Yang Hyeon-jong (33, Texas Rangers), who challenged the US major league, hit a home run in his first demonstration game. Still, MLB.com expected Yang Hyun-jong to enter the opening roster.
Yang Hyun-jong climbed up the mound with the 5th pitcher of the team in the 8th inning, 4-2 ahead of the team’s 5th pitcher, in a demonstration game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Surprise Stadium in Surprise, Arizona, USA on the 8th, and threw 21 balls in 1 inning, hitting 1 home run, etc. 2 I was hit by a dog and gave me 1 point.
Yang Hyun-jong turned right-hander Sheldon Neusie, who was the first batter, to strikeout with a quick ball, and caught the follow-up Omar Esteves with a floating ball in center field, and quickly caught a two-out. However, he allowed right-hander DJ Peters to throw a flat ball in the middle of the ball count, 2 balls, 1 strike, and then a big home run that fell on the grass over the left fence.
Yang Hyun-jong then threw a full strike on the left-handed hitter James Outman, but was shaken by a hit that fell in front of the right fielder. The next batter Elliott Soto’s batting was almost a hit that fell between the left fielder and the shortstop as the bat broke, but shortstop Yoni Hernandez sprinted to save Yang Hyun-jong from the crisis. Yang Hyeon-jong reaped an embarrassing save as the match, played in 8 innings, ended with Texas’ 4-3 victory.
In the midst of this, MLB.com anticipated the opening roster of 30 clubs in the 2021 season (26 players per team), seeing the possibility of Yang Hyun-jong joining the opening roster. The media nominated Hyeonjong Yang as the Texas bullpen to be included in the opening entry along with Jose Recler, Brett Martin, Jordan Lyles, Wes Benjamin, Josh Svots and Jonathan Hernandez. Ultimately, it is a bit unfortunate for Yang Hyun-jong, who dreams of starting a big league starter, but it means that the possibility of making his debut as a big league has increased.
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