I gave 600 million won a year to live without it...47 days out of injury → batting average of 0.167 What should I do with foreigners who are having difficulty dealing with it?

Aug 01, 2025

I gave 600 million won a year to live without it...47 days out of injury → batting average of 0.167 What should I do with foreigners who are having difficulty dealing with it?
A game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium on the 15th. Kiwoom Cardines is complaining of pain after being hit by LG Lim Chan-kyu's first pitch curve in the top of the seventh inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.15/



It's definitely too much to say that expectations were high. The possibility of a short performance at the Samsung Lions last season was good, but there were too few samples.

As much as 'expensive' Puig is written, it is clear that the other one focuses on the 'recycling' keynote. This year's annual salary is 450,000 dollars (about 630 million won).

But that didn't mean to show the appearance of 'difficulty in treatment' as it is now. It glistened for a while at the beginning of the season, but it was sluggish rapidly after taking maternity leave. In June, he left the team again due to an elbow injury. After 47 days of rehabilitation, his team's advance to fall baseball was finally returned.




Even so, his batting average is only 167, or 6 hits in 36 at-bats. It's too much to say. In the three consecutive games against SSG Landers held on July 29-31, he only had one hit in 13 at-bats.

This is the story of Kiwoom Heroes' Ruben Cardines. In order to forget last year's injury nightmare, I even forced my name to change (Cadenas→Cardines) based on the registration name, but the result is too low for me.

Kiwoom's acting head coach Seol Jong-jin, who met at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 1st, replied with a troubled smile when asked about Cardenas.




When asked 'Why don't you take out Cardenas and add another young hitter', acting Seol Jong-jin 'It's too sensitive a story. How frustrating must he be?" he sighed.

"From the manager's point of view, he wants to trust the player. I don't know how long the slump will continue, but I have a basic belief. I don't know when I'll change my mind, but for now, I intend to go on like this for the next few days."

I gave 600 million won a year to live without it...47 days out of injury → batting average of 0.167 What should I do with foreigners who are having difficulty dealing with it?
The second of three consecutive games during the week between Kiwoom and Lotte at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 23rd. Hitting Kiwoom Cardinals. Gocheok = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2025.07.23/
Cardinez's positions are first base and corner outfield. Defensively, it is not an irreplaceable position such as shortstop, center fielder, and catcher, and I have already seen too many disappointing hits.




Still, since he is a player with a long shot, he seems to have a little expectation from the standpoint that the season is almost over.

Acting President Seol Jong-jin made a change. He kept hitting designated hitters, but he also used the outfield once, and he seems to be trying to do well. I heard it's more helpful for the player to play defense. "I'll wait and see for now," he stressed.

Kiwoom has already used up two foreign replacement rights, replacing Alcantara instead of Puig and Mercedes instead of Rosenberg. If you don't use Cardinez, you don't use it, and you can't even replace it. This year's Kiwoom, which had as many as seven people including six weeks of substitute foreigners, is ironic that the only remaining existing member is Cardinez, who runs at the end of the slump.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.