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SSG is mired in 6 consecutive losses with 70 wins, 3 draws, and 63 losses, and NC is in danger of securing 4th place. 

NC was a good start. Park Min-woo, who reached base with a single and one out in the top of the first inning, succeeded in stealing second base, and Martin hit a timely hit to start the game with a 1-0 lead. 

NC also had a chance in the top of the second inning with consecutive hits by leadoff hitters Oh Young-soo and Seo Ho-cheol, and Park Se-hyuk hit a sacrifice bunt with one out and runners on 1st and 2nd base, and when Kim Han-byul's grounder to second baseman, third base runner Oh Young-soo scored, making it 2-0.

SSG also launched a counterattack in the bottom of the second inning. Hanyu Island exited with a sagu, and Ha Jae-hoon's double made 2nd and 3rd base safe. Kim Seong-hyun's timely hit and Kim Min-sik's sacrifice fly tied the game at 2-2. 

SSG Oh Tae-gon, who got on base with a walk in the bottom of the third inning, advanced to third base thanks to a stolen base and Lee Jae-hak's wild pitch, and came home when Choi Joo-hwan's infield grounder, turning the game around.

SSG's momentum continued in the bottom of the fourth inning. With two outs and two outs on second base, Ha Jae-hoon advanced to third base due to Lee Jae-hak's wild pitch, and Kim Chan-hyung scored an extra point with a timely hit. 

NC also added 1 point with Park Geon-woo's sacrifice fly in the top of the 5th inning, leading to 3-4.  

SSG Seo Jin-yong, who came on the mound in the top of the 9th inning, got off to an shaky start by allowing a walk to the leadoff hitter. He regained his senses by striking out Park Han-gyeol with Park Se-hyuk's sacrifice bunt with one out and runners on second base, and pinch hitter Kim Seong-wook was struck out to record 39 saves.

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After the game, coach Kim Won-hyung high-fived the players and congratulated Oh Won-seok, who started the mound and recorded his 8th win of the season, on the shoulder and congratulated him on his victory. Kim Min-sik, who led the pitcher's lead with perfect blocking even in situations where the game was tied and the ball fell out several times, I gave the catcher a pat on the head. And Seo Jin-yong, who showed signs of uneasiness in the early stages of a 1-point game, gave a high-five and then gave a gentle slap to the back of the head. 

Meanwhile, SSG, which is showing an upward trend with 5 consecutive wins, will select Seung-won Moon as the starter in the match against Hanwha to be held at SSG Landers Park in Incheon on the 6th, and Hanwha will select Taeyang Lee as the starter.

“Lee Jung-hoo and Peddie as players we will soon see in the major leagues.”

MLB.com selected Lee Jeong-hoo (Kiwoom Heroes) and Eric Peddy (NC Dinos) as ‘players who will soon be seen in the Major League of American Professional Baseball’.

On the 3rd (Korean time), MLB.com introduced eight players who spent the 2023 season in the Korean KBO League and Japanese Professional Baseball as 'players who can enter the big leagues.' Among KBO league players, native outfielder Lee Jeong-hoo and foreign pitcher Peddy were highlighted.

MLB.com said, "Lee Jung-hoo could be an interesting option for major league teams in this Stove League. The fact that there are relatively few high-level hitters in this free agent (FA) market is increasing interest in Lee Jung-hoo." However, this year's season. Among them, Lee Jeong-hoo underwent ankle surgery (surgical suturing of the extensor zone, which is the membrane surrounding the tendon of the left ankle), so there are some who believe that the timing is not appropriate for him to enter the posting (private competitive bidding) from a physical standpoint.”

Lee Jeong-hoo is the best active hitter in the KBO League. He started his professional career in 2017 and appeared in 884 games until this year, recording a batting average of 0.340, 65 home runs, 515 RBI, 69 stolen bases, and OPS (on-base percentage + slugging percentage) of 0.898. He boasts the highest batting average among players with more than 3,000 at-bats in the KBO League.

