They were trying to fight as starters, but why did they abandon the first team (?) and dispatch them to the second team?

Mar 15, 2025

The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th. Lotte starter Barnes comes down the mound after pitching in the first inning. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.09/

Aside from the exhibition game for the first team, the players who went to Sangdong for the second team...Why?

Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 15th, when an exhibition game between Lotte Giants and KT Wiz was scheduled to be held. The rain forecast initially started in the afternoon until a day ago. So both teams pushed the game back to 1 p.m., which was postponed to 6 p.m. It was because of the will to play the game.

Each team will play 10 exhibition games. Managers and coaches schedule pitchers on the premise that they play all 10 games. This is because it is possible to meet the schedule by considering the opening rotation and the break time.

However, if it rains, the exhibition game cannot be held. In fact, it is the season when the 'Spring Cold' will come. If it rains, it should be considered that the game cannot be played. However, it is a headache for managers and pitching coaches. Fielders, even if they take a day or two off, the impact is less, but pitchers can be disturbed in the process of raising their condition in time for the scheduled start date if they fail to throw the ball in time. In particular, Busan is forecast to rain not only on this day but also until the 16th. If you don't play both games, the hit will increase.

On this day, Lotte was scheduled to throw Barnes and KT as starters. KT planned to put Oh Won-seok on it. But the game was blown away by the rain.

KT Wiz returned home via Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 6th after completing off-season training in Okinawa. Cuevas is leaving the arrival hall. Incheon Airport = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.6/

KT manager Lee Kang-chul said, `It would be a big problem if I can't play until tomorrow. There's no day for the starting pitchers to throw "If I play tomorrow, I'll have Heysus throw all the way to Cuevas. Inevitably, Oh Won-seok has to see the next opportunity." This means that next weekend will begin right away, so you have to take care of your one-two punch first.

Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said "In the pitcher's part, it can be sensitive" and "So he is considering putting in the second-tier game"

What do you mean. Coincidentally, a Futures match between the two teams was also scheduled at Lotte's second-tier stadium in Sangdong, near Busan. It starts at 1 o'clock, the same as the exhibition game. However, while Busan continues to rain, reports have come in that it does not rain in the Sangdong.

The KBO League KT Wiz and LG Twins exhibition game held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 9th. KT Oh Won-seok is catching his breath. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.09/

Since the first-team game is likely to be canceled, KT moved to Sangdong in a hurry with Cuevas and Oh Won-seok, and Lotte with Barnes. The plan is to get him to pitch in action there. It may be different teams, but it was understandable for pitchers to change because it was a second-tier game on the same team.

If that happened, even if the game was canceled, the coaches' worries could have been relieved a little. However, Sangdong was also canceled due to heavy rain ahead of the start of the game. The three came back to Sajik Stadium after nothing.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.

They were trying to fight as starters, but why did they abandon the first team (?) and dispatch them to the second team?

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