Yonny Chirinos in Daejeon on Oct. 30, 2025 [YONHAP]
The defending Korean baseball champions LG Twins announced their signing of new pitcher Yacksel Rios on Wednesday. In a corresponding move, the 2025 Korean Series winners released slumping starter Yonny Chirinos.
The Twins said Rios will be paid $350,000 in guaranteed salary for the rest of this KBO season and can make another $100,000 in incentives.
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The Puerto Rican right-hander was a 12th-round pick by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2011 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut with them in 2017, and went on to pitch for the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Seattle Mariners, the Boston Red Sox, the Oakland Athletics and the Chicago Cubs.
