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KBO’s Lotte Giants Sign Tucker Davidson

By Anthony Franco | December 12, 2024 at 11:34pm CDT

The Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization announced they’ve signed left-handers Tucker Davidson and Charlie Barnes. Davidson receives an $850K salary with another $100K in incentives for his first season with the Giants. Barnes, who is headed into his fourth season with the club, receives $1.5MM (including incentives). The moves were relayed by Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.net.

Davidson heads to a foreign league for the first time in his career. The 6’2″ southpaw made one appearance in the major leagues this year. He tossed 4 2/3 innings out of the bullpen for the Orioles, picking up the win in a blowout victory over the Twins in the season’s final weekend. Davidson spent the rest of the year with Baltimore’s Triple-A club in Norfolk. He started 17 of 32 outings and worked to a 3.89 earned run average across 115 2/3 frames.

Baltimore waived Davidson shortly after the season concluded. He elected minor league free agency. Rather than accept another minor league deal, he’ll parlay his solid Triple-A numbers into the KBO opportunity. The 28-year-old has a 5.76 ERA over 129 2/3 major league innings across four teams.

Barnes, who pitched for the Minnesota Twins in 2021, has been a reliable piece of the Lotte rotation for the last three years. He owns a 3.42 ERA in a little more than 500 KBO innings. Barnes turned in a 3.35 mark with 171 strikeouts over 150 2/3 innings this past season.

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  1. pbuchman

    9 months ago

    I saw “Giants” and “Tucker” in the headline and immediately thought “San Francisco” and “Kyle”. Got really excited there for a half a second.

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    • Sabean Wannabe

      9 months ago

      You beat to the punch with this comment. I thought my day was starting out amazing.

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  2. HalosHeavenJJ

    9 months ago

    $850k is a lot better than AAA money.

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    • CrikesAlready

      9 months ago

      …and the cultural enrichment is much more “flavorful.”

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  3. Patriot12992

    9 months ago

    Has a chance a 950k which is more than AAA and even if he gets some mlb time he wouldn’t reach 850.

    Plus if he pitches well we have seen pitchers come back successfully. Or he could be like Barnes and carve out a career over there. Good deal for him.

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