Austin Dean of the LG Twins celebrates after hitting a solo dwelling run towards the Hanwha Eagles throughout the golf equipment’ Korea Baseball Group regular-season sport at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark within the central metropolis of Daejeon, Sept. 27. Yonhap
The 2025 Korean Sequence champions LG Twins introduced Wednesday they’ll deliver again all three of their overseas gamers for an additional go collectively.
Not about to mess with success, the Twins re-signed first baseman Austin Dean and beginning pitchers Yonny Chirinos and Anders Tolhurst.
Dean is coming again for his fourth season within the Korea Baseball Group (KBO) at as much as $1.7 million, with $1.1 million in wage, $300,000 in signing bonus and $300,000 in incentives.
Chirinos, the Twins’ Opening Day starter in 2025, is returning for his second KBO season at as much as $1.4 million, with $900,000 in wage, $300,000 in signing bonus and $200,000 in incentives.
Tolhurst, who joined the Twins in August and was the successful pitcher within the deciding Sport 5 of the Korean Sequence towards the Hanwha Eagles, agreed to a $1.2 million contract, with $800,000 in wage, $200,000 in signing bonus and $200,000 in incentives.
Dean has been probably the most productive first basemen within the KBO since arriving in Korea in 2023. In 395 profession video games, Dean has 86 dwelling runs, 322 RBIs and a .315/.384/.560. Through the 2023-2025 interval, Dean ranks first within the KBO in RBIs, third in dwelling runs and second in on-base plus slugging. Dean received the Golden Glove awards, given to the perfect general participant at every place, in 2023 and 2024, and in addition earned his first Fielding Award at first base in 2024.
This yr, Dean was restricted to simply 116 video games on account of accidents however nonetheless hit 31 dwelling runs and knocked in 95 runs to assist the Twins win the pennant and in the end the Korean Sequence.
Chirinos was a workhorse all through the season, making 30 begins and going 13-6 with a 3.31 ERA over 177 innings. The correct-hander ranked fourth within the KBO in innings pitched and fifth in wins, whereas main the Twins with 17 high quality begins — an outing through which a pitcher goes no less than six innings and permits three earned runs or fewer.
Tolhurst came to visit from the Toronto Blue Jays minor league system to interchange Elieser Hernandez and loved immediate success right here by successful his first 4 begins and limiting opponents to only one earned run over 25 innings. He completed the common season with a 6-2 document and a 2.86 ERA in eight begins.
The correct-hander additionally shined within the Korean Sequence, incomes victories in Video games 1 and 5 whereas permitting simply three runs on 11 hits in 13 innings towards the Eagles.
“All three gamers did a wonderful job for the group this previous season, and we count on even greater issues out of them subsequent yr,” the Twins mentioned. “On prime of their wonderful performances on the sphere, all three of them will proceed to be a constructive affect in our clubhouse with their team-first mentality and nice character.”
