In KIA's opening two consecutive games, all foreign pitchers will go out, so who is the third starter?

Mar 11, 2025

In KIA's opening two consecutive games, all foreign pitchers will go out, so who is the third starter?
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"The opening two consecutive games of KIA will be played by foreign players. The third choice is..."

NC Dinos' starting rotation for the 2025 season is being filled one by one. The first, second and third starters have been decided.

NC will play two consecutive games against the KIA Tigers at the beginning of the regular season. Ahead of the exhibition game against KIA at Changwon NC Park on the 11th, head coach Lee Ho-joon said, `All foreign pitchers will play in the opening two consecutive games. You just have to decide the order."




NC recruited two pitchers, Logan and Reilly, ahead of this season. Initially, left-hander Logan was likely to take on the ace role, but Riley may be honored to start the opening game as the ball power is not rising. Director Lee said, `In fact, a foreigner was thinking of adding Lee Jae-hak. But Lee Jae-hak left, and last year, we decided to choose a hole method that uses all foreign pitchers because we were too weak against KIA." Lee Jae-hak is currently absent from the main camp due to elbow problems.

In KIA's opening two consecutive games, all foreign pitchers will go out, so who is the third starter?
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What's left is to determine the jade stone for the native starters. Currently, Lee Yong-chan, Choi Sung-young, Shin Min-hyuk, Shin Young-woo, Mok Ji-hoon, and Kim Tae-kyung are competing. Among them, Choi Sung-young is leading the way. Choi Sung-young pitched well against KIA on the 10th with one run in four innings. In the case of Choi Sung-young, he was a player who would take a place unconditionally, whether he would go to the third or fifth starting position" he said.

He hinted that he would not stop there, but start as a third starter. Manager Lee said, `After we meet with KIA and Samsung Lions, the three consecutive games on the weekend are the LG Twins. The third starting pitcher should throw the first game of Samsung and the last game of LG. A player who is strong against LG will be the third starter," he said with a smile.




Left-hander Choi Sung-young showed strong performance against LG last year with a 3.68 ERA with one win and one hold in five games. LG, which has many left-handed hitters, often struggles with left-handed pitchers.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.

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