This photo provided by the SSG Landers, April 27, shows the Korea Baseball Organization club's new pitcher, Drew Anderson. Yonhap

The SSG Landers announced Saturday that it had signed former major league pitcher Drew Anderson.

In a corresponding move, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club released struggling right-hander Robert Dugger.

Anderson, 30, has 19 games of big league experience for three clubs, going 1-3 with a 6.50 ERA over 44 1/3 innings.

The right-hander spent the 2022 and 2023 seasons in Japan with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, and compiled a 7-5 record in 34 games, including 19 starts, with a 3.05 ERA.

This year, Anderson has been pitching for the Toledo Mud Hens, the Triple-A affiliate for the Detroit Tigers, and had a 2-1 record with a 3.86 ERA in nine relief appearances.

According to the Landers, Anderson has touched 156 kilometers per hour (96.9 miles per hour) with his four-seam fastball this year, and also throws a curveball, cutter, slider and changeup.

Anderson replaces Dugger, who arrived in Korea this spring with high expectations but lasted just six starts.

Dugger had a 0-3 record with a 12.71 ERA. On April 6, Dugger gave up 14 runs on 12 hits in only three innings against the NC Dinos, tying the KBO record for most runs allowed by a pitcher in a game.

He showed signs of a turnaround on April 18, when he held the first-place Kia Tigers to a run on three hits in five innings. Six days later, though, Dugger was roughed up for seven runs on nine hits in 2 2/3 innings against the last-place Lotte Giants.

Despite Dugger's struggles, the Landers were tied for third in the league through Friday at 16-12-1 (wins-losses-ties). They have the second-worst team ERA, though, at 5.28, and they have surrendered a league-high 35 home runs. (Yonhap)