3.3 billion won was injured. Medical was eliminated → 1.4 billion won contract was broken → new foreigners were recruited…I think I'll repeat my bad luck

3.3 billion won was injured. Medical was eliminated → 1.4 billion won contract was broken → new foreigners were recruited…I think I'll repeat my bad luck

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The Doosan Bears in the pro baseball league broke their contract for foreign pitchers due to injury issues and quickly hired a new foreign pitcher. Doosan, which suffered from a string of injuries of foreign pitchers during the 2024 season, pondered on medical tests to avoid repeating the same pain next year.

Prior to this season, Doosan signed a contract with foreign pitcher Raul Alcantara for a total of $1.5 million ($500,000 down payment, $800,000 in annual salary, $200,000 in incentives) and Brandon Waddell for a total of $1.13 million ($250,000 down payment, $750,000 in annual salary, $130,000 in incentives).

Alcantara last played on July 3, and Brandon last played on June 23. He was sidelined due to injury, and was either kicked out afterwards or failed to return from rehabilitation.

Alcantara only had two wins and two losses with a 4.76 ERA in 12 games. Brandon has seven wins and four losses with a 3.12 ERA in 14 games. Alcantara's contract with Brandon gave a total of 2.3 million U.S. dollars. Doosan invested 250,000 dollars in addition to Jordan Balazovic as its substitute.

Doosan replaced all three of them with new faces as foreign players for the 2025 season. Pitcher Col Irvin, Thomas Hatch, and batter Jake Cave were all hired by investing a total of 3 million U.S. dollars, one million dollars each, the maximum salary for new foreign players. All three were guaranteed 1 million dollars without any options.

However, Doosan announced on the 19th, "We terminated the contract with Thomas Hatch, who was acquired in November." Hatch made his major league debut with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2020, and recorded four wins, four losses and an ERA of 4.96 in a total of 39 games (six starts). He entered the Japanese professional baseball league in 2024 and had a bad 7.36 ERA in five games with the Hiroshima Toyokaf. He recorded 5 wins, 4 losses and an ERA of 2.36 in 15 games in the second division.

However, there was a problem with the medical examination. Having suffered from injuries sustained by foreign pitchers last year, Doosan set strict medical examination standards in the process of recruiting new foreign players. At the time of signing the contract with Hatch, the team decided to sign the final contract after medical examination. Hatch is not in a physical condition enough to undergo immediate surgery, but Doosan's standard found a cause of anxiety, and the contract was terminated by mutual agreement.

Doosan, which terminated its contract with Hatch, signed a total of $800,000 (down payment of $100,000 and annual salary of $700,000) with Jack Rogue as a new foreign pitcher.

Rogue is a left-hander. He was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the ninth round in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. Since his Major League debut with the Oakland Athletics in 2022, he has pitched in 19 games (10 starts) for a total of three seasons, recording three wins, eight losses and an ERA of 7.20. He has allowed four runs in two innings in two games for the Los Angeles Dodgers this year. He has displayed good performance in 24 games (13 starts) at Triple-A this year, with five wins and six losses and an ERA of 2.69. His career record at Triple-A was 21 wins and 25 losses with one save and an ERA of 5.07. 메이저사이트

Doosan Bears said, "Logue uses sweeper on fastball, sinker, changeup and cutter with a maximum speed of 147 kilometers. Left-hander sweeper, which is uncommon in the KBO League, is the main weapon. Rogue has been observing for three years, and since he has good hiding movements (deception) from his unique pitching form, it will not be easy for batters to target."