"I've been saying this all year, but..." I'm worried about 7G 0-5 PS because I brought A.C.E
Sep 24, 2024
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Doosan held an important game on the 23rd. He won the match against SSG Landers 8-4 at Jamsil Stadium. The only regret was that starter Choi Won-joon was replaced early with four runs in three ⅓ innings, but he was able to win the game completely due to bullpen pitchers' good pitching in five scoreless ⅔ and a huge explosion in the lineup. If it lost to SSG on that day, Doosan would have lost to fourth place with four remaining games. For now, we have overcome the last crisis.
The confirmation of entering autumn baseball is just around the corner, but concerns are still ongoing. It is the lackluster performance of foreign pitchers.
Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop, who met with reporters ahead of the SSG match on the 24th, talked about foreign pitchers while briefing on the current physical conditions of recent injured players such as Yang Eui-ji and Heo Kyung-min. Director Lee said "I have nothing to say. "It's been a year, but I think foreign players have been unable to do their part, and I think I've been having a hard time coming this far."
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The operation of foreign pitchers has been twisted since Raul Alcantara's slump. Doosan re-signed Alcantara for $1.5 million (including $200,000 in incentives) and Brandon Waddell for $1.13 million (including $130,000 in incentives) ahead of this season, and recruited new foreign hitter Henry Ramos (down payment of 50,000, annual salary of 550,000 and incentive of $100,000), but none of them are currently in the first-team entry.
Alcantara, who receives an annual salary of nearly 2 billion won, was eventually kicked out as he was below expectations in many ways, and Balazovic was hired as a substitute. Balazovic, who was expected to play an ace role, seemed to adapt to the league in the beginning, but left a shocking report card of five wins without winning the last seven games.
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Fortunately, Ramos substitute hitter Jared Young is doing his part to some extent, but it is frustrating that key foreign pitchers who should take charge of 'one-two punch' are sluggish or not even able to take the mound at all.
Fortunately, he is holding out with a strong bullpen. Manager Lee Seung-yeop also said, `The middle pitchers came this far with great strength. Our bullpen pitchers are doing a great job. We have to endure the remaining four games somehow."
However, even in the postseason, worries about starting continue. There are domestic selection agents leading to Kwak Bin, Choi Won-joon, and Choi Seung-yong, but the absence of a strong first starter, especially a foreign starter, is deepening coach Lee Seung-yeop's worries.
youll@sportschosun.com
