‘KBO Blackmail’ Falka from Samsung signs a minor league contract with the Mets
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- on Aug 29, 2023
Former Samsung Lions foreign hitter Daniel Palka has signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets.
American sports media ‘Major League Trade Rumors’ reported on the 29th (Korean time), “The New York Mets have signed first baseman and corner outfielder Daniel Falka to a minor league contract.”
Falka played in 109 games for the Triple-A Syracuse Mets under the Mets last year, posting 104 hits in 395 at-bats, 26 homers, 79 RBIs and 68 runs scored. Freed after the season, Falka was added to the spring training roster as an invited player from Boston and non-roster. 스포츠토토
He has appeared in 79 Triple-A games this season, batting . After being released from Boston at the end of July, he got another chance at the Mets and plans to play for promotion to the big leagues.
Signed with Samsung as a replacement for Tyler Saladino in July 2020, he was criticized for being a ‘gang-galpo’ with a batting average of 200 li (41 hits in 196 bats), 8 home runs, 23 RBIs and 17 points in 51 games.