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| KBO League Lotte and LG match to be held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 20th. Lotte Gamboa training with a bright expression with her colleagues. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.20/ |
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| Lotte Gamboa warming up with a catch ball. |
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| Pitching coach Kim Won-joong and Joo Hyung-kwang smiling while watching Gamboa's pitch. |
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Pitcher coaches Kim Won-joong and Joo Hyung-kwang, who watched the pitch, also smiled. Lotte Giants new foreign pitcher Gamboa pitched training with his teammates watching.
The first game of the three consecutive games between Lotte and LG in the KBO League was held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 20th. Ahead of the game, Lotte Giants new foreign pitcher Alec Gamboa trained with his teammates at Sajik Stadium.
Lotte has newly hired left-handed pitcher Alec Gamboa in place of Charlie Barnes, a foreign pitcher who left the team due to an injury during the season. Lotte has hired new foreign pitcher Gamboa for a transfer fee of $100,000 and an annual salary of 330,000 (annual salary of 300,000 and option of 30,000 dollars).
Alec Gamboa is a left-hander measuring 185 centimeters tall and weighing 92 kilograms. He moved to the KBO League after playing for Triple-A under the LA Dodgers in the Major League Baseball (MLB). He played 131 games in the minor leagues, recording 28 wins, 22 losses, 3 holds, 2 saves, and an ERA of 4.23.
He recorded 28 wins and 21 losses as a starter. Lotte, which recruited Gamboa, said "As a left-hander, he gave a good impression of fast speed, slider and change-up."He explained the reason for the recruitment by saying "Walk-esik player who puts the team first"
Gamboa is a left-handed fastball pitcher whose average speed exceeds 151 kilometers per hour. The maximum speed was 159 kilometers.
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| Lotte Gamboa, who is training for adaptation in the outfield of Sajik Stadium. |
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| Pitching training while watching teammates. |
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| Pitching coach Joo Hyung-kwang closely watching Gamboa's pitches. |
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Gamboa is a left-handed fireballer who says he will bring her from hell.
Gamboa entered the country on the 16th and immediately joined the Lotte squad. They are quickly doing domestic adaptation training. On Monday, the 20th, after the holiday, he even issued a work visa.
Gamboa will start the second-tier Futures League on the 21st. He has 30 to 40 pitches in total. He will check his condition by pitching for the first time against Korean batters.
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| Lotte Gamboa pitching. |
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| Gamboa pitching hard. |
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Gamboa said, `I'm very happy to be able to take on a new challenge with the Lotte Giants, the most popular club in the KBO League.' `I'll do my best as a starting pitcher to contribute to my team's advance to the postseason rather than my individual performance," he said.
Lotte has a new fastball starting pitcher over 150 kilometers. Lotte will become a more scary team, adding that Gamboa's performance will be added.
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| 힘찬 투구. |
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| Lotte Gamboa high-fives after pitching. |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
