ML’s interest in Strayley Lotte’s two reasons for resignation camp talk

[엑스포츠뉴스 부산, 김현세 기자] Lotte Giants Ace Dan Strayley joined Spring Camp. This is the result of waiting and respecting each other during the off-season.

Strayley entered Korea on January 19th, completed self-isolation on the 2nd, and officially joined from the second training turn of the X-PRO Sajik Camp held at the Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium on the 5th. Among the 10 KBO clubs, there are several visa issues. Lotte trained as a whole from the beginning of the spring camp. Director Huh Moon-hoe said, “Strayley is in the United States and then comes to Korea to self-isolate, but it seems that she is ready to work out well by herself.” Straley said, “Today’s bullpen pitching was satisfactory.”

As Lotte, remaining Ace is a big force. Strayley started 31 games last season, struck out 194 innings, 205 strikeouts, 15 wins, 4 losses, an ERA of 2.50 and a WHIP of 1.02 per inning. After the season, multiple major league teams watched Strayley with interest, but Strayley chose Lotte after careful consideration. Lotte has treated the club’s all-time foreigner single-season pitcher with a guarantee of $1.2 million (a deposit of $300,000 and an annual salary of $900,000).

Straley said it wasn’t too difficult to choose Lotte. In addition to having a good memory last year at Lotte, the actual Lotte offer also moved his mind. At the time, Lotte said, “We know and respect Straley’s intention to challenge the major leagues,” and said, “We will make the best offer and wait.” Strayley said, “Last year, I’ve heard stories several times (related to geography after the season), and Lotte was so good. When asked, he only said’I love it’. It was true. Having spoken so often, you may have thought that I had a desire to go back. However, the club gave me a good proposal, and I had a good year last year, so there was no difficulty in deciding.

Strayley was removed from self-quarantine and stopped at Sajik Baseball Stadium. It was a schedule of one day off after training for 3 days, so even though I was planning to officially join from the start of the second turn of training, I stepped forward to see my colleagues. He said, “It was very difficult for me to be self-contained,” and “Because I was isolated, I wanted to come out and exercise as soon as possible. It was difficult while in quarantine, but the club provided a lot of food and tools to help them exercise. I prepared as hard as I could in the given environment. Thank. My wife and baby are also very active, but I tried to move inside the house as much as possible.

The goal for this year is bigger. Last year’s league strikeout No. 1 pitcher Strayley said, “I want to be #1 in all fields this year. I want to be first in all categories related to pitching, as well as average ERA and strikeouts. I have such an idea, so I am trying to develop it further. “I think that both I and my colleagues will improve with that goal.” Also, there is no burden. The goal is always set high. I am not satisfied last year and I am always preparing to do better,” he added.

Unlike last year, this year is with my family. Lotte started to apply for both sides of water, such as looking for kindergartens where Strayley children can attend. Strayley said,’Since my wife and baby are together, I don’t want to see them anymore. It won’t be difficult. I don’t know how I spent last year without my family. I am amazed at myself. I am spending comfortably with my family now,” he said.

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