Lee Jong-yeol's "100 page report"…A foreign pitcher who was a transfer student proved in the Blue and White match
Lee Jong-yeol's "100 page report"…A foreign pitcher who was a transfer student proved in the Blue and White match
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Most of Samsung's officials were encouraged by the robustness of foreigners' one-two punches amid the team's own Cheongbaek match on the 22nd.토토사이트
Danny Reyes, who was the starting pitcher of the blue team, allowed three hits, one strikeout, and two runs (one earned run) in two innings. The maximum speed of the fastball was 146 kilometers, and he threw 30 pitches by evenly mixing two-seam fastballs (5), cutters (3), sweeper (7), and change-up (7).
Ariel Furado's pitching was even better as the team's first pitcher. Furado kept his fellow batters tight without allowing a single or a walk during two innings. Furado's fastball reached a maximum speed of 142 kilometers, and tested various balls including two two-seam fastballs, two cutters, four sliders, and five change-ups.
Samsung put weight on "a sense of stability" while forming a one-two punch this season.
Reyes had 11 wins and 4 losses and a 3.81 ERA in 26 games last season. He showed even more impressive performance in fall baseball. He led Samsung to the runner-up finish in the Korean Series by allowing two wins and a 0.66 ERA in two playoff games and one run in seven innings. Reyes renewed his contract for 1.2 million dollars.
Reyes's mate was chosen as Hurado, who gained significant experience in the KBO League. Samsung, which said goodbye to Conor Seabold, a former foreign pitcher, filled a spot by bringing in Hurado, who became a free body in Kiwoom. Furado made his KBO league debut for the first time in 2023, and he impressed with an 11-8 record and 2.65 ERA that year. Last season, he also posted double-digit wins for two consecutive seasons, going 10-8 with a 3.36 ERA in 30 games.
Samsung praised Furado's good performance at its home stadium, the Samsung Lions Park in Daegu. For the past two years, Furado had five games, three wins and one loss with a 2.91 ERA. His good ability to induce ground balls at batter-friendly stadiums also played a positive role.
Up until the last season, Samsung had the chance to replace all foreign players. Notably, Samsung decided to say goodbye to David Buchanan, a "long-lived foreigner" who played for Samsung for four consecutive seasons from the 2020 to 2023 seasons, drawing keen attention. Samsung's general manager Lee Jong-yeol also released a 100-page report to organize foreign players.
Although he said goodbye to Connor, he renewed his contract with Reyes and achieved half the success. This time, he recruited proven resources instead of adventures and formed a starting lineup. Samsung shed tears as it won the runner-up prize in the Korean Series last year. Samsung, which wants to advance to another level this season, chose stability instead of boldness.
Furado is an experienced pitcher, welcoming him as well as Won Tae-in who was also included in the starting lineup. At the first spring camp held in Guam, Furado demonstrated his commitment to adapt to the new team by training in the same way as any Korean player. He also met expectations at his first real game.
"The rain at Akama Stadium yesterday (21st) affected the mound condition, but there was no problem to quickly adapt and put the ball in the strike zone," Furado said. "I'm going to take care of my health first to prepare well for the rest of the camp season."
Reyes said, "Overall, I think I pitched well. I felt some of the balls didn't fit the release point, but I'm going to make up for that and prepare for the next pitching. Before the opening of the season, I'm carefully trying to get the same release point for each game."