"The SSG Landers have re-signed a pair of former MLB players for the 2026 KBO season: right-hander Mitch White and outfielder Guillermo Heredia. White joined the Landers last year, while Heredia has been on the team since the 2023 campaign. Dan Kurtz of MyKBO relayed the news in English earlier today. White is represented by Apex Baseball, while Heredia is represented by PRIME."
"While he bounced between the bullpen and the rotation in MLB and Triple-A, he took on a full-time starting role in his first KBO season. Averaging 5 2/3 innings per start, he pitched to a 2.87 ERA and 3.44 FIP, striking out 24.4% of batters he faced and walking just 7.8%. For context, the league-average ERA in the KBO this past season was 4.31, while the league-average strikeout and walk rates were 19.7% and 9.1%, respectively."
SSG Landers re-signed right-hander Mitch White and outfielder Guillermo Heredia for the 2026 KBO season. White, 31, appeared in 71 games over five MLB seasons with the Dodgers, Blue Jays, Giants, and Brewers and transitioned to a full-time starter in his first KBO season. White averaged 5 2/3 innings per start with a 2.87 ERA, 3.44 FIP, a 24.4% strikeout rate, a 7.8% walk rate, a 54% groundball rate and just nine home runs allowed. Heredia, nearing 35, has been a premier contact hitter, leading the KBO in batting average in 2024 and 2025 and producing wRC+ marks at least 34% above league average over three seasons. The Landers’ 2026 foreign players include White, Heredia, Drew VerHagen and Shota Takeda.
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