Enter 2021.03.14 13:53 | Revision 2021.03.14 13:54
St.Louis coach Mike Silt said in an interview with US media such as MLB.com that Kim Gwang-hyun recently stopped pitching training due to complaints of back pain while pitching a bullpen.
“It’s not a very big problem, but it’s true,” Silt said. “Kim Kwang-hyun may not be able to play in the first game of the regular league. There are other starting candidates.”
Accordingly, it is expected that Kim Gwang-hyun’s first appearance of the season will be delayed.
Director Silt also explained, “Kim Gwang-hyun received treatment and loosened his muscles,” and “I am not worried about it much in the long term, but it is a state that interferes with Kim Gwang-hyun’s pitching.”
The St. Louis club is planning to give Kim Gwang-hyun enough time to recover and run the first half of the regular league as an alternative starter.
On the other hand, Kim Gwang-Hyun appeared in two demonstration games this year, hit 10 hits in 3 innings, and scored 8 runs (7 ERA) and was sluggish with an average ERA of 21.00.
St. Louis will play their first game of the season away against Cincinnati on April 2. After a day off, the 2nd and 3rd leg matches on April 4-5, the Miami Marlins fight in a 3rd row.
In the first and second games, Jack Flaherty and Adam Wainwright will start.
Following Kim Gwang-hyun, who was appointed as the third starter, Miles Mycolors, who was the fourth starter, went on a break for 7 to 10 days due to pain in the right shoulder, and St. Louis is preparing a new starting team as an alternative agent.
John Gant is the best candidate for My Colors, and Daniel Pons Deirion is the best candidate for Kim Kwang-hyun.