Pitcher Kyle Hart has signed a one-year contact with the Padres after one season in the Korean Baseball Organization, where he was honored as the league’s top pitcher.
The Padres on Thursday announced the signing of Hart, 32, to a deal for this season that includes a club option for 2026.
The left-hander won the Choi Dong-won Award in the KBO last season after leading the league with 182 strikeouts. He was 13-3 with a 2.69 ERA in 26 starts, ranking second in the league for wins and ERA. He walked only 38 of the 631 batters he saw over 158 innings.
Welcome to San Diego, Kyle!We have signed left-handed pitcher Kyle Hart to a one-year contract through the 2025 season with a club option for 2026. pic.twitter.com/2tYGL3mvTa
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) February 13, 2025In his only MLB action, Hart pitched in four games (three starts) for Boston during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. He was 0-1, allowing 24 hits and 19 earned runs over 11 innings.
The Red Sox took Hart in the 19th round of the 2016 MLB amateur draft out of Indiana University. He pitched over parts of eight minor league seasons for the Red Sox (2016-22), Seattle (2023) and Philadelphia (2023).
His signing comes after a flurry of deals for the Padres in recent days, including contracts for Poway native Connor Joe and outfielder Jason Heyward, and most recently another pitcher, Nick Pivetta.
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