Pitchers and have signed with the CTBC Brothers of the Chinese Profe sional Baseball League Russell Martin Jersey in Taiwan, . The CTBC Brothers have also re-signed pitcher , who has been playing in Taiwan since the 2020 season (per ). Mengden, 31 in February, played six seasons in the majors, with a brief stop-off in the KBO in between his fifth and sixth MLB campaigns. He was drafted by the Astros in 2014 but traded to the Athletics the following summer as part of the return package for . The righty made his debut in Oakland the year after that, and over the next five seasons, he appeared in 60 games (48 starts) for the As, to sing 302 2/3 innings with a 4.64 ERA. After being designated for a signment and electing free agency, Mengden spent the 2021 season with the Kia Tigers in the KBO, making 21 starts with a 3.60 ERA. Most impre sively, he threw 120 innings, more than he ever reached in a single season in MLB. He returned stateside in 2022, signing a minor league deal with the Royals and earning a couple of big league call-ups, to sing 109 innings at Triple-A Omaha and another seven with Kansas City. He then split the 2023 season between the Royals and Nationals organizations, although his 7.25 ERA kept him from earning another call to the show. McCarty, 28, was drafted by Cleveland in 2017, where he slowly rose through the minor league ranks before making his MLB debut in 2022. He was DFAd that summer and briefly picked up by the Orioles, but le s than two weeks later he was DFAd again (having pitched just one game for Baltimores Triple-A affiliate) and wound up back in Cleveland. Overall, he appeared in 13 games during his one and only big league season, to sing 37 2/3 innings and posting a 4.54 ERA and 4.57 SIERA. While McCarty has far le s MLB experience than Mengden, hes coming off a strong season with the SSG Landers in Korea. He signed with the Landers in November 2022, shortly after he was released by the Guardians, and went on to make 24 starts in his lone KBO season, pitching to a 3.39 ERA over 130 frames. Presumably, Mengden and McCarty will both join the CTBC Brothers rotation in 2024. Those two will be joining mainstay De Paula, who has led the team in innings pitched each of the the past four seasons. Soon to be 36, the southpaw first played affiliated ball for the Padres organization in 2007 and briefly appeared in the majors with the Yankees eight years later. However, he has more recently made a name for himself in foreign leagues; he spent two years playing in Mexico from 2018-19, and since 2020 has pitched for the CTBC Brothers in Taiwan. He was named the CPBL MVP in each of his first two seasons and has continued to succeed into his mid-thirties; in 2023, he made 27 starts with a 3.53 ERA. Orel Hershiser Jersey