The Doosan Bears excluded pitchers Park Chi-guk and Jungwoo Kim from the first-tier entry ahead of the game against the SSG Landers at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 13th.
Park Chi-guk has played a key role in Doosan’s bullpen this season, recording 5 wins, 2 losses, 2 saves, 11 holds, and a 3.22 ERA in 58 games. In the three games he played in September, he kept the mound without losing a point for 2⅔3 innings.
He did his part by recording one hit, one strikeout and no runs in one inning against the Samsung Lions on the 10th, but eventually excluded him from the first-tier entry due to a physical problem.
Doosan suffered a major setback. Doosan is in sixth place with 60 wins, 1 draw and 57 losses. It is two games behind SSG (62 wins, 2 draws and 55 losses) in fifth place. From the 15th, the fourth-ranked KIA Tigers (60 wins, 2 draws and 53 losses) are scheduled to play three consecutive games in Gwangju. For Doosan, it has been unable to use one of its best bullpen cards at the most important time due to the ranking fight.
Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop said, “I think 10 days will be enough for now. “If my condition is okay, I will register it as it is,” he said. “It was a little bad after the Samsung match on the 10th. I was originally taking a break, but I woke up today and got a hospital checkup because it was bad, but the results were not good, so I think it will take time. “After about three to four days, I received a report that I would play catch ball if there was no pain,” he said.메이저놀이터
From the head coach’s point of view, he was worried ahead. Coach Lee said, “(Park) Chiguk played such an important role. “If you fall out, you’ll have a loss,” he said.
At the same time, he hoped for the remaining pitchers to fight. Coach Lee said, “(Kim) Kang-ryul was good, and (Choi) Ji-gang threw well to become a winning pitcher. You have to solve it with the player you have. I can’t help it,” he said.
The 2023 KBO League Doosan Bears and Kiwoom Heroes game was held at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 24th. Park Chi-guk of the Doosan Bears is struggling.
Baek Seung-woo of the Doosan Bears is struggling. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com
Park So-joon of the Doosan Bears, who started, is pitching vigorously.
Except for the two pitchers, Doosan registered Park So-joon and rookie Baek Seung-woo, who returned after elbow surgery, in the first-tier entry.
Park So-joon joined Doosan as a foster player in 2013 and made his first team stage in 2015, and played eight games and 22 games in 2020 and 2021, respectively. His career record is 1 win, 6 losses, and a 5.83 ERA in 33 games.
Having played in the Futures League since the 27th of last month after receiving an elbow transfer, he showed a good performance with a 0.90 ERA in 10 innings in three games. The maximum speed was 147 kilometers per hour.
Baek Seung-woo joined Doosan in the seventh round (69th overall) of the rookie draft in 2023 and emerged as a rising star by showing good performance, pitching no hits and four walks in two exhibition games.
He came to the first division in early June and appeared in six games, recording three hits, three walks, and one strikeout in four innings, and was excluded from the first division entry at the end of June.
In the Futures League, he had two wins, three losses, one save, five holds, and a 6.89 ERA in 35 games.
Director Lee said, “Baek Seung-woo was originally going to sing it in May because he was looking forward to it, but his pace did not rise as much as I thought. He is said to be the best pitcher in the second division now. In addition, Park So-joon performed elbow surgery and threw three games, and his performance is good. “However, I haven’t taken the mound in the first division for more than a year, so I’m going to watch it in a comfortable state rather than using it in an important situation from the beginning,” he said.
Meanwhile, Doosan and SSG announced Choi Seung-yong and Elias as starting pitchers on the 14th while the game was canceled due to rain on the 13th.