This season, he only played in 86 games due to an ankle injury. His 2023 performance is a batting average of 0.318, 6 home runs, and 45 RBI. However, the major league club remembers Lee Jeong-hoo's appearance before his injury. Recently, Lee Jung-hoo also fully recovered from his injury.

MLB.com selected Ender Inciarte, who won the Gold Glove for three consecutive seasons with the Atlanta Braves from 2016 to 2018, as Lee Jung-hoo's likeness, saying, "Lee Jung-hoo is also called 'the grandson of the wind.' His father (LG Twins coach Jong-beom Lee) “Because his nickname is ‘Son of the Wind,’” he also introduced it. Inciarte appeared in 868 games in the big leagues, recording a batting average of 0.280, 42 home runs, 263 RBI, and an OPS of 0.715.

MLB.com said, “As the KBO League is still in the postseason, Lee Jung-hoo is expected to go through the posting process in two weeks,” and added, “The St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, and San Francisco Giants are looking for talented outfielders in this Stove League.” "He also pointed out clubs that would be interested in Lee Jung-hoo.

Peddie, who dominated the KBO League mound this year, is also likely to return to the big leagues next year. MLB.com said, "Meryl Kelly, who grew up in the KBO League, played a key role in the Arizona Diamondbacks' National League championship this year," and "Major League officials predict that Peddie will also return to the big league and enter the starting lineup."

Peddie debuted in the big league in 2017 and pitched 454⅓ innings in 102 major league games (88 as a starter), recording 21 wins, 33 losses, and an average ERA of 5.41.

He was a five-starter on the 2019 team that helped the Washington Nationals win the World Series. Peddie, who also played as Washington's fifth starter in 2022, faltered with 6 wins, 13 losses and an ERA of 5.81, and spent the 2023 season in the KBO League.

This year, Peddie recorded 20 wins, 6 losses, an ERA of 2.00, and 209 strikeouts, winning the triple crown for most wins, ERA, and strikeouts. Several major league clubs paid attention to Peddie's rebound and placed Peddie's name on their recruiting list for the 2024 season.

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‘Last place → 2nd place’ is not a coincidence… 2 losses → 2 wins, will another miracle come to KT?

It's not over until it's over. KT Wiz, who finished the season in second place in the league from last place, is about to pull off another miracle.

KT won 11-2 in the 4th game of the playoffs (3 wins out of 5) against NC Dinos of the '2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO Postseason' held at NC Dinos Park in Changwon on the 3rd. KT, which was dragged down with a series record of 1 win and 2 losses, balanced the score at 2 wins and 2 losses with this win.

KT hovered around the bottom half of this season. Due to injuries and poor performances of key players, the rankings began to decline and fell to the bottom. But at some point, a miracle occurred. With the addition of several plus factors, such as Lee Ho-yeon, who was acquired by trade, William Cuevas, who joined as a replacement foreign player, and relief pitcher Son Dong-hyun, the rankings began to rise.

As if to prove that it's not over until it's over, KT began its high-flying march and finished the season in second place in the league (79 wins, 3 draws, 62 losses). It was like a miracle.

There seemed to be no more miracles in the postseason. They lost both the first and second games held at home. Lost 5-9 in the first game, 2-3 in the second game. Regardless of the outcome of the game, I was not satisfied with the content. The batting line was silent, unable to attack the opponent's mound. Even the solid starting mound that was highly trusted did not do its job. Cuevas struggled with unexpected results, allowing 6 hits (1 home run), 2 walks, 2 strikeouts, and 7 runs (4 earned runs) in 3 innings, while Wes Benjamin had 4 hits (1 home run), 4 walks, no walks, 2 strikeouts, and 3 runs in 5 innings.

The two losses at home were bitter. The probability that a team that lost both the first and second games of the previous postseason will advance to the Korean Series is 11.8% (2/17, based on 3 wins out of 5 + excluding the two major leagues in 1999-2000). As the possibility decreased, there was a high possibility that the momentum would be lost and the atmosphere would calm down.

