The Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization have re-signed infielder Dixon Machado, per a team announcement (h/t to Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.net). It’s a one-year deal with a club option for 2022. Machado will make $650K in the first year of the deal, and he would pick up another $800K if the option were exercised, Kurtz reports. The option comes with a $50K buyout, bringing the total guarantee to $700K.
Machado hit .280/.356/.422 (105 wRC+) with twelve home runs over 551 plate appearances in 2020, his first season of KBO action. He was the Giants’ primary option at shortstop, starting 139 contests over a 144-game slate. That solid performance was evidently enough for the team to keep him in the fold for the time being.
The 28-year-old is more well-known to U.S. fans for his major league stint with the Tigers. Once a decently-regarded prospect in the Detroit system, Machado only managed a .227/.285/.295 line over parts of four MLB seasons.
aiming high i seem
*it seems
Good for him. I bet it helps young guy’s confidence when they can go elsewhere and just rake. Probably the reason why players can go over there and even if they are only a little better than they were here, their confidence is way higher.
“Well-known”?
They mainly kept him for his defense and base running. Same reasons for Andy Burns to have stuck around for two seasons with the Lotte Giants back in 2017 and 2018