'Former Hanwha' Peña turns down after showing guts in Taiwan! Eventually, he goes to Mexico → One bowl of rice with floral

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Felix Peña (36), a right-hander familiar to Hanwha Eagles fans who played from the 2022 to 2024 season, made a sharp turn to Mexico for his next destination despite his overwhelming performance in the Taiwan Professional Baseball (CPBL). Excessive confidence in the negotiation process seems to have eventually returned as a "poison."

Leonese de Yucatan, a club belonging to the Mexican Professional Baseball League (LMB), announced on its official SNS on the 12th (Korea time) that it has recruited Felix Peña, a pitcher from the Dominican Republic who has six major league seasons and a record of no-hitters.

He then expected, "With the addition of Peña, who has experienced Asian baseball such as Korea and Taiwan and the Dominican Winter League (LIDOM), the starting rotation will be stronger."

However, Peña's trip to the Mexican league is somewhat unexpected. Peña, who played for the Lions in the 2025 season, simply bombed the Taiwanese league. He played 10 wins, 3 losses and 127 ⅓ innings in 21 games, with an outstanding ERA of 1.91. Looking at the records alone, it was naturally the number one renewal and deserved the best treatment in the league.

However, Peña rarely signed the contract. According to multiple Taiwanese media outlets, Peña used his performance as a weapon during the negotiations to make some unreasonable demands for options and salaries. In response, the club, which showed reluctance, abruptly declared a breakdown in negotiations and brought in right-hander Denny Reyes (30) from the Samsung Lions. Peña, who made the wrong choice in his attitude and negotiation strategy, has virtually become impossible to return to the Taiwanese league.

Peña's choice, driven to a dead end, was Mexico. Yucatan seems to have reached out in appreciation of Peña's rich experience and still power. In particular, Yucatan already has outfielder Esteban Floral (29), a familiar name and Dominican colleague to Korean fans, which is expected to be a great help to Peña's adaptation. Floral also entered the Mexican League Yucatan after the end of the Mexican Winter League.

The two players have never played in one team at the same time in the past, but both have something in common that they played in the KBO league wearing "Hanwha Eagles" uniforms. Attention is focusing on how the Dominican duo, who are from the "Eagle Corps" with the consensus of Hanwha, will create synergy in Yucatan, Mexico.

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