The MLB Seoul Series practice game between Team Korea and the San Diego (SD) Padres was held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 17th. San Diego’s Go Woo-seok is waiting in the dugout.

The outlook for Go Woo-seok (26), who entered the Major League Baseball (MLB) early this year with big dreams, is bleak. Less than a month after changing teams, he was placed on the release waiting list, threatening to derail his big league challenge.

The Miami team announced on the 31st (Korean time), “We have designated Go Woo-seok as a DFA while recruiting pitcher Sean Anderson from the Texas Rangers.”

DFA is one of the procedures in MLB for changing or terminating a contract between a club and a player. It is like a kind of ultimatum in which the club urges the player to be demoted to the minor league or leave the team.

Players assigned for designation will be immediately removed from the 40-man roster and automatically placed on waivers. In fact, it is safe to say that Miami has been released, as it is equivalent to giving up the ownership rights and contract for Go Woo-seok.

Now Go Woo-seok is given a week of fate. If Go Woo-seok is recruited by another club within this period, he can continue his challenge to the MLB.

However, if there is no recruitment offer, he must leave Miami and look for another team directly, or remain in Miami as a minor affiliate.

If he remains in the minors, he can receive a remaining salary of $4.5 million from Miami until 2025, but if he chooses free agency, he cannot receive the remaining salary. The reason Go Woo-seok was ignored less than a month after settling in Miami was largely due to his failure to leave an impact. He gave up no runs in two games after moving to Miami, but was shaken by allowing 1 run in 1⅔ innings in his third appearance, and gave up 2 runs in 1 inning in his fifth appearance. He continued his scoreless streak in the last two games again, but was not an attractive player in the club’s eyes. In particular, the current Miami general manager is Peter Bendix (39), who is famous for achieving results with a limited budget during his time as general manager of the Tampa Bay Rays. General Manager Bendix is ​​trying to reduce the cost of running the Miami team as much as possible, and it can also be seen that he took measures to allocate nominations to reduce even Go Woo-seok’s not-so-high annual salary. Looking at it objectively, it is not very likely that Go Woo-seok will be traded to another team. Since he didn’t step foot on the MLB stage once this season, he didn’t even have a chance to be noticed by scouts.

In particular, according to his current contract, Go Woo-seok has the right to veto the minor league starting in 2025, but other clubs may find this clause burdensome.

If there is no trade news for a week, Go Woo-seok must decide whether to remain in the minors or leave the team as a free agent. Some are saying that this may be a U-turn to LG. LG also has no reason not to welcome Go Woo-seok’s return.

However, given that he has only been in the United States for five months, the player’s pride may not allow him to admit failure and return to the country.

MLB commentator Song Jae-woo said, “It doesn’t seem likely that Go Woo-seok will return to Korea right now. “Even if Go Woo-seok, who is already mentally shaken, goes to LG, he may suffer from trauma for a while,” he said. “The most realistic response is to wait for a trade and if that doesn’t work, look into other teams through an agent.”

He continued, “The current contract provisions, such as salary scale and minor veto rights, may actually become factors that make the transfer difficult, so it is also possible to predict a plan to modify some of the contract conditions by remaining in the minors.” He added, “I think he will try to continue the challenge.”

He then advised, “The psychological blow felt by Go Woo-seok may be great, but it cannot be said that his big league dream has been completely dashed yet, so it is necessary to calmly monitor the situation and prepare for the next move.” 스포츠토토

Company, inauguration press conference at Munich’s home stadium “We will pursue aggressive football like we did at Burnley.”

Vincent Company, the new head coach of Bayern Munich in the German professional soccer Bundesliga, where national soccer player Kim Min-jae plays, predicted endless competition next season.

Coach Company held an inauguration press conference at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany on the 30th (Korean time) and said he would check how serious the players are as Munich players.

At the press conference on this day, Coach Company said of his first impressions of Munich, “I know how big of a club Munich is, so I am very proud and motivated,” and “I want to start the season right away.”

Coach Company then once again revealed his soccer philosophy of pursuing bold and aggressive play.

“We will maintain the same style as at Burnley,” he said. “I want the players to have guts and play attacking football, and I hope they will maintain that throughout the game.”

When asked if he already had a lineup of starting players in mind, he replied, “It’s still too early to talk about the players.”

