The first injured person three days before returning home finished 5.2 billion won, so save king to the U.S. → 26S NEW finishing injury left → FA finishing even you
Feb 19, 2025
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That's why the team's most important finish was injured, so I went to Korea first. Bad news continues to occur in the LG Twins' finishing.
LG club said on the 19th (Korea time) "Jang Hyun-sik tripped his right foot and sprained his right ankle while walking on the evening of the 16th local time in the United States." X-rays were examined at a nearby hospital on the 18th and the results of the examination showed that there was no abnormality in the bones, he said. "We will depart for Korea on the 19th local time and undergo an MRI and detailed examination at the hospital immediately after arriving."
LG had a total of 42 players heading to Arizona. As many as 23 of them were pitchers. He led many pitchers to Arizona to strengthen the bullpen, LG's weakness.
LG, which enjoyed the joy of winning for the first time in 29 years in 2023, ambitiously tried to win the first two years in a row, but ranked third last year. The most regrettable part was the bullpen. Closer Ko Woo-seok left for the U.S., and Lee Jung-yong, who played well between the starting pitcher and the bullpen, joined the military. Ham Deok-joo, who played well as a left-handed setup man, even signed an FA contract but underwent surgery for a microfracture in his elbow. Yoo Young-chan was selected as a new closer and a new bullpen was built, but the powerful bullpen in 2023 disappeared in an instant. Veteran Kim Jin-sung ranked third in the hold with 27 holds and Yoo Young-chan ranked third in saves with 26 saves, showing good performance, but the rest of the pitchers did not pitch well.
LG's starter ranked first overall with 58 quality starts last year and second overall with a 4.26 ERA, but the bullpen ranked sixth with a 5.21 ERA.
Even if there are ups and downs, LG's offense is still strong, ranking second overall in team batting average and second overall in team scoring. As a result, it was a decisive reason why the weak bullpen fell to third place.
After being eliminated by the Samsung Lions with one win and three losses in the playoffs, LG focused on strengthening the bullpen. Choi Won-tae, the starting pitcher, came out as an FA, but he had to choose between reinforcing the bullpen and catching Choi Won-tae because of the salary cap, and the result was a bullpen.
LG signed a four-year contract with FA Jang Hyun-sik for a total of 5.2 billion won. The unconventional contract of guaranteeing a full amount without incentives with a down payment of 1.6 billion won and an annual salary of 3.6 billion won received attention. This means that LG's bullpen was desperately needed to strengthen.
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Yoo Young-chan and Kim Jin-sung were added to Jang Hyun-sik to create a new bullpen skeleton, and by adding existing bullpen pitchers such as Jung Woo-young, Baek Seung-hyun, Park Myung-geun and Lee Woo-chan, and fast young pitchers such as Heo Yong-joo, Kim Young-woo and Yoo Hyun-hyun, they planned to create a strong bee bullpen in 2023.
However, not long after signing Jang Hyun-sik, he had no choice but to revise this plan. After finishing Yoo Young-chan went to Premier 12, a medical examination found a microfracture of the elbow cranial bone. In the case of microfractures, it is difficult to predict the timing of return easily because it is not known when bones will stick like Ham Deok-ju. In the end, LG tried to reinforce additional bullpens by recruiting veteran FA Kim Kang-ryul and bringing veteran sidearm Shim Chang-min from NC. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop selected Jang Hyun-sik as a new finish and drew up a B plan to form a new must-win group with Kim Jin-sung and Kim Kang-ryul.
However, even this plan B is on the verge of falling out. Jang Hyun-sik hurt his ankle ridiculously. Fortunately, there is no abnormality in the bone, but we don't know what kind of problems will arise from the detailed examination. It's not a big problem, so I'm glad if I'm ready by the opening, but if I can't make it in time for the opening, there may be a situation where I have to make a C plan that requires me to choose a temporary finish.
LG has been doing its best to prevent players from overdoing themselves for fear of injury, such as not measuring data during the first bullpen pitching. Fortunately, there was no problem during training, but there was a ridiculous incident where I slipped and got hurt while walking. That was also a sad injury to the team's most important closer. LG should only hope that Jang Hyun-sik's injury is not big.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
