Puig & Cardinez to 'Closely Return to KBO as 20 Winning Pitcher' One Will Be Replaced...What's Kiwoom's choice for "Emergency of the starters"?
Puig & Cardinez to 'Closely Return to KBO as 20 Winning Pitcher' One Will Be Replaced...What's Kiwoom's choice for "Emergency of the starters"?
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The professional baseball Kiwoom Heroes will recruit Raul Alcantara (33), who won 20 games in 2020.스포츠토토
Kiwoom surprised everyone by starting the season with two foreign hitters. Yasiel Puig, who led the team to second place in the 2022 Korean Series, returned to the mound, and also brought in Ruben Cardinez, who briefly played for Samsung last season. The team's goal is to boost the offensive power of its lineup, which was ranked at the bottom of the league's score list (672) last season.
At the beginning of the season, the season seemed to be going as Kiwoom had planned. Puig and Cardinez both performed well, and other hitters showed off their hot batting performances, winning four consecutive games from March 26 to 29 to tie for second place in the league.
However, problems began to emerge as Puig and Cardinez' batting performance declined. Both the batters fell into a slump. Consequently, the Korean team remains at the bottom of the league (3.67 points) in points per game this year. Worse yet, as Chung Hyeon-woo, the first rookie left-hander overall who had high expectations as the fourth starter this year, is also exited from his team's roster due to a shoulder injury, the starting lineup, which has only foreign pitchers Kenny Rosenberg, is also on shaky ground. Except for Rosenberg and Ha Young-min, there are no pitchers who can trust and trust in the game. The team's starting ERA is at the bottom of the league (5.65).
In a dilemma, Kiwoom decided to re-recruit a foreign pitcher. Alcantara, who has extensive experience in the KBO league, has joined the recruitment network. Alcantara, who recorded 46 wins, 24 losses and an ERA of 3.21 in 101 games (627 ⅔ innings) in the KBO League, won the Golden Glove by winning 20 wins and two losses with an ERA of 2.54 in 31 games (198 ⅔ innings) in 2020 when he was playing for Doosan. Thanks to his stellar performance, he even advanced to the Japanese pro baseball league (Hanshin).
Alcantara, who had two wins, two losses and an ERA of 4.76 in 12 games (64 ⅓ innings) with Doosan last season, will leave the team due to injury. Olhe played in the Mexican League and recorded one loss and an ERA of 7.17 in five games (21 ⅓ innings). Although his current performance is not good, Kiwoom said, "I confirmed that his arrest is not much different from when he was good," confident that Alcantara's skills still work in the KBO League.
If Alcantara joins, either Puig or Cadines must leave the team. Puig has a batting average of 2.12 (three hits in 156 at-bats) in 40 games, six homers, 20 RBIs and 17 runs scored, and Cardinez has a batting average of 2.24 (three hits in 147 at-bats) in 42 games, with four homers, 23 RBIs and 19 runs scored, and one stolen base OPS. As both players have similar performances, it is not easy for Kiwoom to make a decision to replace them.
Kiwoom has decided to recruit Alcantara, but has yet to confirm the contract because it has yet to decide who to replace Puig or Cardinez. Fans are watching with interest who will leave Korea as the ambitious strategy of two foreign hitters eventually failed.