Back in 2015, the Milwaukee Brewers drafted 6'6" right-handed pitcher Cody Ponce 55th overall out of Cal Poly Pomona. Four years later, they traded him to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jordan Lyles. Ponce went on to make his MLB debut in 2020, appeared in 15 big league games in 2021, and then headed overseas in 2022, where he has been ever since.
Ponce spent three seasons (2022–2024) in Japan’s Pacific League before joining the Hanwha Eagles of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) for the 2025 season, where he quickly became a star. This year, he captured the pitching Triple Crown with 17 wins, a 1.