1 inning perfect → 3G consecutive scoreless → ERA 0...7 billion FA reward player, why does the season start in the second division
1 inning perfect → 3G consecutive scoreless → ERA 0...7 billion FA reward player, why does the season start in the second division
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Choi Chae-heung, a left-hander of the LG Twins in the Korean pro baseball league, has allowed no runs against the Samsung Lions, his former team. He has allowed no runs in three consecutive exhibition games. However, Choi will not be included in the regular season opening entry, and will start the season in the Futures League. It is a step backward to make two steps forward.바카라사이트
Choi Chae-heung took the mound as a relief pitcher in the 2025 KBO League exhibition game against Samsung at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 14th, and allowed no runs in one inning.
It was a showdown with his former team. Choi took the mound in the bottom of the seventh inning when his team was losing 3-5. The first batter was substitute hitter Kang Min-ho at Lee Byung-hun's at-bat. Samsung fans applauded to Kang.
Choi caught Kang out with a 139-km fastball to the first baseman's foul fly. He grounded out to the third baseman with a slider at two balls and one strike against Shim Jae-hoon. He induced Kim to swing and miss with a slow curveball at one ball and one strike, and ended the inning with a slider.
Choi Chae-heung pitched in three exhibition games until the 14th, and allowed one hit, two walks, and one strikeout in three innings. He allowed no hit and one walk in one inning against KT on the 9th, and one hit and one walk in one inning against Lotte on the 1st. Although his fastball speed has not exceeded 140 kilometers, his pitching is okay. However, he is not included in the opening entry.
Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said, "Choi Chae-heung will need to do more. I will take a longer look at it than right now, and I will make it in the starting rotation in the second division so that he can join the team later." He had planned to use it as a bullpen in the first division, but he has changed his plan to provide reinforcements for the mid-to-late season.
"I watch both as a starter and as a bullpen. I can do it anytime with a bullpen," Yeom said of Choi. "Rather than throwing every inning (in the second division), you should change the pitching design and find what you think by yourself. I have talked with the pitching coach. I will start by throwing nearly 90 pitches as a starter to test, feel it for myself, and see the results."
With left-hander bullpen pitchers Kim Yoo-young and Lee Woo-chan, Choi Chae-heung can be used as a bullpen in the first team immediately, and time can be invested to regain his good form in the past.
Choi Chae-heung transferred from Samsung to LG in mid-December last year as a compensation player for Choi Won-tae (Samsung, up to 7 billion won for four years). Choi Chae-heung, who joined Samsung as the first nominee in 2018, hit a career high in 2020 by playing in 26 games with 11 wins, 6 losses and an ERA of 3.68.
However, he has been sluggish since returning from military service in Sangmu from 2022-2023. He returned in the middle of the 2023 season, going 1-7 with a 6.68 ERA in 15 games, and finishing with a 6.40 ERA in 2024 without losing or losing 14 games. Although he joined as a primary designator, Samsung eventually removed Choi from its protected roster, and LG brought him in as an FA reward player.