Eric Peddy, 30, who dominated the KBO league with his all-time performance in the 2023 season. Peddy, who is now a member of the Chicago White Sox, will meet his former teammates.꽁머니
NC manager Kang In-kwon told reporters at Enex Field in Tucson, Arizona on the 16th (Korea time), “We will play a warm-up game against the Chicago White Sox during the spring camp. We will play seven innings. We will also play one game against a Japanese independent league team.”
According to the team, the Japanese independent league team has been named the Asian Breeze. “We planned three of our own practice games and two of our own practice games against the LG Twins before the departure of CAMP 2, but we decided to hold additional practice games to enhance our sense of practice ahead of the exhibition games,” an NC source said.
The game against the Asian Breeze will take place at Tucson Enex Field on March 1, while the game against the Chicago White Sox will take place at Camelback Ranch on March 2.
In the midst of NC’s spring camp, NC was originally scheduled to play two practice games against the LG Twins. Then two more games were added this time, one of which is the Chicago White Sox where Peddy plays.
Peddy returned to the U.S. Major League after dominating the KBO league last season. Peddy started 30 games last season and posted 20 wins and six losses (0.769 winning percentage) with an earned run average of 2.00. Peddy, who missed the one-point earned run average, pitched a total of 180 ⅓ innings, allowing 137 hits (nine homers), 35 walks, 209 strikeouts, 46 runs (40 earned), and WHIP (per-inning allowed) 0.95 and 0.207 hits. He successfully pitched 21 times in quality starts (three earned runs or less in six innings).
Based on such strong performance, he achieved the much-awaited Triple Crown by dominating both ERA, multiple wins and strikeouts (209 strikeouts). It was the first time in 37 years that he achieved 20 wins and 200 strikeouts at the same time since Sun Dong-yeol (Haetae) in 1986, and Pedi was the first foreign pitcher to make history. Previously, only Sun Dong-yeol (1986, 1989, 1990, 1991), Ryu Hyun-jin (2006), and Yoon Seok-min (2011) had achieved the Triple Crown. In the end, Pedi won the ERA, multiple wins and strikeout title, and even the MVP trophy in the field of defense for pitchers newly established this year.
And ahead of the 2024 season, Peddy returned to the big leagues by wearing the Chicago White Sox uniform. According to MLB.com , the official U.S. Major League Baseball website, Peddy signed a two-year contract worth a total of $15 million (W19.69 billion).