However, starting from the third game, a strange current began to flow. KT has begun a counterattack. Game 3 starting pitcher Go Young-pyo pitched 6 innings, allowing 3 hits, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts, and no runs, and Bae Jeong-dae and Moon Sang-cheol hit home runs to secure a 3-0 victory.

The atmosphere continued in the fourth game. Cuevas, who started in Game 1, took the mound after three days of rest and pitched 6 innings, allowing 1 hit, 4 walks, 3 strikeouts, and no runs. The batting line was on fire, bombarding the NC mound throughout the game with a total of 14 hits (3 home runs) and 11 runs.

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“How many players will come to Korea to play for a month?”

KBO will introduce a temporary replacement foreign player system starting next year. If a foreign player suffers a long-term injury that requires treatment for more than 6 weeks, the player can be placed on the rehabilitation player list and contract with a foreign player to be used as a temporary replacement without using the number of replacements until the player returns, and can be used immediately in the game.

Foreign players on the rehabilitation player list must wait at least 6 weeks before they can return to the league, and if they return, the replacement foreign player must be replaced with another foreign player (one registration count will be deducted) or the contract must be terminated through waiver. The price of a replacement player is limited to a maximum of $100,000 per month, the same as that of existing replacement foreign players.

The KBO league suffers from major and minor injuries to foreign players every year. This doesn't only apply to certain teams. No matter how much you check and verify your physical condition, if an unexpected variable occurs, you end up wasting time and money by being dragged around without a solution. This is why there is a self-deprecating saying, “Foreign farming is a game of luck and failure.”

It was particularly bad this year. Representative examples include Burch Smith (formerly Hanwha), who suffered shoulder muscle damage after 60 pitches in 2⅔ innings in the opening game, and Eni Romero (formerly SSG), who injured his shoulder during training camp and left the country without throwing a single pitch. These were new foreign player contracts with a cap of $1 million, which was a waste of foreign currency. From this point on, discussions on an alternative foreign player system began in earnest.

The replacement foreign player system is a so-called 'scam prevention law' and is aimed at smoothing the supply and demand of players during the injury recovery period and resolving the imbalance in league power. It is important that the club can take the initiative by maintaining the right to reserve a player and weighing replacement players when recovering from an injury. If recovery from injury is slow or the replacement player performs better, the club may make a full replacement rather than a temporary replacement.

Last July, Samsung released Albert Suarez, a talented foreign pitcher, due to an injury, but under the current system, they would have been able to use a replacement player, wait for the injury to recover, and maintain the right to reserve. Although such a positive effect can be expected and is better than nothing, there are questions about its effectiveness.

Above all, the key is how quickly players can be supplied in the event of an injury. One official said, “It is difficult to bring in a replacement player right away during the season. Considering the various administrative procedures and preparation time after entering the country, even if it is 6 weeks, it could end in only a month. “I don’t know how many players will come to Korea to play for a month during the season,” he expressed his doubts. Another official said, “It is also a question of what level of foreign players will come. “If you don’t have a clear competitive advantage over domestic players, it could be a waste of money,” he said.

It is extremely unlikely that minor league players, the largest source of supply in the foreign market, will come to Korea to play for a short period of 4 to 6 weeks. Ultimately, we have to find players from independent leagues in the U.S., Taiwan, Mexico, etc. We can expect success stories like Ronnie Dawson, an outfielder from the American independent league who played in a Kiwoom uniform last July for a total of $85,000, but there are also opinions that it is better to prepare such players in advance as nurturing foreigners and utilize them immediately in case of injury. there is.

According to Article 29, Foreign Players, Paragraph 3 of this year's Baseball Rules, each club can sign a contract for up to $300,000 in training-type foreign players, one pitcher and one fielder. However, it has become so commonplace that none of the 10 teams have foreign players, and they are in the process of abolishing it. The intention was to use it as a reserve resource in case of injury or poor performance of a first-team foreign player, but this was not realistic in the KBO League, where both foreign retention and first-team registration were limited to three players. The cost burden of spending up to $300,000 on a player who could never be used in the first team was also significant. Additional costs, including interpretation and accommodation, are also incurred.

