'We've done that difficult thing'Diaz Official'Taengue controversy'Cadenas Goodbye
Aug 14, 2024
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The Samsung club officially announced on the 14th that it has signed an alternate foreign hitter, Lewin Diaz. Diaz signed a total of $170,000, including an annual salary of 50,000, an option of 20,000, and a transfer fee of 100,000. Diaz is a Dominican Republic native and is a left-handed left-handed first baseman who was born in 1996 at the age of 28 with a physique of 1m88 and a weight of 105kg.
He started his professional career by signing with the Minnesota Twins in 2013, and in 2020, he hit .181 in 112 games and 13 home runs in his three major league seasons with the Miami Marlins.
This season, he led his team to the postseason by recording a batting index of 75G batting average of 0.375 77 RBIs, 19 home runs, and OPS 1.099 for Campeche and Mexico City teams in the Mexican professional baseball league.
The Samsung club expressed its expectation, saying, `Diaz has not only the long-range power needed at his home stadium, Daegu Samsung Lions Park, but also the starting skills in the defense of the first base, and is expected to quickly adapt to the KBO league as a player with a dedicated attitude and passion for the team.'
Meanwhile, Ruben Cardenas, who Samsung recruited in July after ousting David McKinnon, will leave the KBO League in disgrace after just seven games. Cardenas went 8 for 24 with a .333 batting average with two homers and five RBIs in seven games. He met expectations by hitting a walk-off come-from-behind home run at the beginning of his joining, but chronic back pain occurred.
Cadenas, who was unable to play normally due to pain, played pinch-hitter and logistical defense in the match against Hanwha on the 6th, and at that time, the controversy over 'Tae-Tae-Woo' occurred and was eventually canceled from the first-team entry on the 7th, the next day.
Samsung moved quickly to find a replacement for Cardenas and recruited Diaz, who had a big league career. The time to issue a work visa was the key, but it dramatically succeeded in recruiting by announcing the official contract a day earlier than the deadline for foreign player registration on August 15.
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