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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Nam-jik Han = I slowed my pace a little due to unexpected back pain, but there was no change in my position.
St. Louis Cardinals coach Mike Silt (53) nailed Kim Gwang-hyun (33) as a’starter’ again.
MLB.com reported on the 24th (Korean time) “Kim Gwang-hyun’s next demonstration game start date has not been decided,” but said, “Kim Gwang-hyun digests the training schedule of the starting pitcher. He does not move to the middle game.”
In a video interview with local reporters such as MLB.com on the same day, Silt did not hesitate to ask, “Is there a possibility that Kim Gwang-hyun will move to the bullpen?”
Kim Gwang-hyun played the first game of the regular season in 2020 as a finishing pitcher, his first year to advance into the American professional baseball major league.
However, in all seven games afterwards, they started as a starter.
In 2020, Kim Gwang-hyun solidified his position as a starting pitcher by struggling with an average ERA of 1.62 in 3 wins and 1 save.
Director Silt said, “Kim Kwang-hyun pitched in the simulation yesterday (23rd), but he couldn’t figure out what he was in.” Told.
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On the 23rd, Kim Gwang-hyun played a simulation game held at the Jupiter Spring Camp training ground in Florida, USA, and played two innings.
At the time, Director Silt said, “Kim Kwang-hyun threw a good changeup in the simulation game. The slider and the fastball movement were good,” he said.
Kim Gwang-hyun stopped pitching training for a while because he felt his back stiffened while digesting bullpen pitching ahead of his third appearance in the demonstration game on the 14th.
And soon he caught the ball again.
Kim Gwang-hyun resumed training with a catch ball on the 16th and pitched bullpen on the 18th and 21st.
Kim Gwang-hyun, who has even played a simulation game, is expected to appear once before the end of the demonstration game if no special abnormality is found.
“We haven’t decided on a start date yet,” Silt said.
If manager Silt and the club decide that Kim Gwang-hyun needs a little more time, Kim Gwang-hyun can skip the start at least once in the regular season.
MLB.com said, “John Gant and Daniel Pons Deirion are preparing for the start in preparation for the situation where Miles My Colors and Kim Kwang-hyun cannot start in the beginning of the season.”
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2021/03/24 08:59 sent