The controversy over Doosan's layoff comes to mindKiwoom in Crisis, Why did you choose Alcantara as a firefighter

May 18, 2025

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Has the controversy over the Alcantara business been resolved.

Kiwoom Heroes make a decision. In fact, he admitted his failure to challenge two foreign hitters. It will recruit a new foreign pitcher.

Kiwoom made an unconventional decision ahead of this season. Even after being recognized as the strongest one-two punch in the league last year, he gave up his contract with Heyesus. Although the ransom of the two has soared to the point where it is too high to handle, he chose the card for two foreign hitters because he thought that no matter how strong the pitching power was, he would not win if he did not score. So, he signed Puig, a slugger from the past, and Cardinez, who suffered from a flurry controversy with the Samsung Lions last year, and filled one pitcher with Rosenberg 'cost-effectiveness foreigners'.

When Puig and Kadines bat exploded early in the opening period, it seemed like something was going to work. But as time went on, everything got twisted. Puig's batting average is 2.17 and Kadynes' batting average is 229 which is extremely poor. He hit six Puig home runs and four Cadines, but no long balls came out at an important moment when the team crashed.

To make matters worse, Rosenberg also failed to show an overwhelming performance with three wins and four losses in 10 games. Kiwoom, which has no suitable starter other than Ha Young-min, began to collapse due to the collapse of the starting lineup. As of Thursday, he had 14 wins and 34 losses and a 292 win rate. He is 16.5 games apart from the top-ranked LG Twins and the ninth-ranked Doosan Bears, 7.5 games apart. Considering that it's early and mid-season, I'm too down by myself.

The Hanwha-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 9th. Moussa Puig is looking at the ball after hitting a solo shot in the bottom of the fourth inning. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.5.9/

Kiwoom, which cannot be seen as it is, admitted to the failure of the drastic decision. Let one out of two foreign hitters go and bring a pitcher. It is a player that many people know. He is Alcantara, who played for Doosan until last year.

In 2019, he made his KBO League debut in KT Wiz uniform and recorded 11 wins. The following year, he moved to Doosan and wrote 'Korean Dream' with 20 wins and 2 losses. Alcantara, who went to the Hanshin Tigers in Japan, returned to Doosan again in the 2023 season and showed off his robustness by winning 13 games.

The problem occurred last year. He has complained of elbow pain since the beginning of the season. There was no big problem even if I went around several Korean hospitals. It's like a mild sprain that pitchers usually have. He went to the U.S. during the season to check his elbow condition. Brandon was also injured, and only manager Lee Seung-yeop's sigh was heard, and controversy over the poor performance broke out. In the end, he left 12 games with two wins and two losses and a poor performance.

Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 17th. He is regretful after hitting a double in the bottom of the third inning when no outs and Cadines hit the top of the fence. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.17/

Kiwoom also ignited the controversy over the taeup when bringing in Cardinez. Last year, Cardinez was also suspected of working as a substitute for Samsung and a side injury. Kiwoom was brought in after confirming that Cardinez was injured and fully recovered. However, it is experiencing a sharp decline after going on maternity leave in the U.S. at the beginning of the season. Fortunately, he is showing sincerity that has nothing to do with the controversy over his job. It's just about grades.

Kiwoom is also known to have carefully checked Alcantara's injury issues. An Agugye official said "Last year, Alcanta was not completely injury-free. It was a situation that other players could put up with, but it was seen as a controversy over the job, coupled with Doosan's frustrating situation when they refused to participate at all. As long as there is no elbow problem, he explained, "Players who can still play in the KBO." Players with these issues, like Cardinez, can have an advantage in the ransom negotiation process. A player wants to recover his reputation even if it's worth it. So, we were able to bring Cadines to the lowest salary level of $600,000 in total.

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Meanwhile, it has not yet been decided which players will return home. A Kiwoom official said "The final decision will be made on the spot after the NC Dinos match on the 18th." Anyway, the grades are similar, and we will decide by considering various factors." For now, theoretically, Puig, which is a full $1 million guarantee, seems likely to survive. Puig saved his team from losing consecutive games by hitting a decisive home run in the second game of a doubleheader against NC on the 17th.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.