We’re not seeing any transactions in Major League Baseball, but here’s one from the Korea Baseball Organization that involves a former big leaguer:
- The Kiwoom Heroes have placed utility player Taylor Motter on waivers, Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.net relays. Motter was in his first season with the club, which signed him for $350K last December, but the 30-year-old got off to an abysmal start this season with a .114/.135/.200 line in 37 plate appearances. He’s known to MLB fans as a former Ray, Mariner and Twin, with whom he combined to bat .191/.263/.312 in 411 trips to the plate from 2016-18. Whether Motter will land elsewhere in the KBO is up in the air, as Kurtz notes a team that adds him would have to subtract a different foreign player. KBO clubs are only allowed three foreign players per roster. If nobody claims Motter, he’ll become a free agent, but he won’t be eligible to play in the KBO again this season, per Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap.
come back to Seattle M’s Taylor!!
good, that’ll stink up mariners more.
Haha I think we have enough utility players (Moore, Nova, Lopes, Haggerty, etc)
They must be making room for Puig on their roster.
Terrible player. cant believe any KBO team wanted him
Terrible commenter. Can’t believe isn’t banned.
Why ban someone for accurately identifying a player as a bad player?
so, when can teams sign under 16 foreign players?
I don’t think ever. International draft is july 7/2 I believe but you cannot draft 10 year olds.
Taylor motter was a very exciting player in his younger days. Seattle fans saw the best of him and wish him the best. He was very fun to watch. I wish I was as good as he he been during his career. Why is everyone so negative.
he OPSed under .600 with the Mariners…
I was wondering why there was no foreign player in the Kiwoom lineup. Gonna be hard for them to find another with covid, even with those 1000 minor leaguers being cut.
Well, Corban Joseph just got released by the Cubs so he might just be Motter’s replacement.
Addison Russell and Tim Beckham are each available as well if Kiwoom and the KBO league office were willing to overlook either one”s off-the-field issues.
Jeeho Yoo is an amazingly cool name…
Time to retire!
Wasn’t a smart decision because it no way that team will find a replacement player now,just send to minor league work his swing and bring it back,he can hit ,
I don’t think any other team would want him. Korean fans are more agitated by the twitter post his girlfriend posted than his performance and the fans didn’t want to see him playing anymore. His girlfriend ruined his career.