The Doosan Bears announced the termination of the Thomas Hatch (30) contract on the 18th and the signing of a new foreign pitcher Jack Rogue (28). It means that they have completed a total of four foreign player contracts with Cole Irvin (30) and Jake Cave (32) before 2025.스포츠토토

Doosan terminated its contract with Hatch because it conducted medical tests more strictly than in previous years. "We suffered from injury of foreign players this season. That's why we did the medical test more closely," a Doosan official said. "The injury (in the case of Hatch) did not occur immediately. It was not a situation that required surgery immediately. However, we judged that the shoulder has a source of anxiety that could cause injury."

Over the past few years, Doosan has struggled with injuries and replacements for foreign players. The 2021 Walker Rockets (knee, right elbow injury), 2022 Ariel Miranda (left shoulder muscle injury), 2023 Dylan File (bone bruise, right elbow injury) all failed to play his part. In April this year, Raul Alcantara was out with right elbow pain and Brandon Waddell was out with back pain. Alcantara returned after a long absence, but lost his ball power. Eventually, he was kicked out in July. Brandon had to leave the game again in June due to left shoulder blade muscle injury.

What was more problematic than the player's injury was Doosan's speed to deal with the situation. Doosan waited until October for the rocket. Miranda was kicked out in July and Dylan in June. Shirakawa Kisho only briefly filled the vacancy of Alcantara and Brandon this year as well when a short-term substitute was introduced. Doosan was slow to come up with an alternative solution compared to other teams that filled the vacancy with short-term substitutes such as the KIA Tigers (Cam Aledd and Eric Stoute) and the Hanwha Eagles (Ryan Weiss). The vacancy of foreign players, who should have been the first and second starters, left the team feeling of burden (600 and 1/3 innings, No. 1 in the league).

With the 2025 season just around the corner, Doosan has swiftly dealt with the situation before the season. Having completed all three of its previous contracts within this year, the team has quickly replaced instability in the team with Rogue, who was the next candidate. What's more important is how Doosan copes with variables during the season. If Doosan moves as fast as it does now, it will be able to put an end to its "foreign atrocities" of the past four years.