{"id":487612,"date":"2026-02-24T12:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/487612\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:33:07","slug":"former-phillies-role-player-signs-in-mexico-after-wildly-successful-season-in-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/487612\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Phillies role player signs in Mexico after wildly successful season in Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5i\">Philadelphia Phillies spring training games are underway, which is always an <a href=\"https:\/\/thatballsouttahere.com\/3-reasons-for-phillies-fans-to-be-excited-with-spring-training-underway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exciting time for fans<\/a>. For some players, it&#8217;s also a golden opportunity to make their MLB club on Opening Day. Position battles will ensue for those who are trying to earn a roster spot on their respective teams by the end of camp.  <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5l\">Take Jake Cave for example, who earned the Phillies&#8217; Opening Day left fielder job in 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/mlb\/philadelphia-phillies\/jake-cave-starting-the-spring-strong-in-bid-for-spot-on-phillies-bench\/270425\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with a strong showing in Clearwater<\/a>. Cave struggled to produce in the regular season for the Phillies before being <a href=\"https:\/\/thatballsouttahere.com\/posts\/ex-phillies-outfielder-sounds-less-than-thrilled-traded-rockies-jake-cave\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">traded to the Colorado Rockies<\/a> by the end of the following spring and signing in Korea for 2025, where he had a short stint for the KBO&#8217;s Doosan Bears that was impressive enough to earn another contract in a different foreign league. <\/p>\n<p>Former Phillie Jake Cave signed by the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos of the Mexican League<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5r\">The KBO saw the best season of Cave&#8217;s professional baseball career last season, as he mashed 16 home runs to go with an impressive .299\/.351\/.463 slash line. That impressed the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos of the Mexican League enough to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlbtraderumors.com\/2026\/02\/jake-cave-to-sign-with-mexican-leagues-tecolotes-de-los-dos-laredos.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ink Cave to a contract <\/a>for this upcoming season. The seven-year MLB veteran will get a chance to prove that last year&#8217;s performance wasn&#8217;t a fluke in a possible attempt to prove he&#8217;s still got some talent left in the tank for MLB teams.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5u\">Of course, the level of pitching in Korea and Mexico is far different from that in the MLB, as evidenced by Cave&#8217;s career .236\/.292\/.400 slash line in the majors. Those career numbers look better than his .212\/.272\/.348 showing with the Phillies that are the second-worst of his career across the board. The Phillies certainly expected more out of the Cave, even as a <a href=\"https:\/\/thatballsouttahere.com\/2022\/12\/03\/phillies-jake-cave-outfielder-waivers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">low-risk waiver claim<\/a> from the Baltimore Orioles. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5x\">The Phillies optioned Cave in May 2023 before recalling him nearly three months later, where he played first base for the first time as Bryce Harper was battling a back injury. He always seemed like a team player, given his willingness to learn a new position and constant hustle but things never worked out for Cave during his lone season in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"60\"> It was a Philadelphia tenure that ended with Cave making the final out of the team&#8217;s epic 2023 NLCS collapse in a season that Phillies fans and Cave would both like to forget. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Phillies spring training games are underway, which is always an exciting time for fans. 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