“It’s a positive review step.”
There is a possibility that the KIA Tigers will recruit Eric Stoute (31), a left-hander who played for the Zhongxin Brothers of Taiwan’s professional baseball this season. Taiwan’s Free Times reported on the 27th, and KIA said it is positively considering it. In fact, it seems that only final procedures are left to be adjusted.
As a result, a foreign pitcher who is rarely seen in the KBO League, will join Kia in September. Of course, Kia has briefly utilized Boko Takahashi at the end of the season in the past. However, there have been few cases since Aug. 15 where a team that is virtually confirmed to advance to the post season has hired a new foreign pitcher to help the team complete its last-minute schedule of the regular season.
After undergoing jaw surgery at Asan Medical Center in Seoul on Saturday, he was transferred to Gwangju Seonhan Medical Center on Sunday. He completed his surgery well, but realistically, there is no guarantee that he will even return to the postseason. For now, Kia plans to respond to the issue again until then, and first help the nail recover, but recruit a replacement card that can fill the starting lineup in September. 토토사이트
If Stout joins KIA, he will not be able to play in the postseason anyway. This is because August 15 has already passed. Still, KIA’s starting team has already become loose. Yang Hyun-jong is highly dependent, and Eric Lauer is still adapting to the KBO league. It is hard to expect much from Hwang Dong-ha and Kim Do-hyun.
Stout is expected to be a great boost if he joins the starting lineup of KIA for a month. KIA still has 22 games left. It is not a schedule to play six games every week anymore. First of all, there will be no games on the 30th this week. In other words, it is possible to operate the starting lineup as Yang Hyeon-jong, Rauer, Hwang Dong-ha, and Kim Do-hyun.
Six consecutive home games of LG Twins (one game), Hanwha Eagles (two games) and Kiwoom Heroes (three games) have been prepared for next week. For Kia, it is better for Stout to join the starting lineup at this time. Given that the team has been scrambling to recruit players, the team seems to be aware of the timing.
Kia Tigers’ bullpen session has found a sense of stability since August. However, the team consumes a lot of energy during the entire season. The addition of Stout will likely have a positive impact on bullpen session’s condition and postseason preparation. It would be better if the Stout throws well, but it seems more important to continue pitching for five to six innings.
On top of that, the expanded entry will be applied from the 1st of next month. Ahead of the match on the 27th, head coach Lee Bum-ho said, “We can’t test the situation right now. There are very important games left. We have to raise it to the players who have played a lot. There is no game on Friday this week, so you just have to turn as it is, and the next week will be very important. After that week, we have three to four days off. You just have to fill in the empty seats next week.”
Kia will take three days off from Friday to Sunday when it finishes its six consecutive home games next week, before facing the game against the Gwangju Lotte Giants on Sunday. During this period, it seems that the stout will have more time to adapt. In addition, Lee Bum-ho believes that if additional rain cancellation games occur and the starting lineup is not operated immediately, a bullpen day is also possible. In any case, pitchers will come to meet the expanded entry. “If that happens, we can have a bullpen day. We will be able to have a good day,” Lee said.