Priest signed left-handed Wes Benjamin According to AJ Cassavell of MLB.com, non-ranking invitations to spring training with MLB invite non-ranking minor league contracts. Southpaw has reported the camp with San Diego.
Benjamin returned to the United States after three years of competition with KT Wiz in South Korea. The 31-year-old performed well in KBO, with an average running speed of 3.74 in more than 400 innings. His era has climbed every season, starting last year with a score of 4.63 in the 28 season. Benjamin has exceeded 150 strikeouts in each of each season over the past two seasons, including 24.4% strikeouts last year.
Benjamin worked for the Rangers for eight years before moving to South Korea. Texas selected him in the fifth round of 2014 at the University of Kansas. Between 2020-21, he made 21 major league appearances (mainly low-rate relief). Benjamin allowed nearly 7 runs per 9 in 45 innings. He also announced an ERA of nearly 6.00 in parts of three and three seasons, although he scored 3.82 points in seven games with the White Sox top membership in 2022 before engaging with the KBO team in the mid-season trade.
Paders seems likely to stretch Benjamin to a rotation depth. They fill up late free agent pickups in the last two attractions Nick Pivetta There is another KBO returner Kyle Hart. Push Randy Vásquez,,,,, Matt Waldron Transformation with the rescuer Stephen Kolek Enter the deep role. San Diego didn’t add any experienced rotation depth to the minor league trade, so it was a decent landing spot when Benjamin tried to return to the Grand Slam for the first time in four years.
