Ohtani's last hit player came to Korea...I'm surprised to join the club for $1 million
Ohtani's last hit player came to Korea...I'm surprised to join the club for $1 million
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It happened only 60 days ago. On Sept. 30 in Korean time, the final regular season game between the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Dodgers took place at Coors Field, the home stadium of the Colorado Rockies.카지노사이트
The Dodgers has already won the district championship, while the Colorado Rockies ranked the lowest in the district. Attention was focused on Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani (30). Ohtani, who was ranked second in the batting category of the National League, had the last chance to win the title of batting champion. In fact, Ohtani achieved the record of 50 home runs and 50 steals for the first time in the Major League history and had reserved the top spot in the home run and RBI categories of the National League, but if he had acquired the title of batting champion, he could have marked a truly great season.
To start with, Ohtani recorded one hit from four times at bat and finished the season batting average at .310, failing to become the king of batting. Still, he hit one hit and added another stolen base in the final game of the season, showing his best performance until the end.
Ohtani's last hit of the season was in offense at the top of the eighth inning. Ohtani had a right-handed hit with one out and a runner on the first base. At that time, right fielder Jake Cave caught Ohtani's hit. However, 60 days later, the "active big leaguer" Cave has changed to a member of the Doosan Bears in the KBO League.
Like Ohtani, Cave had one hit from four times at bat and closed the season with a batting average of .251. Having played in 123 games this year, Cave left a batting average of .251, seven homers, 37 RBIs and five steals. In fact, he showed poor performance even by using Coors Field, a batter-friendly stadium, as his home ground. However, it was rather unusual that a player who played in the final game of this year's Major League regular season chose to go to Korea, especially with a batting average of .236, 45 homers, 176 RBIs and 13 steals in 523 games over the past seven seasons.
After the end of this season, Cave became a free agent. Then Doosan approached him quickly. Japanese pro baseball teams also showed interest, but the final winner was Doosan. "Cave has been at the top of the list for the past three years. We found that at least two teams in Japan have expressed interest in him," Doosan said.
Doosan filled the ceiling of 1 million U.S. dollars for new foreign players, and brought in Cave. Still, he is surprised. Cave was paid 1 million dollars a year as a major leaguer again this year. From Cave's perspective, although he has worked as a major leaguer, he may have chosen to go to Korea to achieve a new breakthrough as his position is unstable. In fact, there have been a number of cases where players with major league experience "export" back to Korea.
Doosan added, "We also closely monitored other players on the market while negotiating re-signing with Jared. As a result, negotiations went smoothly with Cave, who is armed with batting, defense, and base running capabilities, and successfully signed the contract."
Doosan is evaluated as having the best lineup of foreign players including Cave. It is almost a miracle that Doosan recruited left-hander Cole Irvin, who played full-time starting pitcher in the Major League this year, for a total of 1 million dollars. Irvin is excellent in offensive pitching, which does not allow walks, including fastballs with a maximum speed of 153 kilometers per hour. Irvin's annual salary this year was 2 million dollars. This makes it all the more surprising.
The same goes for right-hander Thomas Hatch, who joined Doosan as a new member of the team. Hatch, who boasts fastballs with speeds of 154 kilometers per hour, has major league experience and earned 1.3 million U.S. dollars per year while playing for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in the Japanese pro baseball league.
Doosan signed contracts with three new foreign players for a total of 3 million U.S. dollars and promised to provide them with full coverage. This means that players of different levels joined the team. They were able to see each other on Major League television just a few days ago, but will meet with Korean fans next year. Still, it is hard to believe.