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KBO’s Kiwoom Heroes Sign Ronnie Dawson

By Anthony Franco | July 13, 2023 at 10:37pm CDT

The Kiwoom Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization announced yesterday they’ve signed outfielder Ronnie Dawson to a contract for the remainder of the 2023 season (h/t to Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap News). He’ll be paid an $85K salary through year’s end. In a corresponding transaction, the Heroes released infielder Addison Russell.

Dawson, 28, got cups of coffee at the MLB level in 2021-22. The Ohio State product debuted with three games for the Astros — the club that originally selected him in the second round of the 2016 draft — late in the ’21 season. He returned to the majors for a one-game stint with the Reds last year while the team was dealing with COVID-19 issues.

The left-handed hitter spent the rest of last season with the Reds’ top minor league club in Louisville. He hit .252/.339/.394 with 11 homers and stolen bases apiece. He’d been playing in the independent ranks this year. Dawson was off to a .282/.363/.512 start with 13 longballs in 64 games for the Atlantic League’s Lexington Counter Clocks.

Making the jump to the KBO surely comes with a nice pay bump. If he hits well in this audition, he could play his way into another deal there or in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball for 2024. Dawson has scant MLB experience but might put himself back on the big league radar with a strong KBO showing, particularly if he does spend multiple seasons there.

Russell returns to free agency after hitting .286/.339/.400 in 59 games. Yoo notes that he hasn’t played in nearly a month because of a wrist injury. KBO teams are limited to three foreign-born players on the roster, so they typically have a short leash when one of those players is hurt for a notable stretch of time. The former Cub shortstop hasn’t played in the majors since 2019 after serving a 40-game domestic violence suspension the year prior.

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  1. Cohen’sLastWhiteTooth

    3 months ago

    Eat sh!+ Addison Russell! Scumbag

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  2. 30 Parks

    3 months ago

    Remember when Jim Bowden claimed Addison Russell was the next Barry Larkin? I enjoy noting the frequent exaggerations & missteps of the unbearably self-serving Bowden.

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    • SufferingRedsFan

      3 months ago

      Jim Bowden = assclown

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      • 30 Parks

        2 months ago

        SufferingRedsFan – Bowden is the worst of the worst. He did an interview with Kim Ng a few days ago and could not have been more condescending. I’m pleased to know others out there can’t stand Bowden’s endless self-promotion. Good luck to your Reds, SRF.

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  3. duhawk83

    3 months ago

    There was a time when one of Addison Russell’s teammates on the Cubs said that he was a future MVP. Now he can’t even stay in the KBO.

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  4. Bearded Texas Hulk

    3 months ago

    Addison Russell…. I truly believe in second chances. A guy gets addicted to drugs…. second chance… alcohol… second chance! A guy that repeatedly beats his wife? Don’t ever let him play in the majors again. There is never an excuse to hit a woman in anger.

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    • nottinghamforest13

      3 months ago

      Attempting to kill a man just received a contract with the Rangers.

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      • Bearded Texas Hulk

        2 months ago

        Little bit of a difference there. He was a creek head and server his time. He got clean. Russell has always been a wife beater.

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