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Thomas Hatch, Taylor Hearn Reportedly Sign With NPB’s Hiroshima Carp

By Nick Deeds | December 9, 2023 at 5:22pm CDT

The Hiroshima Carp of Japan’s NPB have signed a pair of hurlers who pitched in the majors this past season. According to Yahoo Japan (Japanese language link), the Carp have agreed to deals with left-hander Taylor Hearn and right-hander Thomas Hatch. The report indicates Hiroshima’s agreement with Hearn is worth $900K in total, while Hatch’s deal is reportedly worth a total of $1.3MM. Hatch was released by the Pirates late last month and was initially expected to sign with the Nippon-Ham Fighters prior to landing a deal with the Carp. Hearn, on the other hand, elected free agency back in October.

Hearn, 29, made his big league debut back in 2019 with the Rangers and spent parts of five seasons in the majors with the club, pitching to a 5.11 ERA and 4.45 FIP during that time. From 2021-22, Hearn occupied a swing role with Texas, pitching both as a member of the starting rotation and out of the bullpen throughout the two campaigns. Those two seasons accounted for a 204 1/3 of Hearn’s career 229 innings of work for the Rangers and both campaigns saw him post strong numbers out of the bullpen, with ERAs of 3.54 and 3.51 respectively. Unfortunately, that success didn’t translate over in his limited time as a full-time reliever during the 2023 season, where he struggled to a 11.40 ERA in 15 innings of work while splitting time between the Rangers, Royals, and Braves organizations. Looking ahead to 2024, Hearn figures to have the opportunity to pitch in a full-time relief role on a regular basis with the Carp.

Hatch, 29, has found more big league success during his career than Hearn. A third-round pick by the Cubs in the 2016 draft, Hatch made his big league debut with the Blue Jays during the shortened 2020 season and impressed in his first taste of big league action with a 2.73 ERA in 26 1/3 innings of work. Things came off the rails a bit for Hatch the following two seasons, however, as he pitched just 14 innings in the majors with a 10.93 ERA. He got a more extensive opportunity in the majors in 2023, however, and did reasonably well with it. Across 28 2/3 innings of work with the Blue Jays and Pirates, Hatch posted a solid 4.08 ERA with a strong 52.3% groundball rate and a respectable 20.2% strikeout rate. Those decent results and promising peripherals surely made Hatch an attractive target for Hiroshima, and he’ll now join Hearn on the Carp pitching staff in 2024.

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12 Comments

  1. Cknyc

    2 years ago

    how do i NOT get notifications about these irrelevant players?

    Reply
    • DodgerBlue23

      2 years ago

      Cknyc, airplane mode!

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      • Cknyc

        2 years ago

        LOL

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    • Monkey’s Uncle

      2 years ago

      Turn your phone off.

      Reply
  2. DodgerBlue23

    2 years ago

    Really messed up for all these other people to sign pro baseball conctracts today of all days…Extinguishing Ohtani’s star one signing at a time…Very selfish fellas…

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  3. Mendoza Line 215

    2 years ago

    It is a bad day when four former Pirate pitchers sign in Japan.
    One of them had a chance to be a starter with the Pirates but is making more money overseas.

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    Reply
  4. Ghost of hermanfranks

    2 years ago

    Where does Starskt sign

    Reply
  5. andrewf

    2 years ago

    Looks like one of them is going to be replacing Robert Corniel in the rotation, the other might mean that one of Nik Turkey or Drew Anderson is signing elsewhere

    Reply
  6. edwardk64

    2 years ago

    Hiroshima. The Pittsburgh West of professional baseball

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  7. Mr. E Team

    2 years ago

    I think Hatch will find rebirth as Carp.

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    • Monkey’s Uncle

      2 years ago

      I see what you did there.

      Reply
  8. avenger65

    2 years ago

    If the Japanese league is so good, why do they need these washed-up MLB players?

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