The LG Twins announced Saturday they have acquired Australian pitcher Jon Kennedy as their new Asian quota player. Kennedy, who signed for $20,000 for the rest of this Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) season, replaces fellow Australian, Lachlan Wells. Those two were teammates for Australia at this year's World Baseball Classic. Kennedy, 31, has mostly pitched in his native Australia and also has four years of U.S. minor league experience, having reached as high as Triple-A. In the U.S., Kennedy compiled a 10-10 record with a 3.09 ERA over 186 1/3 innings in 94 games. The Twins described Kennedy as a groundball pitcher who will bolster their pitching staff the rest of this season, as they try to win their second straight Korean Series title. Kennedy will be eligible for the postseason if the Twins get there, with Aug. 15 being the annual deadline for KBO clubs to put new foreign players on their active roster to have them available for postseason action. Prior to Saturday's games, the Twins were in third place at 57-47-1 (wins-losses-ties), with the top five teams advancing to the postseas