"I didn't renew my contract for no reason." Nail-Heysus-Reyes attacks full-time second-year foreign pitcher

"I didn't renew my contract for no reason." Nail-Heysus-Reyes attacks full-time second-year foreign pitcher

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This is what foreign pitchers have in common, who stand out in the early part of the 2025 season. James Nail (KIA Tigers), Enmanuel de Hayesus (KT Wiz), and Denny Reyes (Samsung Lions) are proving the reason for renewing their contracts as if they made a promise.메이저놀이터

The stance of selecting foreign players has changed significantly in recent years. There is no such thing as compassion. A player's ability, personality and ransom are all considered and evaluated in a cool-headed manner. Some players try to replace players in order to find "better players" who are not bad or at a decent level. Against this backdrop, foreign players who are spending their second full-time year in the team have met their expectations. It is all the more so for players who have fully played in the 2024 season.

Nail had 12 wins and 5 losses, 2.53 ERA (1st), 138 strikeouts and 35 walks in 26 regular-season games last year, leading her to win the overall title at the Korea Series. Despite an unexpected injury that hit her on the chin, she quickly returned to the mound and displayed good performance with one win, no loss and ERA of 2.53 in two KS games. Although she failed to win or lose in two games this year, she has displayed strength by striking out 10 and walking two without giving up a single point during 11 innings. The average speed of the two-seam fastball, which was 146.9km last season, also rose to 149.1km this year.

Heysus started 30 games at the Kiwoom Heroes last year and recorded 13 wins and 11 losses, ERA 3.68 and 178 strikeouts (2nd) and 44 walks. The team ranked the lowest (10th), but the one-two punch of Heysus and Ariel Furado (current Samsung Lions) was powerful. He has also started two games this year, showing off his perfect pitching with one win and no loss, ERA 0.69 (one earned run in 13 innings), 15 strikeouts and two walks.

Reyes also started in 26 games and recorded 11 wins, 4 losses and an ERA of 3.81, spearheading his team's advance to the KS. He also displayed stellar pitching and one earned run (0.44 ERA) in 20.2 innings, which he displayed in three fall baseball games, including two playoff games and one KS game. This year, he worked hard to rehabilitate after being diagnosed with a fine fatigue fracture of the metatarsal bone at the end of the spring camp, and showed his rusty performance with three hits, one homer, no four outs, five strikeouts, and two runs in five innings against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil on the 30th, when he was returning.

Foreign pitchers who joined the Korean market as a substitute in the middle of last season and renewed their contracts this year are showing mixed performance in the early stages. At the match against the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil on Saturday, the LG Twins raised expectations by allowing one hit, one walk, eight strikeouts and no run in seven innings. However, SSG Landers Drew Anderson (two losses, ERA 7.27), and Hanwha Eagles Ryan Weiss (ERA 5.73, no win or loss in two games) left some regrets.