Former SK foreign pitcher Pinto will be hired to sign Rakuten

Former SK foreign pitcher Pinto will be hired to sign Rakuten of the Taiwan League

Former SK Wyverns foreign pitcher Ricardo Pinto has advanced to the Taiwan League (CPBL).

The Taiwanese league’s Rakuten Monkeys said on its official account on the 28th, “I signed with Pinto, who was in Detroit.”

The Rakuten club then said, “We will use Pinto as the finishing pitcher.”

Earlier, Pinto had 6 wins, 15 losses and a 6.17 ERA in 162 innings in 30 games in the KBO League SK (current SSG) from 2019 to 2020 안전놀이터

An official familiar with Taiwanese baseball said, “Pinto throws a fast fastball of 150 kilometers per hour, but his K/BB is only 1.24,” adding, “I’m a little anxious because of his batting average and on-base acceptance rate higher than the league average, but I’m looking forward to Pinto’s performance in Taiwan.”