"I'm not ready" Barnes Rehabilitation, it's taking so long...Would it have been higher if I had written a short-term replacement
"I'm not ready" Barnes Rehabilitation, it's taking so long...Would it have been higher if I had written a short-term replacement
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If I had known that Barnes's rehabilitation would take this long...’
Charlie Barnes (29), a foreign pitcher of the Lotte Giants in professional baseball, disappeared from the first division stage after the match against the Sajik Samsung Lions on May 26. This is because the recovery from injury is longer than expected.
Barnes started against Samsung on May 26 and voluntarily left the mound as he felt pain in his thigh with four hits, two walks and one run left in the first ⅔. At the time, Lotte said, "Barnes felt uncomfortable with his left thigh," but unfortunately, the hospital examination revealed that his thigh adductor muscle was slightly damaged.
Lotte set Barnes' recovery period for two to three weeks, based on hospital checkup and doctor's findings. The prediction was that Barnes would take the mound in the first division at the latest in late June.
More than five weeks later, however, Barnes is still in the second division. He took his first real role in the game against KT Wiz in the Futures League on April 28, and recorded no runs with one out and three strikeouts in two innings. As his rehabilitation process was prolonged, he failed to return to the mound in the first half of the year, and his first game in the second half will likely be difficult.
Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung met with reporters in Jamsil on the 2nd and said, "The first game of the second half will be a burden to Barnes. I'm thinking of returning to the second or third game." According to the plan, Barnes' return match is likely to be against Incheon SSG Landers on the 10th or 11th.
As Barnes has been away for more than six weeks, questions persist as to why Lotte did not use the short-term foreign pitcher system. Of course, Lotte ranked first in the winning rate (14 wins, 1 draw and 9 losses) in June without Barnes, but still has three games to beat fifth-ranked SSG, the postseason's Maginot line. To fill Barnes' void, Lotte has been holding out and holding out with a weak bullpen session.
Starting this season, KBO has revised the system to allow alternative foreign players to be recruited if foreign players are out of power due to long-term injuries. If a foreign player is injured that requires treatment for more than six weeks, he or she can register a new foreign player or list the player on the rehabilitation squad after the contract is terminated, and sign an alternative foreign player to play without using the number of replacements until the player returns.
Multiple teams have already benefited from the short-term foreign pitcher system. First of all, SSG filled the vacancy by recruiting Shirakawa Keisho, former ace of the Japanese Independent League, as a temporary replacement for Elias Roenis, while KIA has Cam Aldred instead of Will Crow and Hanwha has Ryan Weiss instead of Ricardo Sanchez for the season. Aldred has one win and one loss with a 3.60 ERA in four games, and Weiss has one win and no loss in two games with a 2.25 ERA. In addition, Doosan is also examining short-term foreign pitchers due to Brandon Waddell's shoulder injury.
Then, why didn't Lotte turn its attention to the short-term foreign player market when Barnes was injured? "We didn't prepare well. I didn't know it would take this long," Lotte coach Kim Tae-hyung said on Sunday. "We had an overall schedule two weeks after the injury, and it was too late to find a replacement."
Anyway, time has already passed, and Lotte has grabbed five consecutive wins, including the No. 1 monthly win rate in June, and laid foundation for its mid-range leap forward. After enduring without short-term foreign pitchers, Barnes is nearing his return. Lotte expects Barnes, who will return a week later, to regain his form as ace in the second half. 메이저사이트