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Posted: May 06, 2020 12:30 PMUpdated: May 06, 2020 4:17 PM
Former ORU Star Playing Pro Baseball in South Korea
A former local star registered the first televised hit in professional baseball in 2020. Former Oral Roberts University standout Tyler Saladino tacked a single to left field while playing for the Samsung Lions in the Korean Baseball Organization.
Eduardo Perez and Karl Ravech had the call on ESPN on Tuesday morning (video below). South Korea joins Taiwan as the only two countries to be playing professional baseball. The KBO offers better talent and can occasionally see its players graduate to Major League Baseball.
Saladino played just one season at ORU in 2010. Though the California-native put on quite a show in his one year in a Golden Eagles uniform. Saladino hit 17 home runs and drove in 73 runs in his one year in Tulsa, putting him on several national leaderboards that season. That summer he would be selected in the seventh round of the MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox.
Saladino played parts of five seasons with Chicago and the Milwaukee Brewers after debuting in 2014. He appeared in 326 big league games. This winter, Saladino signed a $700,000 contract with the Lions. Experts say he could be in the running to win the league’s Most Valuable Player award.
(PHOTO COURTESY: Yonhap News)
Tyler Saladino’s #KBO MVP campaign is officially off and running, folks! pic.twitter.com/WkwyRLce4B
— Sox On 35th (@SoxOn35th) May 5, 2020
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