CPBL Foreign Players Updates Volume #313
CTBC Brothers News: Eric Stout
On January 21, the CTBC Brothers announced the re-signing of Eric Stout for the 2024 CPBL season. The 30-year-old American left-hander will return to Taiwan on February 15 to begin his second season in the CPBL.
CTBC Brothers’ Eric Stout allowed 3 runs and struck out 9 over 6 innings in his #CPBL debut. pic.twitter.com/wnRgBmeGGi
— CPBL STATS 🪬🔮 (@GOCPBL) August 14, 2023
In 2023, Eric Strout joined the CTBC Brothers as one of the mid-season signings and quickly stole the media spotlight with his killer sweeper in his debut. In over 12 starts, Stout posted a 3.28 ERA and 1.06 WHIP across 68.2 innings.
Although there were some signs of him running out of gas towards the end of the season, with his velocity dropping and an increase in his BB%, he still finished the year with an outstanding 27.9 K% and 25.9 Whiff%.
As of today, the CTBC Brothers have Shawn Morimando, José De Paula, Kirk McCarty, Daniel Mengden and Eric Stout as their foreign players for the 2024 CPBL season.
It is worth mentioning four out of those five foreign pitchers are left-handers. When asked by the media whether that was intentional, the CTBC Brothers GM revealed that they sign foreign players based on their ability.
A closer look at Eric Stout’s sweeper. #CPBL pic.twitter.com/d7r6DVvmVD
— CPBL STATS 🪬🔮 (@GOCPBL) August 13, 2023
Further Readings
Foreign players come and go. Therefore, we have compiled a tracker to monitor all foreign player signings for the 2024 CPBL season.