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| Yang Hyun-jong is scheduled to appear in the LA Dodgers on the 20th (Korean time). © AFP=News1 |
The Texas Rangers are speeding up the squad cleanup. Ten of the 18 pitchers who participated in the Spring Camp as invited players were notified of the Minor League. Yang Hyeon-jong (33)’s fate may be decided in the third match.
On the 19th (Korean time), Texas relocated six players, including pitcher Sam Gaviglio, Jimmy Herget, catcher John Hicks, infielder Yoni Hernandez, Curtis Terry, and outfielder Adolis Garcia, to minor league camp.
Texas organized a total of 20 players in a week. On the 13th, 10 people and 4 on the 18th were transferred to the minor league.
Major league clubs invite a large number of minor league players in addition to 40-man rosters at Spring Camp to train and play demonstration games. Only 26 players can be named on the opening roster, so as the major league season gets closer, we will organize a lot of squads.
The 20 people Texas sent to the Minor League camp were all invited players like Hyunjong Yang. They are bound to have a small status in the team. It’s hard to become a major leaguer unless you’re doing’great performance’.
In particular, among the 20 players organized this time, there are many pitchers. 10 people including Hans Cross, Fernie Osuna, Alex Spears, Justin Anderson (more than 13 days notice), Drew Anderson, Jason Barr, Jarel Cotton, Lewis Otis (more than 18 days), Gaviglio, Heget (more than 19 days) Was.
Gaviglio and Herget, who failed to pass through the third gate, were given the opportunity to start four times in the demonstration game, but their average ERA was 7.71 and 13.50 respectively. There was a game that I threw well, but there was a time when it collapsed with mass concessions.
The number of invited pitchers remaining in the spring camp is Yang Hyeon-jong, Matt Bush, Ian Kennedy, Jake Ratz, Spencer Patton, Nick Vincent, Cole Wynn, and Hunter Wood.
Among them, Wynn, who shook with four runs in ⅓innings against the Cleveland Indians on the 10th, and Patton, whose ERA soared to 7.71 with three consecutive runs, is unsettling. Ratz also hasn’t got a chance after being shaken with two runs in one inning against the Auckland Athletics on the 12th.
However, Bush, Kennedy, Wood, and Vincent are continuing the competition for survival with good pitches. Yang Hyeon-jong, who blocked two innings against the Milwaukee Brewers on the 14th with a zero run, must also keep a good trend.
During an important period, Yang Hyeon-jong takes the third examination. At 5:05 am on the 20th, he is scheduled to appear in a demonstration game against the Los Angeles Dodgers after starting pitcher Kyle Cody. This is the second match against the Dodgers after the match on the 8th.
It is a real test as coach Chris Woodward revealed to Yang Hyun-jong as’the second pitcher of 1+1 cards’ or’suited as a long relief’. Yang Hyun-jong went out as the fifth pitcher against the Dodgers on the 8th and the third pitcher against Milwaukee on the 14th.
On the 8th, Yang Hyun-jong scored 1 inning, 2 hits, 1 home run, 1 strikeout and 1 run against the Dodgers. While defending Texas’ 4-3 victory, he became a save pitcher, but it didn’t mean much. Rather, he struggled quite a bit against batters with no major league experience.
This time, the order of the start is advanced and the Dodgers’ main hitters are faced. As the Dodgers scored 38 points in their last six games, Yang Hyun-jong should also put more careful pitching. Woodward emphasized that the better Yang Hyeon-jong hits the big league hitters in the demonstration game, the higher his chances of entering the roster.
If Yang Hyun-jong continues the momentum of the Milwaukee battle and proves his worth, he can get one step closer to the opening roster. However, it is difficult to survive in the killing team if you use the worst pitching in a situation where the wind blows every day.