Will Coen Win become the next Shirakawa. Will Asia Quarter Be $200K Golden Eggs
Apr 22, 2025
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The LG Twins recruited Australian Koen Win as a short-term replacement foreign player in place of Eliaser Hernandez, who needed about six weeks due to a thigh injury on the 21st. Coen Win was a player who trained together as an invited player at LG's Arizona spring camp in February.
LG invited Coen Win, whom LG has been paying attention to to prepare for the Asian quarter, which is scheduled to be implemented next year, to find out his skills and personality by living together. The evaluation was not bad at the time, and when Hernandez was injured and needed a pitcher to throw for a short time, I brought him to evaluate Koen Win's skills in the KBO League.
It is the second time that an Asian player has come as a short-term substitute foreign player, following Keisho Shirakawa, who played for SSG Landers and Doosan Bears last year. Shirakawa was an example of giving the KBO League a positive view of the Asian quarter.
Shirakawa was a pitcher brought in by SSG due to the injury of foreign pitcher Roenis Ellaas. He signed for 1.8 million yen while playing in Japan's independent league. Shirakawa, who threw a fast fastball, slider, curve, and change-up of 150km, surprised everyone with a surprise performance of five scoreless innings in his first appearance against Kiwoom. Shirakawa, who has taken four appearances since then, has 2 wins and 2 losses with a 5.09 ERA in a total of five games. SSG chose Elias after agonizing over Elias and Shirakawa returning from injury.
After that, Doosan recruited Shirakawa again as a short-term replacement due to Brandon Wardell's injury, prolonging his life in Korea. Unfortunately, however, he took the mound in seven games but had to return due to a ligament injury in his elbow.
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KBO League clubs can have one Asian quarter player per team for all Asian and Australian players based on countries belonging to the Asian Baseball Federation, and the maximum ransom is up to $200,000, including down payment, annual salary and transfer fee.
Coen Win, whom LG will bring, is a pitcher from the Australian national team. Koen Win, born in 1999, is a growing pitcher with a robust physique of 1m93 and 86kg, aggressive pitching and excellent control, and plays for the Sydney Blue Sox, where Chris Oxspring, who played for LG, is a coach. He pitched 38 ⅓ innings in 15 appearances in the Australian League last season, recording 3 wins, 2 losses and a 2.35 ERA. Coen Win Receives $11,000 In Six Weeks.
If Coen Win shows a good performance, the possibility of Coen Win returning to LG in the Asian quarter next season will be very high. In addition, interest in Australian players as well as Japanese players is expected to increase for other clubs that have to pick the Asian quarter.
Coen Win has about four to five selection opportunities. What will he look like.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
