in 2024. He signed for as much as $1 million — $700,000 in wage, $200,000 in signing bonus and $100,000 in incentives.
He spent the 2025 season with the El Paso Chihuahuas, the Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, and was named the membership MVP after batting .307/.391/.510 with 19 dwelling runs and 113 RBIs in 138 video games.
Perlaza will change Luis Liberato because the international bat within the Eagles’ lineup in 2026.
KBO groups are allowed to enroll to a few foreign-born gamers, with not more than two pitchers, and an Asian or an Australian participant beginning within the 2026 season.
The Eagles earlier signed Taiwanese pitcher Wang Yan-Cheng as their Asian quota participant.
In 2025, the Eagles boasted the KBO’s most dominant one-two punch on the prime of the rotation with Cody Ponce and Ryan Weiss. Ponce was voted the league MVP on Monday after profitable the Triple Crown because the league chief with 17 wins, a 1.89 ERA and a file 252 strikeouts. Weiss recorded 16 wins with a 2.87 ERA and 207 strikeouts. The 2 grew to become the primary pair of teammates to every strike out greater than 200 batters in the identical season.
Ponce has apparently drawn curiosity from main league golf equipment and should discover his manner again to america, and the Eagles acted shortly to discover a new foreign-born beginning pitcher.
Hanwha Eagles outfielder Yonathan Perlaza indicators his contract with the Korea Baseball Group membership, Saturday, on this photograph offered by the Eagles. Yonhap
