By Yoo Jee-ho

SEOUL, July 30 (Yonhap) -- The KT Wiz announced Thursday they have signed former major league pitcher Davis Daniel to replace struggling starter Matt Sauer.

The Wiz said Daniel, 29, will make US$406,000 for the rest of this Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season.

The American right-hander has 12 major league games under his belt, most recently appearing in three games for the Atlanta Braves last year.

He has spent the entire 2026 season in Triple-A for the Cincinnati Reds, going 5-8 with a 4.71 ERA in 19 appearances, including 18 starts.

In 93 career Triple-A games, Daniel has a 26-37 record with a 5.31 ERA and 408 strikeouts in 440 1/3 innings.

The Wiz said Daniel has a steady command of his pitches and has a proven strikeout ability.

Daniel is taking over from Sauer, the Wiz's Opening Day starter in March who is leaving the KBO with a 7-5 record and a 4.88 ERA in 18 starts.

Sauer allowed at least a run in all of his outings, including his season-worst eight runs on 10 hits in just three innings against the Lotte Giants on Sunday.

The Wiz have now replaced both of their foreign pitchers they had at the start of the season. In June, they signed Logan Allen as a short-term replacement for injured pitcher Caleb Boushley and then inked Allen to a full contract when Boushley's recovery from shoulder issues hit a snag.

The Wiz came into Thursday ranked second in the KBO at 55-36-2 (wins-losses-ties), 1 1/2 games behind the Samsung Lions. The Wiz are fifth in the 10-team league with a 4.52 ERA.

jeeho@yna.co.kr

(END)

• Police drop underage dating charge against actor Kim Soo-hyun
• S. Korea formally completes development of homegrown KF-21 fighter jet
• BTS' 'Arirang' returns to top 10 on Billboard 200
• BTS' 'Butter' tops 1.1 bln views on YouTube

• New U.S. Ambassador Steel to arrive in S. Korea this week amid pileup of bilateral issues

• S. Korea formally completes development of homegrown KF-21 fighter jet

• (LEAD) S. Korea, U.S. open shipbuilding partnership center to advance MASGA initiative
• (3rd LD) SK Group chairman ordered to pay 944 bln won in asset division to ex-wife
• Trump threatens 'substantial' Section 301 tariffs on EU after Google fine

• Lee says emergence of AI era offers S. Korea new opportunity

• Police drop underage dating charge against actor Kim Soo-hyun

• S. Korea formally completes development of homegrown KF-21 fighter jet
• (LEAD) BTS says it will not submit music for next year's Grammys
• (LEAD) Temperatures hit all-time highs in southeast amid nationwide heat wave
• New U.S. Ambassador Steel set to arrive in S. Korea on Thurs.