The Kiwoom Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization announced that they have re-signed outfielder Ronnie Dawson, as relayed and translated by Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.net. The outfielder will get a $550K salary with $50K of incentives also available.
Dawson, 29 in May, has four games of MLB experience, three with the 2021 Astros and one with the 2022 Reds. In April of 2023, he signed with the Lexington Counter Clocks of the Atlantic League and hit a solid .282/.363/.512 in 64 games for that club.
He was able to parlay that into a job with the Heroes in July, then got into 57 games for that club in the second half. He hit just three home runs but was hard to get out, as he slashed .336/.399/.454. He also stole nine bases while getting caught just twice and lined up defensively in center and left field.
Based on that performance, the Heroes will keep him around for 2024. If Dawson continues to perform well, he could earn himself continued opportunities in Korea or perhaps a jump to Japan or a return to North America down the line.
That’s odd. So, did he sign a half-season contract with Lexington and then moved onto Korea or he just left them? Either way, good for him.
Who?
They explained who he is. Don’t be that person.
We spend hundreds of billions of dollars on education and this is the results we get.
Covered Ronnie when he was in the prospect league. Very solid hitter and fast, just needs more chances in the bigs, He can be an every day utility player.
만세!
Someone better than all of us at baseball
Do the Counter Clocks run the bases clockwise? If not, they should.
Go Ronnie go! Get that 550k, that’s not bad plus he gets 50k in potential incentives.