Peddy was a promising player who joined Washington D.C. in the first round (18th) of the Major League Baseball draft in 2014, but he failed to play well in the big leagues. From 2017 to 2022, he recorded a total of 102 games (454 ⅓ innings) with 21 wins, 33 losses and an ERA of 5.41. 사설토토
After all, Pedi, who was released as a non-tender from Washington after the end of the 2022 season, took on a new challenge in the KBO League by signing a $1 million contract with NC. And Pedi's choice came back with the best results. He won 20 games, lost 6 with 2.00 20 strikeouts in 30 ⅓ innings, achieved the Triple Crown and even won the league MVP.
Pedi, who has become the strongest ace in Korea, is more likely to achieve his dream of returning to the Major League. "Pedi will return to the Major League after just one season," said MLB Trade Rumors, a U.S. media outlet.
In the KBO League, it is often an opportunity for pitchers who have not played in the Major League to grow anew. The most representative case is Merrill Kelly, who is currently playing as a major starter in Arizona.
Kelly, who had no major league experience before signing with SK (currently SSG) in 2015, played in 119 games (729 ⅔ innings) with 48 wins, 32 losses and 3.86 ERA in four seasons in the KBO League, and thanks to his performance, he signed a two-year, 5.5 million-dollar contract with Arizona to achieve his dream of making his major league debut. Kelly, who has a record of 48 wins, 43 losses and 3.80 ERA in 127 games (750 ⅔ innings) in five major league seasons, was selected as a starting pitcher for the U.S. national team of the World Baseball Classic this year and played as a starting pitcher for the finals, and spent his career-high season with 30 games (177 ⅔ innings) with 12 wins, 8 losses and a 3.29 ERA. He took the mound in the World Series for the first time since his debut, winning three hits (one home run) with nine strikeouts and one run in seven innings.
Like Kelly, Peddy has the potential to become a back-export legend. "Thanks to his overwhelming performance in the KBO League, which is generally considered to be a batter-friendly league, Peddy was able to quickly return to the Major League," MLB Trade Rumors said. "It wasn't just that his performance was good, but he also seems to have completely reorganized his pitching repertoire. Peddy said in August that he strengthened the horizontal movement of his slider and changed the grip of his changeup. These changes have caught the attention of several Major League teams."