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Team Australia and Sydney Blue Sox pitcher Coen Wynne has signed a contract with the LG Twins in the Korean Baseball Organisation (KBO) – South Korea’s top league and a power three professional baseball competition in the world.

He was signed to a Temporary Foreign Replacement Player contract to step in for wounded import Elieser Hernandez

The Twins kept tabs on Wynne at international events during the last ABL season. They invited him to Spring Training in February over in Arizona.

“Spring training was intense and saw me throwing bullpens, participating in team defence, throwing live at bats against hitters and I finished off with me throwing a few innings in a scrimmage game,” said Wynne. “The feeling I got from the head of scouting department and coaches were that they were impressed with my performance during spring and wanted to keep in touch throughout the season.”

Sydney-born Wynne, 26, has been one of the feel of the Australian baseball world over the last two years.

He returned Down Under from a standout career at Grand Canyon University in NCAA Division I and has progressively taken a leap each of his three ABL seasons.

In 2022-23, he started ten games and was one of the best rookies. He earned an emergency call-up to Australia at the World Baseball Classic and famously pitched the national team to a win over China just a day after landing in Japan.

In 2023-24, he was once again relied on as a key Blue Sox starter and earned a spot with Team Australia at the Premier12.

But 2024-25 was when he really took off. He was used as both a starter and a reliever, compiling a 2.35 ERA in 38.1 innings with a WHIP of .934. He was nominated for the Pitcher of the Year and helped the Sox win the minor premiership.

He famously threw a near-perfect outing just hours after returning from his Nan’s funeral in December.

His ABL season made the LG Twins take note, inviting him to Spring Training in Arizona in February 2025.

“The Blue Sox have been a large part of my development for the last three seasons,” said Wynne. “It’s given me a chance to sharpen my skills as both a starter and a reliever.”

Wynne flies out to Korea later this week to join the team.

“Coen Wynn is a starting resource from the Australian national team, and he has maintained his sense of competition by digesting actual games until recently, and he judged him to be the right person to replace Hernandez considering his training with the team for the purpose of actual test for the Asian quarter during the Arizona Spring Camp,” said a Twins official. 

We will be watching eagerly.