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Lotte Giants Sign Enderson Franco

By Mark Polishuk | November 21, 2020 at 7:54am CDT

TODAY: Franco’s deal with the Giants is official, as per Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap News (Twitter link).  Franco will earn $300K in guaranteed money ($245K in salary, $55K as a signing bonus) and another $200K is available to him in incentives.

NOVEMBER 15: Right-hander Enderson Franco is close to a deal with KBO’s Lotte Giants, according to Bae Joong-hyun of Ilgan Sports (hat tip to Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.net).  The contract will become official once Franco’s medical check is complete.

Franco will go to one Giants organization from another, as he elected to become a free agent earlier this month after spending the previous two seasons in San Francisco.  This stint resulted in Franco making his MLB debut during the 2019 season, appearing in five games and posting a 3.38 ERA over 5 1/3 relief innings.  He didn’t see any action in 2020, however, as the Giants outrighted Franco off their 40-man roster in June, and he wasn’t included in the team’s alternate training site roster.

The move to South Korea is the latest stop in a pro career that began as an international signing with the Astros in 2009.  Over 10 minor league seasons with the Astros, Rays, Marlins, Braves, and Giants, Franco amassed a 4.57 ERA, 2.64 K/BB rate, and 7.0 K/9 over 889 1/3 innings, starting 163 of his 183 career games on the farm.

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  1. destined.miner

    2 years ago

    “NPB’s Lotte Giants” ???

    Reply
  2. KingRyan227

    2 years ago

    Lotte is for the KBO not NPB just a heads up

    Reply
  3. adachi

    2 years ago

    He’s going to Korea, not Japan.

    Reply
  4. Metsfan9

    2 years ago

    That’s a nice ladder in the background

    Reply
  5. British NYY fan

    2 years ago

    You literally quoted Dan Kurtz of *MyKBO* how can you write this article and get the countries/leagues confused? Pretty careless mistake and embarrassing coming from MLBTR. Korea and Japan are two different countries.

    Reply
    • retire21

      2 years ago

      Nah, I’m pretty sure they are the same country. Duh.

      Reply
    • YouCannnnnPutItOnTheBoard

      2 years ago

      Move on with your life. People make mistakes.

      Or, are you completely infallible?

      Reply
  6. mlb1225

    2 years ago

    Hey, did anyone mention yet that they accidentally put NPB instead of KBO? I don’t think anyone has pointed that out yet.

    Reply
  7. Peart of the game

    2 years ago

    South Korea, not Japan. The NPB is a higher caliber of baseball than the KBO but there have been more KBO players coming to the MLB recently.

    Reply
  8. Enrico Pallazzo

    2 years ago

    The better question is … what is an “Enderson Franco” and why should anyone care

    Reply
  9. 5TUNT1N

    2 years ago

    Would’ve given respect if it was North Korea … they throw that high heat!

    Reply
  10. Ga

    2 years ago

    As people have pointed out that is a bad f up. No one who knows anything about baseball would put “NPB Lotte Giants”! Can we see it fixed, please. It shows a kind of arrogance as well as ignorance. And this is my favorite player I have never heard of, so I need to know if he is going to the Lotte Marines, Yomiuri Giants, or Lotte World for some intense shopping in Korea!

    Reply
    • Sheep8

      2 years ago

      Lotte World is a must if you go to Korea! Good stuff!

      Reply
  11. Tim Dierkes

    2 years ago

    My apologies for the error.

    Reply
    • Ga

      2 years ago

      You mean you are an actual human? And as such could make a mistake? We need our fun, don’t worry about it. It is all a bit confusing: The Lotte Giants (Korean: 롯데 자이언츠) are a professional baseball team based in the southeastern city of Busan, South Korea, and one of the original franchises of the KBO League. The Lotte Giants are owned by Lotte Corporation, which also owns the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball.
      Of course, the extreme right-wing Yomiuri Corp. controls the NPB Yomiuri Giants and are just pure evil. (Carp fan.)

      Reply
  12. GarryHarris

    2 years ago

    Enderson Franco wasn’t very good in MiLB. I trust the Giants front office so, what did he do in Korea that made him worth signing?

    Reply
    • Peart of the game

      2 years ago

      Well, he should at least do better than Ricardo Pinto and Adrian Sampson did this last season.

      Reply
  13. pappyvw

    2 years ago

    This is the best picture of this guy they could come with?

    Reply
    • DarkSide830

      2 years ago

      he’s thrown 5.1 innings in the Majors. likely not a lot of pictures of him.

      Reply
    • JD396

      2 years ago

      That’s one of the best pictures of a guy getting a professional picture taken I’ve ever seen

      Reply

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