Yang Hyun-jong is expected to play a rescue in the US pro baseball MLB demonstration game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at 5:05 am (Korean time) on the 8th at Surprise Stadium in Arizona, USA.
On the 7th, the Texas team unveiled a contract to operate a pitching team against the Dodgers one day later.
Mike Poltinevic starts and throws 2 innings, while Korean pitchers Denning Dunning and Kyle Cody are also planning to play 2 innings each.
Then Yang Hyeon-jong starts and throws 1 inning. Jordan Lyles is also scheduled to digest one inning.
Yang Hyun-jong looked at only one goal of standing on the MLB mound, and gave up all the benefits he could enjoy in Korea.
If he stays in Korean professional baseball, he can get more salary and get ace courtesy, but Hyunjong Yang signed a split contract for a year with no guaranteed status.
Yang Hyun-jong signed a minor league contract that if he entered the MLB, he could receive a guaranteed annual salary of $1.3 million and an additional bonus of $550,000 depending on his grades.
Yang Hyun-jong joined the Texas Spring Camp only on the 24th of last month, about ten days behind other pitchers due to contract and visa issues.
However, he was eager for MLB and quickly lifted himself up.
Yang Hyeon-jong, who threw the ball from the bullpen twice, on the 26th of last month and the 1st of this month, made a live pitching by throwing the batter for the first time after joining the spring camp at the auxiliary stadium of the surprise stadium on the 4th.
Now, he will face off against the Dodgers, the defending champion and the No. 1 candidate to win this season.
Local media classified Yang Hyun-jong as’a player who can enter the big league roster as a bullpen pitcher while competing for selection’.
Depending on the results of the demonstration, the future of Yang Hyeon-jong can be very different.
For Yang Hyun-jong, who has to prove his worth during the three weeks remaining in the demonstration game, the result of his debut in the big league demonstration game on the 8th is very important. yunhap news