While the 2020 Major League Baseball season is on hold, professional baseball is well underway overseas in Taiwan, and soon, too, in Korea when the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) regular season begins on May 5.
Several former Philadelphia Phillies players over the past decade, including two outfielders and three right-handed pitchers, are now gearing up to try to revitalize their careers in the 10-team Korean league.
1. Aaron Altherr, OF — KBO Team: NC Dinos
Drafted by the Phillies in the ninth round of the 2009 Draft out of Agua Fria High School in Arizona, outfielder Aaron Altherr would go on to play in parts of six seasons in the majors.