The gardener Dj peters you are about to reach an agreement on a contract with the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization. It is noted that the deal has not yet been completed and is said to be “getting closer.”
Peters, 1.98 meters tall and 102 kilos in weight, was recently eliminated from the 40-man roster of the Texas Rangers. He didn’t have the required service time to choose free agency, but it’s not uncommon for Major League Baseball teams to grant players their release to seek opportunities in a foreign professional league:
In these cases, the player generally receives a better salary in the foreign league than he would earn by spending the 2022 campaign in Triple-A, or even bouncing between the majors and the minors. To get to that point, Peters would have needed to play his way back to Texas’ 40-man roster.
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The 25-year-old (26 on the 12th of the current month) was a long-time prospect of some consideration in the Dodgers’ farming system. Scouts credited right-handed hitter Peters with great raw power and enough athleticism to play center field, but he struggled with strikeouts throughout his minor league tenure and had big questions about his hitting tool.
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KBO: Former Dodgers and Rangers outfielder about to sign in Korea with Lotte Giants