The Kiwoom Heroes, who made up a foreign player with two batters, seem to have admitted their failure. They are negotiating with Raul Alcantara, who won 20 games in the KBO League. 

Kiwoom said on the 17th, "It is true that we have decided that it is time for a change. Alcantara is one of the candidates for recruitment." Alcantara is a pitcher who played for KT Wiz (2019) and Doosan Bears (2020, 2023-2024) with a career record of 46 wins and 24 losses and an ERA of 3.21 in four seasons. He also won 20 games in the 2020 season. 바카라사이트

As of Thursday, Kiwoom had 14 wins and 34 losses and a winning percentage of 0.292 to rank the lowest (10th) among the 10 teams. The team is 16.5 games behind the LG Twins, which ranks first, and 7.5 games behind the Doosan Bears, which ranks ninth. 

Kiwoom, which ranked 10th in the last two seasons (2023-2024), considered its lack of slugging power as the team's biggest weakness and recruited two batters, Yasiel Puig, who led the team to the Korean Series in the 2022 season, and Ruben Cardinez, who entered the KBO League as a substitute last season. 

Kiwoom showed not bad firepower in the first week of the opening, but soon the limits were revealed. Puig only hit 0.167 during the month of April. Due to his shoulder injury while running the bases, he was also exited from his team's roster for a while. Cardinez, who had remained atop in the eight games he played in March with 16 batting average, also lost his batting sense after going on vacation in the U.S. due to his wife's childbirth. Puig only had a batting average of 0.217, six homers and 20 RBIs as of Tuesday. Cardinez had a batting average of 0.229, four homers and 23 RBIs. 

With only one foreign pitcher, Kiwoom had to deal with the expected issue. While its Korean starting lineup is weaker than other teams, Kenny Rosenberg, who was hired as the first starter, only had three wins (four losses) in 10 games. Rosenberg and Ha Young-min were the only pitchers who played in the starting rotation without skipping a single time. 

In the end, Kiwoom seems to have admitted that the choice of two batters was wrong. Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki also said ahead of the LG match on the 15th, "The most necessary factor for rebounding is the stability of the starting lineup." 

Either Puig or Cardinez is expected to shoulder the burden. Considering his performance, it would not be strange for anyone to be notified of his release. However, Puig has produced more long balls since returning from a shoulder injury control. In the second game of a doubleheader against the NC Dinos, who took part on Tuesday, he also had two hits including a solo home run in the top of the third inning.