5 poor runs → ERA 5.32 Barnes 1st team canceled, was he given the last chance? Shoulder discomfort examination scheduled

May 05, 2025

5 poor runs → ERA 5.32 Barnes 1st team canceled, was he given the last chance? Shoulder discomfort examination scheduled
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 29th. Starting pitcher Barnes is warming up. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.29/



5 poor runs → ERA 5.32 Barnes 1st team canceled, was he given the last chance? Shoulder discomfort examination scheduled
Lotte and Hanwha at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 23rd. Lotte starter Barnes allowed five runs in the top of the first inning. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.23/
5 poor runs → ERA 5.32 Barnes 1st team canceled, was he given the last chance? Shoulder discomfort examination scheduled
Lotte starter Barnes is pitching hard in a game between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 10th. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.10/
Lotte Giants foreign pitcher Charlie Barnes was canceled from the first team.

The Lotte club registered substitute starter Lee Min-seok in the first team ahead of the match against Busan SSG Landers on the 5th and canceled Barnes.

Regarding Barnes' condition, Lotte canceled the entry due to discomfort behind his left shoulder. It is scheduled to be examined on the 6th because it is the holiday season.




Barnes was sluggish the previous day against the Busan NC Dinos with seven hits (two homers) and five runs in five ⅓ innings. Strangely, the slump has continued this season as no arrests have been made.

He has been a long-lived foreigner for four years since he first wore Lotte's uniform in 2022. He won 12 games in his first season and 11 in his second season, but only won 9 games last year. In particular, unlike the nickname 'Left Rider', it showed a weak reverse split type record against left-handed hitters, showing a 'Danger' signal.

5 poor runs → ERA 5.32 Barnes 1st team canceled, was he given the last chance? Shoulder discomfort examination scheduled
Lotte and Hanwha at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 23rd. Lotte Barnes is pitching as a starter. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.23/
Nevertheless, Lotte renewed its contract for a total of $1.5 million (about 2.1 billion won) by showing trust in Barnes. However, he is on the verge of being kicked out after suffering ups and downs this season. He has an average of less than six innings with 45 ⅔ in eight games, and has an ERA of 5.32.




Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung has repeatedly pointed out the drop in ball power as the cause of Barnes' sluggish performance this season. "The first starter should be calculated at a glance, but the ball power is not as good as it used to be. We need to make vertical changes, not horizontal changes as we do now, or even ball combinations, we need to make changes." Barnes is a pitcher who wears a pitchcom and signs himself, so it is even more difficult to solve this problem.

Since then, Barnes has not shown any noticeable change. Even after seven innings of one run against Kiwoom, head coach Kim Tae-hyung said, `The ball is not satisfactory. The angle of slider or change-up has become a lot bland."

5 poor runs → ERA 5.32 Barnes 1st team canceled, was he given the last chance? Shoulder discomfort examination scheduled
Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 1st. Lotte Manager Kim Tae-hyung. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.1/
The match against NC was a game in which he took the mound at the edge of the cliff, but he collapsed again without completing six innings due to a series of home runs by Kwon Hee-dong and Kim Joo-won.




Coach Kim Tae-hyung said of Barnes, who was canceled due to injury, `He said he was sick, so I excluded him from the entry for now," he replied.

As for the player who will fill Barnes' vacancy, he is considering candidates such as Lee Min-seok, Kim Jin-wook, Shim Jae-min, and Han Hyun-hee. I'll see Lee Minseok throw it and judge it," he added.

It is clear that Barnes is in a situation with repeated red flags. Will Kim Tae-hyung give Barnes his last chance in 10 days? I don't think I'd be surprised if I chose to say goodbye like this.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.