Introducing ABS → Left-hander with 4 years of wing group, dreaming of the throne for the first time in 27 years...Will I be a 'good son' who will remain in Busan's baseball history
Introducing ABS → Left-hander with 4 years of wing group, dreaming of the throne for the first time in 27 years...Will I be a 'good son' who will remain in Busan's baseball history
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The position of the best foreign pitcher in the history of the Lotte Giants. Will the name change to "Charlie Barnes" now.토토사이트
Barnes will play in Busan next year as well. He renewed his contract with Lotte for a total of 1.5 million U.S. dollars (guaranteed 1.35 million dollars and incentives 150,000 won). He is in his fourth season since joining Lotte for the first time in 2022.
The best foreigner in Lotte's history may be controversial, but if the scope is limited to "pitchers," the main character is clear. It is Brooks Raley, who played for five years between 2015 and 2019.
Notably, he led Lotte to advance to the fall baseball league only once in the past 12 years, along with Park Se-woong and Lindblom in 2017. It is Reilly's career high season. He pitched in 30 games as a starter and 187 ⅓ innings, displaying 13 wins and seven losses (one complete game) with a 3.80 ERA. He ranked fifth in strikeouts, sixth in multiple wins and ninth in ERA.
For the past five years, he started more than 30 games (152 games in total) every season without any major injuries, and played a total of 910 ⅔ innings. He also pitched between 178 ⅓ and 187 ⅓ innings without any major ups and downs.
Her overall performance of 48 wins and 53 losses and 4.13 earned run average (ERA) is somewhat disappointing. However, Reilly's performance is more dependent on team strength than on individual players. She stands out not only in skills but also in sincerity and dedication.
There are reasons why Lotte chose to renew its contract every year, and reasons why Reilly later entered the Major League and went through the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Rays, and New York Mets to remain a good example of reverse export by KBO-born foreigners.
Notably, 48 wins are the most won by a foreign pitcher at Lotte for 27 years since the introduction of foreign players in the Korean pro baseball league in 1998. Some of the pitchers who are comparable to Rayleigh's presence include Uman (38 wins in three seasons), Strayley (32 wins in four seasons) and Lindblom (28 wins in three seasons), but they are still lacking in career consistency and accumulation. Repeated renewal of contract is a symbol of trust to the team.
In that sense, Barnes' fourth season has significant symbolic significance. His expectations for Barnes at the time of his debut were that he was a skilled foreign pitcher who would support Staley. He didn't have high expectations for such a long run.
However, the reality was better than expected. A fastball measuring 143-145 kilometers per hour on average is one of the fastest among left-handed pitchers in the KBO League. On top of that, he had sharp sliders that make left-handed hitters feel awkward, and displayed impressive curveball and change-up pitching.
Although it was often pointed out as a weakness due to his fierce personality, the introduction of ABS (automatic ball determination system) this year gave him wings. He has now transformed into a cooler foreign pitcher than anyone else. It is regrettable that he missed the game for more than a month due to an adductor muscle injury in his thigh during the season, but he pitched only 150 ⅓ innings and ranked third overall with 171 strikeouts.
WAR (contributing to victory over substitute players) is also ranked fourth among pitchers in both Statistics Korea and Sports2I. The annual salary that was only 610,000 U.S. dollars in the first year of debut almost tripled.
Barnes has 32 wins and 28 losses overall at Lotte. If he wants to surpass Reilly, he needs 17 wins in the next season. If he achieves 17 wins, he will surpass the most wins (2020, 15 wins) for a single season as a foreign pitcher at Lotte.
And if Barnes has good enough performance to become Lotte's career-high number of wins and the most wins in a single season, Lotte is likely to achieve its long-cherished dream of entering the fall baseball league. It is the best result for Barnes and Lotte.
It is not just a dream to surpass Felix Jose, the "Black Seagull" who left the biggest impact in Lotte's history. Of course, if Jose is to overcome, he needs to make it to the Korean Series, which has failed for 25 years since 1999.