Hanwha Eagles new foreign pitcher Ricardo Sanchez has entered the country. Coach Carlos Subero is also looking forward to it.
Sanchez, who entered the country through Incheon International Airport on the 26th, is scheduled to join the game against NC held at Daejeon Hanwha Life Insurance Eagles Park on the 28th and greet the players.
Lefty Sanchez signed a contract with Hanwha as a foreign player to replace Birch Smith, who was kicked out after only throwing one game. Sanchez, who made his big league debut with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2020, started as a relief pitcher in all three games and recorded an ERA of 6.75 with 5 hits (1 home run), 5 walks, 4 strikeouts and 4 runs in 5⅓ innings.
His minor league career record was 32-52 (4.61 earned run average) in 140 games (133 starts), striking out 581 batters in 640⅓ innings, averaging 8.2 strikeouts per 9 innings.
Last year, he recorded 7 wins, 5 losses, an average ERA of 4.95, and 103 strikeouts in 26 games (116⅓ innings) full-time in the Triple A team under the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies. He had 8 performances with an ERA of 5.40 and strikeouts in 3 games (6⅔ innings) in Triple A affiliated with the Chicago White Sox this season.
Hanwha expects Sanchez, who uses a curveball, slider, and changeup in addition to a fastball of up to 151km and a two-seam fastball with similar speed, to be able to digest stable innings with his unique aggressive pitching pattern.
Ahead of the match against Lotte at Sajik Stadium on the 27th, coach Subero said, “First of all, I want to say thank you very much for the club’s front desk moving quickly this year.” “I haven’t met the player yet. He explained, “I will meet tomorrow to talk about things like the number of pitches and physical condition, and prepare to show off on the mound at the right time as possible.”
Hanwha, who suffered a 1-8 defeat the previous day (26th),안전놀이터 changed the lineup somewhat. The starting lineup consisted of Roh Su-gwang (left fielder) Kim Tae-yeon (1st baseman) Roh Si-hwan (3rd baseman) Chae Eun-seong (designated hitter) Jeong Eun-won (2nd baseman) Yu-gyeol (right fielder) Moon Hyun-bin (center fielder) Park Jeong-hyun (shortstop). Coach Subero said, “Jeong Eun-won is a contact hitter. I hoped that the original figure would come out of number 5, but I used it in the 5th batting order with the hope,” he said. It is to experiment with No. 2 Kim Tae-yeon and No. 5 Jeong Eun-won.”
“The players on our team are creating more opportunities than anyone else. The team has improved this season, but they need to bring in runners to complete it. Because baseball is contagious, I believe that other players will follow when the water is opened. I expected that kind of thing and made the batting line,” he said.