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

Shin Jin-seo’s 9th dan first pitch

Shin Jin-seo, 9th dan, winner of the LG Cup World Baduk Championship, threw the first pitch to wish the LG Twins a victory.

Shin Jin-seo took the mound as the first pitcher for the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League LG Twins and KT Wiz game held at Jamsil Stadium on the 7th.

Shin Jin-seo, who received guidance from LG pitcher Lee Ji-gang before the game, stepped on the pitching board from the mound and threw the ball, which hit the catcher’s mitt with a one-bound.

Shin Jin-seo, wearing an LG uniform with the number 3 engraved on it, said, “I wanted to engrave the number 3 because I have won the LG Cup three times,” and added, “I was a little disappointed with the pitch because I was nervous, but it was an honor to be able to throw the first pitch at a good opportunity. “He expressed his feelings.

Shin Jin-seo, who watched the baseball game from the stands after the first pitch, signed autographs for fans and took pictures.

It has been nine years since 9th Dan Cho Hoon-hyun threw the first pitch at Daejeon Stadium in 2015 for a professional player to throw the first pitch at a baseball stadium. 스포츠토토

Kim Heon-gon’s home run sets Samsung and KBO’s first team record of 75,000 base hits

Samsung Kim Heon-gon contributed to victory for two days in a row with a wedge home run

The professional baseball Samsung Lions started their escape from the bottom tier by defeating the KIA Tigers for the second day in a row.

Samsung came from behind to win 7-3 in the visiting game against KIA in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 7th.

Samsung, which had been on an 8-game losing streak since the opening 2 consecutive wins, won 2 of the 3 consecutive weekend games against KIA and reaped the winning series (winning at least 2 games out of the 3 games).

Samsung was trailing 0-1 with two outs in the second inning when Gong Min-gyu hit his first home run of the season against KIA starter Yang Hyeon-jong to bring the game back to square one.

In the 3rd inning, with 2 outs and 1st and 2nd bases, Kang Min-ho’s 1 RBI hit and Kim Young-woong’s 1 RBI double combined to increase the score to 3-1.

With the bases loaded and no outs in the 4th inning, KIA made up for one point with a double play by pinch hitter Ko Jong-wook, followed by Park Min’s RBI double, bringing the score back to 3-3.

Samsung took the lead again in the 7th inning with Kim Jae-hyuk’s sacrifice fly, and in the 8th inning, Kim Heon-gon hit a one-run home run.

Samsung Kim Jae-yoon held on for 1⅓ scoreless innings in the bullpen.

Kim Heon-gon, who had taken the lead in escaping an 8-game losing streak with a pinch-hit double in the game against KIA the previous day, led the way to victory by hitting a long hit for two days in a row.

In addition, with Kim Heon-gon’s home run, Samsung achieved 75,000 bases for the first time in KBO League history.

Samsung took a 7-3 lead in the 9th inning thanks to an opponent’s error and Kang Min-ho’s sacrifice fly.

Samsung’s bullpen, which was shaky at the beginning of the season, showed solid performance on this day.

With starter Lee Ho-seong going down after only 3 innings, Kim Tae-hoon (2 innings) ~ Choi Ha-neul (1st inning) ~ Choi Seong-hoon (⅓ inning) ~ Lim Chang-min (⅓ inning) ~ Kim Jae-yoon (1⅓ inning) ~ Oh Seung-hwan (1 inning) pitched the remaining 6 innings. They teamed up without giving up any points.

Choi Ha-neul achieved his second win in his professional career and his first since 2022. 토토사이트