However, some point out that in order to improve the league's overall performance and take risks, it is necessary to move to a nurturing foreigner system that supplements and revises the bylaws in the long term. In the current foreigner system, which is close to gambling, there are limits to filling loopholes with temporary replacement players, which are more like a temporary measure. It may cost money, but even if the number of first-team registrations is limited, increasing the retention limit to increase competition among foreign players and secure alternatives can be a way to reduce double and triple expenses and save time.

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KT Benjamin vs. NC is Shin Min-hyuk, not Peddy.

The final 5th game of the fateful playoffs will be held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 5th. The starting pitcher was also announced on the 4th.

KT, which achieved an 11-2 victory in the 4th game by using William Cuevas, who had only rested for three days, as the starting pitcher, will use Wes Benjamin as is standard in the 5th game.

Benjamin started in Game 2 of PO and gave up 4 hits, including 1 home run, and allowed 3 runs in 5 innings, becoming the losing pitcher. He allowed a left-handed two-run shot to Park Geon-woo in the first inning, and in the third inning, he gave up an additional run with an infield ground ball after hitting a triple by leadoff hitter Kim Joo-won.

In the second PO game, Park Geon-woo (2 hits in 3 at-bats), Park Min-woo (1 hit in 3 at-bats), and Kim Joo-won (1 hit in 2 at-bats) hit Benjamin.

Benjamin recorded 15 wins, 6 losses, and an ERA of 3.54 in this year's regular season. Against NC, he faltered with 1 win and 2 losses in 3 games and an average ERA of 5.65.

Although he was the losing pitcher in the second game of PO, Benjamin pitched well. Benjamin, who was hit in the thigh by a hard hit in the 5th inning at the time, said, "His physical condition has recovered 100%."

For Benjamin, who lost by decision in the starting match against Shin Min-hyuk in the second game, the fifth game could be a stage of revenge.

Benjamin said enthusiastically, “If I focus on my mechanics and pitch my own way, I will get good results.”

In response to this, NC will have Shin Min-hyuk, not Peddie, as the starting pitcher in Game 5.

After the 4th PO game ended on the 3rd, NC coach Kang In-kwon said, "Eric Peddy's condition has not fully recovered, so we are considering a starting pitcher for the 5th game," and "Shin Min-hyuk is not bad either." This was not a 'smokescreen', but rather words filled with real concerns.

Peddie is a 'super ace' who won the triple crown for most wins, ERA, and strikeouts, with 20 wins, 6 losses, an ERA of 2.00, and 209 strikeouts in this year's regular season. In the first game of PO, he pitched well in 6 innings, allowing 3 hits, 1 run, and striking out 12, earning the starting win. However, he will not be able to start in the final game of PO's 3 wins out of 5 games.

As Director Kang said, Shin Min-hyuk is the ‘second priority card’ that NC can offer. Shin Min-hyuk started in the first game of the semi-PO against the SSG Landers and pitched well, allowing 4 hits and no runs in 5⅔ innings, but in the second game of the PO, he pitched even better, allowing 1 hit and no runs in 6⅓ innings, earning his first personal postseason victory.

In the second PO game, there was only one KT batter, Moon Sang-cheol, who hit Shin Min-hyuk. Shin Min-hyuk recorded 5 wins, 5 losses, and an average ERA of 3.98 in this year's regular season. His performance against KT in the regular season was 5 games, 2 wins, 2 losses, and an average ERA of 3.70. On the fall stage this year, Shin Min-hyuk is going 12 scoreless innings.

Although he suffered two losses after winning two games and was unable to select Ace Peddie as the starter in Game 5, NC teammates' trust in Shin Min-hyuk is very deep.

What kind of competition will this be? Attention is focused on the final match on the 5t

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'Golden Glove', was selected as an All MLB team second baseman candidate.

