It's an absolute grade. It's an extraordinary moveSecond Ponce is recruited early, and the second Hwang Jae-gyun is also expected

Nov 08, 2025

It's an absolute grade. It's an extraordinary moveSecond Ponce is recruited early, and the second Hwang Jae-gyun is also expected
Photo courtesy=KT 위즈



From foreign players to KT and FA, do you have a big hand in the market?

KT's move is unusual. The off-season is showing signs of becoming a `pale eye.'

On the 7th, KT announced the recruitment of new foreign pitcher Matt Sauer. This is an unusual move. The Korean Series has just ended. The FA market is not even open yet. Usually, foreign player contracts are often made by clubs and players. The club sees many players, weighs them until the end, and selects the final player. The player is also thinking about whether to go to Korea or not and which team to join hands with. Usually, it is announced at the end of the year or the beginning of the year, but KT announced the recruitment of Sauer without delay.




Because I have confidence. KT went all out next season. Director Lee Kang-chul's last contract renewal. Of course, the fall baseball challenge has been cut off for six consecutive years this year. You have to get good grades unconditionally. In a recent interview with Taiwan's friendly match, coach Lee also made a strong comment that had never been done before, saying, `Next year's performance is unconditional.'

Sauer has a scouting report to be the right pitcher for him. Throw cut fastballs, sinkers, sliders, and splitters in the mid-150km range.
It's an absolute grade. It's an extraordinary moveSecond Ponce is recruited early, and the second Hwang Jae-gyun is also expected
A match between Samsung and Hanwha in Game 5 of the PO held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th, and Ponce, with two outs and a runner on first base, cheers after catching Kim Ji-chan as a check ball during Kim Sung-yoon's at-bat. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.10.24/
In terms of restraint and pitch type, it is similar to Ponce (Hanwha). In addition, the fact that he is not a player who threw as a bullpen in the United States, but a player who mainly played as a starter adds hope. Apart from anything else, he has been proven to be on the opening roster of the Los Angeles Dodgers, this year's star corps and the second consecutive World Series team.

KT is likely to replace all foreign pitchers, including Heysus, who was ambitiously recruited. Even if the domestic starters leading to Ko Young-pyo, So Hyung-joon and Oh Won-seok are good, they realized that it is not easy to advance to autumn baseball without the performance of foreigners' one-two punches.




It's an absolute grade. It's an extraordinary moveSecond Ponce is recruited early, and the second Hwang Jae-gyun is also expected
The first game of a doubleheader between KT and LG at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 18th. KT Kang Baek-ho is batting. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.18/
In addition, there is an atmosphere that will play a big role in the FA market. KT is known to be bouncing the abacus by looking at players considered the biggest fish, such as Park Chan-ho and Park Hae-min, without specifying internal FA Kang Baek-ho. KT is also a team that uses it. It gave Hwang Jae-kyun a total of 8.8 billion won and 6 billion won in two super-large FA contracts, and Ko Young-pyo's non-FA multi-year contract of 10.7 billion won was also a winning move that was not expected.

If foreign pitchers and large FA are added, KT Debs, which are already strong, can be much thicker.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.