However, he said, “I want to know how hungry the Munich players, who missed out on being the league champion last season, are right now,” and added, “We will look into which players are most desperate.” General manager Max Eberl, who also attended the press conference, also responded to rumors that there would be a major change in the Munich squad, asking, “What is a major change?” and saying, “There is no specific list of players that we want to release.” said. Still, he added, “there will definitely be some players who will have a difficult time next season,” adding, “it’s just a level playing field.” When asked if the position of coach of Munich was burdensome, Coach Company said, “Pressure or criticism from outside does not affect me at all,” and added, “If we become the best, others will follow us.” He then expressed his confidence, saying, “There is no need for people to be confident in me even before I start working as a coach in earnest,” and “I am confident that everyone will be satisfied with me when they see me on the pitch.” Lastly, he expressed his ambition, saying, “My job is to help players develop,” and “I will implement my clear vision in Munich.” As a defender during his time as a player, Coach Company won numerous trophies with Manchester City, including winning the English Premier League (EPL) four times, the English Football Association (FA) Cup twice, and the English Carabao Cup four times. After his retirement, he went to Anderlecht, a prestigious club in Belgium, and took over as manager of Burnley in 2022, but suffered the humiliation of being relegated to the second division after finishing 19th in the EPL in the 2023-2024 season. Kim Min-jae, who had a difficult time after being pushed out of competition for the team’s starting position since the middle of last season, is expected to compete fiercely again next season under coach Company. 토토사이트

Park Jeong-ah and Jeong Ji-yoon, 10 points each

The Korean women’s volleyball team bowed to Poland in the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Volleyball Nations League (VNL).

The Korean women’s volleyball team, led by coach Fernando Morales, lost a set score of 0-3 (20-25 20-25 10-) against Poland in the second match of the second week of the 2024 VNL held at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, USA on the 31st (Korean time). 25) was completely defeated.

Korea’s record in this VNL was 1 win, 5 losses (4 points). It ranks 11th among 16 countries.

Korea, which escaped a 30-game losing streak in the VNL by winning the 4th game of the first week against Thailand on the 20th, lost to Bulgaria in the first game of the second week the previous day after a close battle in a full set.

On this day, they failed to overcome Poland, led by coach Stefano Lavarini, and fell into their second consecutive loss. Coach Lavarini is the head coach who led the Korean women’s volleyball team to the semifinals of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Poland is leading (18 points) in this tournament with 6 consecutive wins.

Korea, ranked 38th in the world, faced Poland, a strong team ranked 3rd, and fought a close match in the first and second sets. However, they were unable to prevent defeat, giving up 25 points while scoring only 10 points in the third set. He struggled in both blocking (5-12) and serving (2-7). Park Jeong-ah (Pepper Savings Bank) and Jeong Ji-yoon (Hyundai Engineering & Construction) both scored 10 points, but could not smile. Korea will face World No. 1 Turkiye in the third match of the second week of the VNL at 3 a.m. next month. 섯다

Achieved ‘double win’ with double-digit attack points… Rumors of advancing to the big leagues

National soccer team midfielder Hwang In-beom, who plays for Crvena Zvezda of the Serbian professional soccer Superliga, was named the league’s best player.

Serbia Superliga announced through its official channel on the 30th (local time) that Hwang In-beom was selected as the league’s best player for the 2023-2024 season.

The best player is selected by a vote of 32 people, including coaches and captains of 16 clubs in the Serbian league, and In-beom Hwang beat Partizan’s Matheus Saldana to become the representative player of the Serbian league.

According to the Serbian Superliga Secretariat, Javor Ivanica’s captain Nemanja Miletic praised Hwang In-beom for dominating the league and especially for his outstanding performance in the rivalry game.

Additionally, Goran Stanich, the head coach of Chukarić, emphasized that Hwang In-beom is a foreign player who can make a big difference on the pitch.

Hwang In-beom, a former member of Daejeon Hana Citizen of the K-League 1 professional soccer team, left Olympiakos (Greece) last summer and made a new start by joining Zvezda.

Hwang In-beom lived up to expectations by establishing himself as the core of Zvezda’s midfield and showing stable linkage. He also helped the team win the league and cup, scoring 6 goals and 7 assists in all competitions combined, including the league and the UEFA Champions League (UCL). There was a local report recently that Hwang In-beom, who won the domestic double with Zvezda and was selected as the best player in the Serbian league, could advance to the top five leagues in Europe. Serbian media outlet ‘Directno’ hinted at the possibility of him advancing to the big league, saying, “Several clubs, including Bologna of Italy’s Serie A and Crystal Palace and Wolverhampton of England’s Premier League (EPL), are showing interest in Hwang In-beom.” 고스톱