Will the Samsung Lions soon see the fruits of their 80 million won investment? Veteran pitcher Song Eun-beom (40) will begin to accompany the first team in earnest.스포츠토토
Samsung signed pitcher Oh Seung-hwan (42) in the first division entry on Wednesday, when the team was rested, and removed Yang Hyun. It was scheduled. “Oh Seung-hwan and Song Eun-beom will join the first division team. Oh has decided to join the first division (from the next series), and Song will not join the entry and will pitch the bullpen at Gocheok Stadium on Wednesday,” Samsung manager Park Jin-man said before the match against the Lotte Giants in Daegu on Saturday.
On the 25th of last month, Samsung drew attention by signing a surprise contract with Song Eun-beom for a total of 80 million won, including 50 million won in annual salary and 30 million won in options for the rest of this season. Samsung started strengthening its bullpen by recruiting Kim Jae-yoon and Lim Chang-min, who were former closers in the FA market ahead of this season, but decided that closer Oh Seung-hwan needed a little more cards in the situation where he was shaking, so even Song Eun-beom was recruited. Oh Seung-hwan had only one win, three saves, nine ⅔ innings, and a 12.10 ERA in 13 games he has pitched since July, and eventually had to go down to the second division for the first time on the 16th to spend time reorganizing.
Coach Park welcomed the joining of experienced Song Eun-beom, but did not rush to call him a member of the first team. After playing in only four games as a member of the LG Twins last year, he had been conducting individual training without his team until he signed a contract with Samsung this year. Of course, he wanted to give him enough time to recover his sense of play in the actual game.
Song took the mound in eight Futures League games to check the actual performance. He recorded one hold, 10 ⅔ innings and an ERA of 7.59. In his three recent games, he recorded three ⅓ innings, four hits, one walk, five strikeouts and no runs, giving him an opportunity to accompany him to the top team.
Park did not confirm Song’s registration in the first division. “Song will join the Gocheok Stadium on Tuesday (July 27) after watching his pitching coach during the training session. He has not had a lot of experience in actual games so far. He seems to have improved his pitching capability in the Futures League and completed pitching well to some extent, so he decided to join the team first,” he said.
It has been more than a month since Song signed a contract with Samsung. Now it is time to use the team to find a justification for Samsung’s investment. As Samsung has 22 more games to play in the regular season, if Song joins the team later, there will be fewer chances for Song to make a comeback.
After graduating from Dongsan High School, Song joined the SK Wyverns (currently SSG Landers) through the first round of nomination in 2003. Since then, he has continued his career with the KIA Tigers, Hanwha Eagles, and LG. His overall record of 680 games in the KBO is 680 games, 88 wins and 95 losses, 27 saves, 57 holds, 1454 innings, and an ERA of 4.57.
Meanwhile, Oh is preparing to play as a setup man while waiting in the bullpen from July 27. In 48 games this season, Oh had two wins and seven losses, 27 saves, 46 innings and an ERA of 4.50. Park said he plans to put Oh in a more comfortable situation for the time being, leaving Kim Jae-yoon, who was in charge of closing pitcher, as he joins the second team.
Oh Seung-hwan took the mound for two consecutive days in the NC Dinos second division and Futures League games held at Masan Baseball Stadium on the 23rd and 24th. On the 23rd, he took care of the hold by allowing one hit, no four outs, and no strikeouts in one inning while facing three batters in one inning on the 24th, recording no hit, no four outs and no run.
After watching Oh’s pitching performance in the Futures League, Park said, “He showed good pitching performance for two consecutive games in the Futures League, and his pitching speed and pitching capability improved. He seems to have stabilized mentally for 10 days as well. He was given two days rest after being excluded from the entry for the first team. He seems to have regained mental stability and has thus made a good physical condition. Looking at it now, his ball power has improved a lot, and he has decided to join the first team (from the next series),” expecting him to return to the mound and help Samsung compete for second place.