MLB Player News

Palacios delivered 10 homers while batting .239/.279/.413 in 264 plate appearances for the Pirates last season, but he spent the first three months of this year in the minors before being recalled Thursday. He’s since gone 3-for-9 with five walks, which is a little surprising since he totaled just 12 walks in his 91 games last year. The Pirates will continue to give him a fair amount of playing time in right field versus righties.

Vitale joins the Marlins after spending seven years with the Mariners, the last five as their field coordinator. He’ll work under first-year manager Clayton McCullough.

Kim said the announcement will come sometime after thanksgiving, and then the 25-year-old will travel to the United States. The infielder has been one of the better hitters in the KBO, and he’s coming off a season where he registered an .841 OPS and 30 stolen bases for the Heroes. He’s expected to draw significant interest, with the Mariners being one of the teams showing interest in Kim early on.

Cave, who turns 32 next month, hit .251/.290/.396 in 346 plate appearances for the Rockies last season. He departs for Korea with a .232/.292/.400 line in 523 big-league games.

Reyes returns for another season overseas in Korea after finishing last year with a strong 3.81 ERA, 1.31 WHIP and 114/30 K/BB ratio across 144 innings (26 starts) in his KBO debut. The 28-year-old righty made a career-high nine appearances (three starts) for the Mets during the 2023 season.

Diaz recorded some eye-popping numbers this past season, batting .348/.419/.610 with 26 round-trippers in 104 games between a stint in Korea and a pair of clubs in the independent Mexican League. The 28-year-old first baseman got into 112 games for the Marlins from 2020-2022, posting a lackluster .567 OPS with 13 homers during that span.

Chirinos heads overseas for the 2025 campaign to attempt to rebuild his long-term value after recording a calamitous 6.30 ERA, 1.87 WHIP and 25/13 K/BB ratio over 30 innings (six starts) last season for the rebuilding Marlins. The 30-year-old righty, who has made 75 appearances (44 starts) in the big leagues since 2018, hasn’t missed a ton of bats throughout his career, but he’s always been a reliable ground-ball machine capable of gobbling up low-leverage innings.

Puig returns to Korea, where he previously spent the 2022 season, following a stint last year in the independent Mexican League where he batted .314 with 18 homers in 64 contests. The 33-year-old outfielder hasn’t appeared in the majors since the 2019 season and at this juncture, it appears highly unlikely he’ll ever make it back to the big leagues. He was unquestionably one of the more electric players in the game last decade at his physical peak, but there’s a strong possibility his stateside career is over.

Rosenberg takes his talents to Korea after being cut loose earlier this month by the Angels. The 29-year-old southpaw made 17 appearances (five starts) over the last three seasons for the Halos. He’ll aim to rebuild his long-term value overseas.

Barreto was universally-regarded as the centerpiece of the Josh Donaldson blockbuster trade between the Blue Jays and Athletics back in 2024, but never blossomed into the high-impact fantasy contributor many envisioned. The 28-year-old former top prospect hasn’t appeared in the big leagues since the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign when he got into 21 contests between the Athletics and Angels. He spent all of last year in the independent Mexican League, batting .343 with 16 homers and 11 steals in 76 games. He’s merely a long-shot lottery ticket at this stage of his career, but he’ll be in camp this spring with the Orioles battling for a bench spot.

Jackson has yet to reach the big leagues and spent all of last year in the Mets’ system at Double-A Binghamton, posting a lackluster .618 OPS with 19 homers and 11 steals in 482 plate appearances over 121 games. The 24-year-old middle infielder is merely extra organizational depth for the Orioles, who are absolutely loaded with young superstar-caliber infield talent.