The SSG Landers of the Korea Baseball Organization have signed former big league outfielder , as noted by . McBroom is set to make $75K while he serves as an injury replacement for outfielder . Heredia is sidelined by an infection thats expected to keep him out of action for at least the next six weeks. Typically, KBO teams can roster only three foreign players, but the league has an exception to that rule for players tasked with temporarily replacing a foreign player who suffered an injury that will keep them out of action for six weeks or longer. McBroom is joining SSG under this exception, and once Heredia is healthy and ready to return hell either need to be removed from the roster and placed on waivers or permanently replace one of the clubs other foreign players. McBroom, 33, was a 15th-round pick by the Blue Jays in 2015 who made it to the majors with the Royals during the 2019 season. He ultimately played just 66 games in the majors acro s parts of three seasons, though he did feature prominently on Kansas Citys bench during the shortened 2020 season. That was the best campaign of his career in some ways; while he hit just .247 with a .282 on-base percentage, he slugged six homers Malik Sealy Jersey and three doubles in just 85 trips to the plate while backing up and in left field and at first base. Overall, McBroom hit a roughly league average .268/.322/.427 in 177 trips to the plate in the majors before being released by the Royals in November of 2021 to pursue a career in Japans Nippon Profe sional Baseball. McBroom signed on with NPBs Hiroshima Carp for the 2022 season and ultimately spent two seasons with the club. While he hit an impre sive .272/.352/.442 in 128 games during his first year of NPB play, 2023 did not go nearly as well. He scuffled to a subpar .221/.305/.354 line acro s 70 games before returning to the United States for the 2024 season to play in the independent Atlantic League for the Long Island Ducks. McBroom excelled in indy ball acro s 88 games, hitting .268/.376/.497 with 19 homers and 15 doubles in just 375 plate appearances. That strong work with the Ducks seems to have caught the attention of SSG, and now McBroom will get the opportunity to prove himself in the KBO for at least the next six weeks. If he hits well enough, it wouldnt be a surprise to see the outfielder stick around in Korea, whether that ends up being with the Landers or a different KBO club thats willing to part with one of its current foreign players in order to roster McBroom. Juancho Hernangomez Jersey