KIA foreign ace → marijuana scandal → career decline… Will the comeback succeed in the last struggle? Wave → career decline… Wil

Aaron Brooks, who was loved by Kia's foreign ace but suffered a decline after leaving the team due to unfavorable circumstances, has re-entered the Major League. He is aiming to join the Major League roster from Oakland, where he has fond memories.

Oakland signed Aaron Brooks to a minor league contract on Thursday (KST), according to the player transfer page. It did not specify if he would be invited to spring training, but given his experience and Oakland's player base, he may have the opportunity to play. Brooks played for Oakland from 2015 to 2019.

Brooks, who was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 2011 and challenged the Major League Baseball, made his Major League debut with the Kansas City Royals in 2014, and seemed to be making a good start. He was traded to Oakland in the middle of the 2015 season, and has been a steady starter since then, achieving great success.

In particular, he showed his potential in 2019 by recording six wins and eight losses and an ERA of 5.65 in 29 games (18 starts) across Oakland and Baltimore. This is why many were surprised to hear that Brooks, who has been on the rise, signed a contract with Kia ahead of the 2020 season. There was also speculation that Matt Williams, who served as Kia's head coach and coach in Oakland at the time, had some influence.

Brooks captured the hearts of Kia fans with his strong ability to induce ground balls and sincere innings. In 2020, he renewed his contract after playing 151 innings in 23 games, and posted an outstanding record of 11 wins, 4 losses, and an earned run average of 2.50.

However, since late 2020, bad news has created a career crisis. He returned home halfway due to his child's car accident, and in early August, ahead of the second half of the year, an e-cigarette he ordered in the U.S. was found to contain marijuana and was under investigation. KIA ended the relationship unfortunately by arbitrarily withdrawing Brooks. The skills were very appealing, but cannabis was strictly illegal in Korea.

Brooks' career went downhill after he left KIA. After being kicked out of KIA, he immediately signed a minor league contract with San Diego, but his rhetoric got prolonged and eventually became meaningless. In 2022, he signed a minor league contract with St. Louis and appeared in five MLB games, but he did not raise his ERA to 7.71. Last year, he signed a minor league contract with San Diego, but he failed to make it to the MLB stage. He recorded an ERA of 4.95 in 44 Triple-A games.

Oakland can be a land of opportunity. Basically, the team's roster is not strong. This is the limit that teams can't spend money on. Players who are a little better are often traded. The difficulty of making it to the majors can be relatively easy because the team moves so often. Brooks is now 34 years old and has not performed well in the majors for a long time, so if he fails until this year, he has more difficulties ahead of him.