2024 CPBL Foreign Player Signing Tracker
Foreign players come and go. So, here is the 2024 CPBL foreign player tracker. We will continue to update this blog post throughout the season. [Last updated: April 17, 2024]
| NAME | CPBL TEAM | HIGHEST LEVEL | SEASON | SIGNED | RELEASED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasier Herrera | Wei Chuan Dragons | Triple-A / NPB | 1 | DEC 18, 2023 | - |
| Bryan Woodall | Wei Chuan Dragons | Triple-A | 10 | JAN 23, 2024 | - |
| Drew Gagnon | Wei Chuan Dragons | MLB / KBO | 4 | FEB 6, 2024 | - |
| Tyler Eppler | Wei Chuan Dragons | NPB / KBO | 2 | FEB 6, 2024 | - |
| Rio Gomez | Wei Chuan Dragons | Triple-A | 1 | FEB 6, 2024 | - |
| Shunsuke Suzuki | Rakuten Monkeys | Japan's Indie | 1 | NOV 11, 2023 | - |
| Pedro Fernández | Rakuten Monkeys | Triple-A | 2 | JAN 18, 2024 | - |
| Manny Bañuelos | Rakuten Monkeys | MLB / NPB | 3 | JAN 23, 2024 | - |
| Marcelo Martinez | Rakuten Monkeys | Triple-A | 1 | FEB 7, 2024 | - |
| Logan Ondrusek | Uni-Lions | MLB / NPB | 3 | AUG 31, 2023 | |
| Brock Dykxhoorn | Uni-Lions | Triple-A / KBO | 5 | DEC 27, 2023 | - |
| Mario Sanchez | Uni-Lions | Triple-A / KBO | 2 | DEC 27, 2023 | - |
| Jake Kalish | Uni-Lions | Triple-A | 1 | FEB 2, 2024 | - |
| Héctor Pérez | Uni-Lions | MLB | 1 | MAR 2, 2024 | |
| Shawn Morimando | CTBC Brothers | MLB / KBO | 4 | APR 21, 2023 | |
| José De Paula | CTBC Brothers | MLB | 5 | JAN 17, 2024 | - |
| Kirk McCarty | CTBC Brothers | MLB / KBO | 1 | JAN 17, 2024 | - |
| Daniel Mengden | CTBC Brothers | MLB / KBO | 1 | JAN 17, 2024 | - |
| Eric Stout | CTBC Brothers | MLB | 2 | JAN 21, 2024 | - |
| Elniery García | CTBC Brothers | Triple-A | 2 | MAR 26, 2024 | APR 17, 2024 (Failed Drug Test) |
| Enderson Franco | Fubon Guardians | MLB / KBO | 3 | JAN 14, 2024 | - |
| Nivaldo Rodríguez | Fubon Guardians | MLB | 1 | JAN 15, 2024 | - |
| Brandon Brennan | Fubon Guardians | MLB | 1 | JAN 26, 2024 | - |
| Keyvius Sampson | Fubon Guardians | MLB / KBO | 3 | FEB 8, 2024 | - |
| Jake Dahlberg | Fubon Guardians | Triple-A | 2 | MAR 22, 2024 | |
| Shōtarō Kasahara | TSG Hawks | NPB | 1 | NOV 27, 2023 | - |
| Kento Onodera | TSG Hawks | Japan's Indie | 1 | DEC 17, 2023 | - |
| Nick Margevicius | TSG Hawks | MLB | 1 | JAN 22, 2024 | - |
| Steven Moya | TSG Hawks | MLB / NPB | 1 | JAN 24, 2024 | - |
| Reymin Guduan | TSG Hawks | MLB | 1 | JAN 26, 2024 | - |
| Bradin Hagens | TSG Hawks | MLB / NPB | 4 | MAR 1, 2024 | - |
What’s the rule about how many foreign players can keep on the roster in 2024. Is it three pitchers and one position player? If so, the Hawks should sign one more foreign pitcher and one more foreign position player.
They can technically sign as many as they want and keep them in the minor league. Each team can only “register” 4 foreign players, those 4 would be eligible for call-up and down between CPBL major league and minor league. Each team can only keep 3 “registered foreign players” in the major league. Once a team “de-register” a foreign player, they can not “re-register” them again.
TSG Hawks this season can have 4 “registered foreign players” in the major league, as long it’s not all pitchers or hitters. So yeah, they can sign maybe another foreign pitcher, don’t register him and just stash him in the minor league as backup.
It seems like the Guardians, Uni-Lions and Monkeys should all sign a fifth foreign pitcher, most likely out of the Indy-A leagues (Japan or U.S.), to pitch at the minor league level so that they have a fifth pitcher on hand when one of the first four foreigners gets hurt or pitches badly and needs to be released.