Ariel Jurado

Ariel Jurado is a Panamanian professional baseball pitcher who has made a name for himself in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) as a consistent performer. Recently, he renewed his contract with the Samsung Lions for the 2026 season, marking his fourth consecutive year in the KBO. Jurado has demonstrated impressive skills on the mound, having started 30 games each of the last three seasons, with a notable earned run average of 2.87 across 571.1 innings pitched. His standout performance came in the previous season, where he led the KBO with 197.1 innings pitched and achieved a personal best ERA of 2.60. While he currently plays in Korea, Jurado has expressed interest in potentially returning to Major League Baseball in the future, where he previously played for the Texas Rangers and the New York Mets.