The LG Twins have traded veteran left-hander Jin Hae-Soo (37) to the Lotte Giants. The return is a fifth-round pick in the 2025 Rookie Draft. It’s a Guilter cycle trade.
“We have executed a trade to receive a fifth-round draft pick in the 2025 rookie draft from Lotte and send Jin Hae-soo,” LG announced on Sunday, explaining that the trade was focused on securing the club’s future resources.
Hae-Soo appeared in 19 games (14⅔ innings) this season, posting a 2-2 record with a 3.68 ERA. In 788 career games (573⅓ innings), he has a 23-30 record with two saves and 152 strikeouts. His 152 holds rank third all-time in the KBO.
Drafted by KIA in 2005,
Jin Hae-soo has played for SK and LG since 2015. He became a free agent after the 2019 season and signed a two-year, $1.4 billion contract with LG.
In 2020, he went 4-2 with a 4.32 ERA in 76 games, and in 2021, he went 1-5 with a 2.44 ERA in 50 games. In 2022, he went 4-4 with a 2.40 ERA in 64 games with 12 saves, but he only appeared in 19 games this year. LG’s bullpen has a new face in Ham Deok-ju, Yoo Young-chan, Baek Seung-hyun, and Park Myung-geun, 먹튀검증토토사이트 who have returned from injuries to join Jung Woo-young and Kim Jin-sung. The chances of left-handed one-pointer Jin Hae-soo were drastically reduced. Naturally, generational changes were made.
Manager Cha Myung-seok said, “It’s hard to call it a trade, it’s more like giving a player a way out. There were requests to release him before,” Cha said. Jin Hae-soo was limited to a small role in the LG bullpen this season. The same will happen next year. “Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said he wants to use younger left-handers next year, so he asked me to help him (Jin Hae-soo) play,” Cha explained.
After winning the Korean Series for the first time in 29 years,
LG is actively reorganizing its roster for next season. On Nov. 25, LG removed veterans Song Eun-beom and Seo Gun-chang from the disabled list. In the second round of the draft, a maximum of four players were selected by other teams. They were Lee Sang-kyu, Choi Sung-hoon, Oh Seok-joo, and Kim Ki-yeon, all of whom were first-team backups.
Cha said, “I’m sorry to keep them, but they have to live, and it’s not fair to keep them (without a chance). The players themselves asked me to release them,” Cha said. With fewer and fewer opportunities to play in the first team in the deep LG, the players were released to find other teams.
Yeom plans to utilize young players rather than veterans. Left-handed pitchers include Lee Sang-young and Son Ju-young.
Meanwhile, Lotte, which lacked a left-handed bullpen, brought in veteran Jin Hae-soo to bolster its left-handed options. Lotte general manager Park Jun-hyuk said, “Our goal is to strengthen our left-handed pitching depth, and he is a player who can be used immediately next season. 카지노사이트 순위 We appreciated the fact that he has played in many games and gained a wealth of experience through conscientious self-management.”