Keisho Shirakawa, A Strong Candidate to go to Doosan

Shirakawa, A 'Strong Candidate to go to Doosan', "KBO Level is High... Choi Jeong-eun is a Shocking Hitter"

Shirakawa, a 'strong candidate to go to Doosan', "KBO level is high... Choi Jeong-eun is a shocking hitter"

Japanese pitcher Keisho Shirakawa (23), who is likely to sign with the Doosan Bears, recalled his '6-week stay with the SSG Landers' as "an opportunity to learn new things and gain confidence."

Shirakawa's 'original team', the Tokushima Indigo Sox of the Japanese independent league Shikoku Island League, published an interview with Shirakawa on the 8th.

Shirakawa said, "I was so surprised when I received the offer from SSG.

It was my first time living outside of Tokushima Prefecture, so I went to Korea with a feeling of 9 anxiety and 1 anticipation." 카지노사이트 추천

He continued, "The Korean professional baseball KBO League has a high level of offense, defense, and base running.

Every player does his or her part, and they are good at detailed plays."

The batter who particularly surprised Shirakawa was Choi Jeong (SSG), who holds the KBO League career home run record.

Shirakawa said, "Choi Jeong is an unbelievable batter," and "of all the players I've seen up close, he was the batter who shocked me the most."

When Roenis Elias was diagnosed with a 6-week injury to his left internal oblique muscle at the end of May, SSG signed Shirakawa, who was playing for Tokushima Indigo Socks, for 1.8 million yen (approximately 15.7 million won) for 6 weeks.

This year, the Korean professional baseball league introduced a new system that allows existing foreign players to be listed on the rehabilitation player list when they are injured to the extent that they require treatment for more than six weeks, and allows a substitute foreign player to play until the player returns.

Shirakawa was recorded as the 'KBO's first short-term substitute foreign player.'

Shirakawa, who made his KBO League debut on June 1, recorded 2 wins, 2 losses, and an ERA of 5.09 in 5 games.

As Elias recovered, SSG was concerned about Shirakawa and Elias.

Elias could be on the first team mound after '6 weeks' after being listed on the rehabilitation player list, but SSG terminated the contract with Shirakawa in order to register Elias in the first team.

The SSG players gave Keisho Shirakawa a farewell gift.

Shirakawa considered the past six weeks at SSG a "gift."

"I made my KBO debut at Gocheok Dome on June 1," he said.

"I was very happy to be pitching at Gocheok Dome after famous Japanese pitchers like Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto (both from the Los Angeles Dodgers), Yu Darvish, and Yuki Matsui (both from the San Diego Padres) (during the Seoul Series held in March)."

He continued, "Unlike in the Japanese independent league, in the KBO league, batters didn't miss any wild pitches.

Still, I gained confidence by facing high-level batters."

Shirakawa said, "Korean fans cheered me on, calling me 'potato.'

I also received many gifts," and added, "I'm really grateful to the SSG organization, my teammates, and the fans."

Tokushima Channel interviewed Shirakawa on the 5th.

That's why the interview included a "farewell."

However, Shirakawa is likely to get another '6-week' opportunity in the KBO League.

Doosan has chosen Shirakawa as a 'short-term replacement' for Brandon Waddell, and informed the KBO of its intention to designate Shirakawa, who was waived on the 3rd.

Shirakawa's waiver announcement period is until the 9th.

If no team other than Doosan designates Shirakawa, Doosan plans to sign a '6-week contract' with Shirakawa on the 10th.

Shirakawa's goal is to be drafted in the Nippon Professional Baseball rookie draft.

Shirakawa said, "I signed with a KBO team to advance to Nippon Professional Baseball, and my desire to grow more grew as I experienced the KBO League," and "I will work hard to become a pitcher suitable for the level of Nippon Professional Baseball."