The victim of Samsung's controversy over Samsung's tae-up was regrettable, but the unfortunate foreigner turned into a rare glass body

Sep 02, 2025

The victim of Samsung's controversy over Samsung's tae-up was regrettable, but the unfortunate foreigner turned into a rare glass body
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Cadines, who is in danger of ending his KBO League career after being stigmatized as a "glass body".

Will he be able to come back to the KBO League.

It's about Cardinez, a foreign hitter of the Kiwoom Heroes who effectively ended the season due to injury.




Kiwoom announced on the 1st that Cardinez was confirmed to have a microfracture in his right pinkie. It's a three-week injury before treatment, but it's probably right to say that it's actually difficult to see Cardinez on the ground as only the rest of his schedule is left in September. He had been humiliated by being excluded from the selection of three consecutive LG Twins games before confirming his injury. At that time, it was not an injury issue, and Kiwoom was strategically excluded due to its sluggish performance. The intention was to give other young players a chance at a time when the ranking fight was over anyway. In the process, it was confirmed that there was a fracture in the finger that was hit by the opponent's throw about two weeks ago.

It's such a vain ending for Cardinez. This is because it was a season where I wanted to recover my honor somehow at Kiwoom.

The victim of Samsung's controversy over Samsung's tae-up was regrettable, but the unfortunate foreigner turned into a rare glass body
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Cardinez's injury evil spirit dates back to last year. Joined as a substitute for the Samsung Lions. At that time, the registration name was Cadenas. He gathered expectations with his long-shot power and ability to solve problems, and as soon as he actually came, he lied at an important moment and exuded a `sign of a big hit.'




But he grabbed his side while swinging. From this point on, there began to be a 'Taiwan controversy'. The Samsung club made an announcement that the player was sick, saying that there was no special abnormality in the hospital examination, and fans treated Cardinez as 'eat and run'. It was a very troublesome problem, with fellow pitcher Connor, who was with him in college in the United States, posting a rebuttal on social media. I left Samsung in such a worst-case scenario, and it was surprising that the player returned to the KBO League wearing a Kiwoom uniform again.

Kiwoom confirmed that Cardinez had an injury at the time, and also confirmed that the injury had healed. What was good for Kiwoom, who couldn't spend much money, was that Cardinez, who had a strong will to restore his honor, stamped his seal at a bargain price (?) of $600,000.

The victim of Samsung's controversy over Samsung's tae-up was regrettable, but the unfortunate foreigner turned into a rare glass body
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As an axis of Kiwoom's unconventional selection of two foreign batters, he showed tremendous RBI momentum at the beginning of the season. However, after going on maternity leave in the U.S., my pace dropped sharply. Puig was kicked out first because he was more serious, but in fact, he was sluggish enough not to be weird no matter who was kicked out.




On top of that, the injury overlapped. In early June, I was away for six weeks with an elbow injury. It is not common for a batter to have his elbow flexor damaged. He could not even change it. It's because I've used up all the foreigner replacement cards. In the meantime, since the last one ended with an injury, there are many players who have been injured for two years and then left.

It cannot be concluded that there is no team to find Cardinez again in the future. However, considering his performance and injury experience over the past two years, it is difficult to think that a team will come out to choose again. Cadines is on the verge of ending his KBO League career as he is reduced to a `glass body.'





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.