Is it really a relief pitcher this time?

As the Kia Tigers prepare for the 2023 season, they’ve brought in a new foreign pitcher. They boldly opted not to re-sign Thomas Pannoni and Sean Nolin, both of whom had ERAs in the double digits. When catcher Park Dong-won, who hit 17 home runs for KIA, became a free agent and moved to LG, the Tigers decided to bring in a right-handed reliever to bolster their bullpen and starting staff.

So they brought in Shawn Anderson and Adonis Madina. They were well-received in spring training. But when the lid was lifted on the season, it was a far cry from expectations. Anderson went 4-7 with a 3.87 ERA in 14 games. He had eight quality starts. 카지노사이트 He wasn’t overpowering opponents, and he was increasingly getting picked apart by KBO hitters. His power was missing from the start.

At the end of June, the club threw in the towel and replaced him. They brought back Mario Sanchez and Panoni, who had dominated the Taiwanese League. They seemed to find success early on, but the results were mixed. Sanchez was injured. Panoni had some question marks over his innings. Only 19 quality starts (6 innings or less) were made by the four outsiders. That’s one short of NC’s Eric Peddy’s 21.

The poor performance of the pitchers contributed to the team’s fifth-place finish.

After the season, Shim reorganized the management team and created a new part dedicated to scouting outside pitchers. He began scouring the market for pitchers. It wasn’t easy because of the cap ($1 million) and the lack of starting pitchers in the major leagues. Other teams were quick to sign pitchers, but no announcements were made until the end of the year.

In the new year, the team finally made Will Crowe’s signing official. His two years of full-time major league experience as a starter and middle reliever caught our eye. He’s a lefty with a fastball that tops out at 95 mph and a sweeper. Last year, he suffered a shoulder injury, but his medical cleared him and he was signed. He is expected to play a key role in the first team.

We were prepared to announce both at the same time, but only Crowe signed.

The other pitcher had an abnormality in his medical, so we couldn’t sign him. We went back to the drawing board and made an offer to James Nail (31). The right-hander tops out at 153 mph and averages 149 mph. He pitched 10 games for St. Louis last year and was on the 40-man roster. He was acquired for his experience as a starter and middle reliever and his good stuff.

With the signing of Crow and Nail, KIA completes its five-man starting rotation with Yang Hyun-jong Lee and Yoon Young-chul. As an active big league duo, expectations are high. If they average 30 games and over 160 innings pitched and combine for 30 QS, it will be a huge success. There’s even some hope that they could start the best starting rotation of all time. 카지노사이트 순위 Park Chan-ho, Kim Do-young, Na Sung-beom, Choi Hyung-woo, Socrates, Kim Sun-bin, Lee Woo-sung, Choi Won-joon, and Kim Tae-gun are all solid bats, so if the one-two punch works, they could challenge for the top spot.