"Reflected" came back with three hitsYou don't have to worry about 'Tae-Tae-Tae-Tae-Tae-Tae-Tae-Tae-Tae-Tae-Tae-E
Aug 21, 2024
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The Samsung Lions recruited three foreign hitters this season alone. David McKinnon, who signed a contract for $1 million, the upper limit for foreign players in his first year, showed a somewhat half-baked performance with a batting average of 294 and four home runs in 72 games. In the end, he was notified of his release after the first half, and Samsung signed Ruben Cardenas for $477 million.
Cardenas, who came in mid-July, made a strong impression by hitting a double in the first game and hitting home runs in the next two games, but was eventually released after seven games after complaining of back pain.
The new batter is Lewin Diaz. A total of $170,000 was spent, including $50,000 in annual salary, $20,000 in incentives, and $100,000 in transfer fees.
He ended up spending about $1.647 million (about 2.2 billion won) just to recruit foreign hitters. For Samsung, which has been consistently in the top ranks this year and has recently risen to second place, the performance of foreign batters was desperate.
Did Samsung's earnest wish work. Diaz got off to a strong start in the KBO League. He made his debut against the NC Dinos on the 17th and made his debut with a home run. He had no hits in four at-bats against NC on the 18th, but he showed a perfect performance with three hits and one RBI in four at-bats against the Doosan Bears on the 20th.
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Still three games. Diaz first showed what Samsung expected in his attitude. After the match on the 20th, Diaz said "First of all, I'm so happy that the team won today. It hasn't been long since I came to Korea, but I think today was the best game in Korea"I looked back. He continued "In the last game, as I tried to play actively, I lost my hand to all the good and bad balls. I think today's reflection on that and swinging for only good balls led to good results." In other words, he showed a strong will to rebound from the previous game's disappointment, not simply due to problems such as conditions.
Samsung coach Park Jin-man also said, `I liked the part where Diaz gave three hits and broke the flow of offense" smiled satisfactorily.
Diaz will play his third KBO League game at Pohang, the second stadium, and I heard Pohang was the second pitch, but so many fans came. The atmosphere of the fans was so good and we were able to win thanks to the support"I want to ask for a lot of support in the future, " he said, expressing his gratitude.
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