Kia Tigers bring back pitcher, sign 2 new hitters to complete foreign player signings

The Kia Tigers completed their foreign player signings for the 2026 season Wednesday by bringing back a starting pitcher and acquiring two new hitters. The Tigers said they have re-signed right-hander Adam Oller to a new one-year contract worth up to $1.2 million. He will make $700,000 in salary and received a signing bonus of $200,000. He can earn another $300,000 in incentives. Making his Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) debut in 2025, Oller led the Tigers with 11 wins and 169 strikeouts in 149 innings. He was the only Tigers pitcher to record more than 10 wins, as the 2024 Korean Series champions, held back by injuries to key players, missed the postseason entirely in 2025. The Tigers already re-signed Oller's rotation mate, James Naile, for his third KBO season in November. They will have a new foreign hitter in the lineup next year, as former major leaguer Harold Castro replaces Patrick Wisdom. Castro, 32, signed for $1 million — the maximum amount for all first-year foreign players — with $700,000 in salary, $200,000 in signing bonus and $100,000 in incentives. The Venezuelan ha