KBO's SSG Landers sign former Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher
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The KBO's SSG Landers have signed former Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Mitch White.
According to Dan Kurtz of MyKBO, former Blue Jays right-hander Mitch White has re-signed with the SSG Landers on a 1-year $1.2 million contract.
SSG announced they re-signed Mitch White for $1.2 million and Gulliermo Heredia for $1.3 million
White, 31, appeared in 71 games over five MLB seasons, pitching for the Dodgers, Blue Jays, Giants, and Brewers.
White's 2024 workload of 23 2/3 innings was split between Toronto, San Francisco, and Milwaukee.
White flourished as a starter in the KBO last season
While he bounced between the bullpen and the rotation in MLB and Triple-A, he took on a full-time starting role in his first KBO season.
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Averaging 5 2/3 innings per start, he pitched to a 2.87 ERA and 3.44 FIP, striking out 24.4% of batters he faced and walking just 7.8%.
For context, the league-average ERA in the KBO this past season was 4.31, while the league-average strikeout and walk rates were 19.7% and 9.1%, respectively.
White also induced groundballs on 54% of balls in plays and limited his opponents to only nine home runs on the season.
A strong showing with the Landers could put White back onto the radar for MLB teams next offseason, if he has interest in making a fairly quick return to North American baseball.
Playing in the KBO League also some additional personal appeal to White, whose mother is Korean.
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DECEMBRE 29 | 59 ANSWERS KBO's SSG Landers sign former Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Will Mitch White have another good season as a starter in the KBO? | ||
| Yes | 24 | 40.7 % |
| No | 14 | 23.7 % |
| Too early to tell | 21 | 35.6 % |
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