Left-handed pitcher Roenis Elías has reportedly signed a contract for the 2025 season with the Fubon Guardians of the CPBL in Taiwan. TSNA (h/t to CPBL Stats) was the primary to report the information (Chinese language language hyperlink), which Francys Romero later confirmed. The southpaw will earn a assured $500K USD wage.
Elías, 36, hung out with the Mariners, Purple Sox, and Nationals all through elements of seven MLB seasons. His finest yr was his rookie marketing campaign with Seattle in 2014, when he pitched 163 2/3 innings over 29 begins with a 3.85 ERA and three.96 SIERA. Sadly, he struggled to ever replicate that success. From 2015-22, he pitched 232 large league innings over 104 video games (25 begins), placing up a 4.03 ERA and 4.49 SIERA.
Though he signed a minor league cope with the Cubs forward of the 2023 season, Elías made solely 4 begins for Triple-A Iowa earlier than the group launched him to pursue a profession abroad. He inked a $540K contract with the KBO’s SSG Landers in Might and pitched to a 3.70 ERA in 131 1/3 innings over the remainder of the yr. That ERA was nicely under the 4.14 league common, as was his 6.0% stroll price. These numbers had been sufficient to earn him one other season (and a increase) from the Landers, who re-signed him to a one-year, $1MM deal for the 2024 marketing campaign.
Sadly, the 2024 season wasn’t fairly as form to Elías. He missed time with an indirect damage and completed with a 4.08 ERA in 123 2/3 innings. Nonetheless, it’s price declaring that his ERA was truly higher in comparison with the league common in 2024 than it was in 2023. He additionally elevated his strikeout price from 17.0% to 19.8% whereas barely decreasing his stroll price. However, it appears as if the Landers opted to not deliver him again for a 3rd yr with the membership. As an alternative, Elías will take a pay reduce and attempt to set up himself in a brand new overseas league.
