Finally, good news for the 1.4 billionth starter. Still, I'm worried about how to fill a month
Mar 14, 2025
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SSG Landers White felt pain in his right hamstring during the second camp training in Okinawa, Japan, on the 27th of last month, and quickly boarded a flight to Korea to find out the details of his condition. When White was on his way home early due to an injury, the entire club was in an emergency. White is a pitcher who has to be the first starter of SSG this season. SSG parted ways with Roenis Elias and re-signed Drew Anderson. At the same time, the new pitcher wanted a stronger first-line pitcher who could play more than Anderson. That was White.
White, who is a third-generation Korean-American, came into the spotlight with her family background. He also quickly adapted to the team from the beginning of joining the spring camp. However, with the opening of the exhibition game just around the corner, I got sick. The results of the first hospital examination were damage to the right hamstring (grade 1 to 2). Compared to the intensity of the pain that White himself felt, there was a greater concern as a more serious diagnosis came out than expected.
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White underwent a second thorough examination at a hospital in Incheon on the 14th. The SSG club has been informed that White has recovered more than 80% of his right hamstring"If there is nothing unusual after the additional inspection on the 24th (Monday), we plan to conduct a bullpen pitching afterwards." Fortunately, he was found to have improved a lot at the second examination, and if it is concluded that he has recovered almost to perfection at the third examination on the 24th, 10 days later, he can hurry to return to the pitch.
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The results of the re-examination are fortunate, but a gap is inevitable. SSG clubs believe that if White goes through the process of bullpen pitching, live pitching, and actual pitching, the earliest expected return time will be around mid-April. It is unlikely to be dramatically accelerated, and if pain occurs again in the middle or it takes longer than expected to recover the actual sense, the return time will naturally be delayed.
Mid-April is about three weeks after the opening of the regular season on March 22, or four weeks at the most. SSG has to hold out without White during that time, and foreign pitchers with Anderson alone. Five starting candidates, including Kim Kwang-hyun, Moon Seung-won, Song Young-jin and Kim Gun-woo, should take turns filling the rotation. From the beginning of the opening, it may be difficult to hang a strong drive.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