(MHN Sports Reporter Kwon Soo-yeon) Kim Ha-seong (San Diego Padres), who went beyond Korea and became the first Asian infielder to win the Golden Glove in the Major League Baseball (MLB), was once again included in the list of honors.

Ha-seong Kim was proudly named as a candidate in the second baseman category in the 2023 All MLB team position candidates announced by the MLB Secretariat on the 9th (Korean time). Along with Ha-seong Kim, 'little giant' Jose Altuve (Houston Astros) and Nico Horner (Chicago Cubs), who won the Golden Glove in the National League second baseman category this year, were named to the list of eight candidates.

The 'All MLB Team', established in 2019, is an all-star team concept that gathers the best players for each position that year. Among these, the utility fielder category, which refers to an all-purpose fielder, was first established in 2022. Ha-Seong Kim won the award, beating out finalists Mookie Betts (Los Angeles Dodgers) and Korean player Tommy Hyun-Soo Edman (St. Louis Cardinals).

Ha-seong Kim was named the winner of the utility fielder category in the list of 2023 Gold Glove Award winners from both major leagues announced on the 6th. In addition, this season, in his third year in the big league, he set new records for the highest batting average (0.260), most home runs (17), most RBIs (60), and most stolen bases (38), making him a candidate for Silver Slugger Utility Fielder, which goes to the best hitter at each position. It went up.

The All-MLB First Team, comprised of the best players, and the Second Team, comprised of the runners-up, are selected, with 50% of online fan votes and 50% of votes from a panel of media personnel, team officials, and former players being used to determine the two teams. . The results will be released on December 17th.

As a former Korean player, Ryu Hyun-jin (36) was selected as one of the five starting pitchers for the All-MLB Second Team for consecutive years from 2019 to 2020.

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Ohtani's price is 693.2 billion won on a 12-year contract - MLB Network forecast

What is the worth of free agent Shohei Ohtani?

On the 9th (Korean time), MLB Network, citing MLBTRADERUMORS.COM, predicted the ransom for top ranking players by FA position.

Two sword player LA Angels Ohtani's price was expected to be $528 million for his 12-year contract. His annual salary is $44 million. MLB Network predicted that the price of Ohtani, who will not be active as a pitcher in the 2024 season, will break the all-time high in the free agent market.

The highest salary in the free agent market of all time is $360 million over 9 years with New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge. Judge recorded the highest free agent fee of all time in total and annual salary ($40 million). It seems certain that Ohtani will surpass Judge in two years.

Chicago Cubs outfielder Cody Bellinger's contract is 12 years and $264 million. San Diego Padres left-hander Blake Snell predicted 7 years and $200 million. The National League Cy Young Award to be announced next week is likely.

Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola was expected to get six years and $150 million, and San Diego Padres closer Josh Hader was expected to get six years and $110 million. Because it is an estimate, it is unknown whether a contract will be concluded at this ransom price.

All five free agents whose expected amounts were mentioned received qualifying offers. Experts predict that all seven people offered QO this year will reject it.

First of all, Ohtani will only be used as a designated hitter in 2024. The width is narrow. In the free agent market, the value of a designated hitter has never exceeded $20 million, no matter how good he is. However, the reason such a high amount is expected is because of his return as a pitcher in the 2025 season.

However, there are also negative views on Otani going all-in. Historically, this is a reaction to the investment made in one player to move the club. MLB Network's 'Mad Dog' Christopher Russo strongly argued that "if you invest this much money in Ohtani, the team will fail," with an annual salary of more than $500 million.

In fact, the Texas Rangers signed Alex Rodriguez to a 10-year, $252 million contract for the first time in North American sports history in 2000, the LA Angels signed Albert Pujols to a 10-year, $254 million contract in 2012, and the 10-year, $240 million contract in 2013. All three teams, including the Seattle Mariners, who signed long-term contracts failed. All three were traded without completing their contracts.

Of course, Ohtani is an unusual player who is both a pitcher and a batter, so his chances of success are relatively higher than failure.

What is clear is that after November 15th, Ohtani's new home and contract terms will be the best in MLB history.

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