Oh Seung-hwan, the "finisher" who is spending the last season of his contract, is experiencing ups and downs. The timing of his return to the first team has also been delayed.먹튀검증
Oh Seung-hwan, who failed to make the entry for the opening of this year's regular season, is currently adjusting his sense of play in the Futures League.
Oh Seung-hwan returned home early due to his mother's illness at the end of the Okinawa spring camp in Japan, and stayed by his mother's side.
During the exhibition games, Oh Seung-hwan, who took the mound twice and trained his mother in both Seoul and Daegu, allowed three runs in two innings.
However, she finally let go of her mother on March 18, five days before the season's opening. She was not listed on the opening entry list.
Leaving behind his mother's sadness, Oh is preparing to join the first team. Oh joined the second team in late March and started pitching in the bullpen in early April to play in the Futures League.
Oh took the mound at Futures League games on April 5 and April 9, but failed to display good results. He allowed five hits and four runs in one inning against the Lotte Giants on April 5, and showed poor performance in the game against the KT Wiz on April 9.
Since then, Oh Seung-hwan, who had an abnormality in his right thigh adductor muscle, has played in the Futures League game again since the 14th of this month after recovering and improved his sense of practice.
Unlike April, it showed a better performance in May.
He allowed one scoreless inning and one run in one inning, respectively, in the game against the Hanwha Eagles on April 14 and the NC Dinos on April 17. In the Futures League game against the Lotte Giants on Monday, he pitched as the team's third pitcher, allowing two hits and one run in one inning.
Samsung has suffered seven come-from-behind defeats, the most among the 10 teams since May, and its bullpen is on shaky ground. Kim Jae-yoon, who was in charge of the closing pitcher, also replaced the closing pitcher with Lee Ho-sung as his ball power declined.
Samsung manager Park Jin-man said, "Oh Seung-hwan is building up his body by boosting his sense of play in the Futures League. As our bullpen is in a difficult situation, we can bring him to the first team as early as this weekend. Or it could be next week."
However, in the Futures League against Lotte on the 21st, Oh Seung-hwan changed his plan as his ball power did not rise.
Coach Park said, "Oh Seung-hwan seems to have not had enough ball power yet. I threw a 145km/h ball in my last appearance, but there is only one. The average speed is 140km/h," expressing his intention to watch a little more.
Oh Seung-hwan, who has the record of most saves (427 saves) in the KBO League, has not been able to go against the times in recent years.
Last year, he showed off his robustness at the beginning of the season by recording 1-4 losses and 24 saves with a 2.48 ERA in 35 games through June, but has been mired in a slump since July. He gave up his position as a closing pitcher at the end of August, and failed to return to the first team after being notified of his trip to the second team on Sept. 23.
Samsung advanced to the postseason as second place in the regular season, but Oh Seung-hwan suffered from being excluded from the Korean Series entry in the playoffs.
Oh Seung-hwan, who signed a free agent (FA) contract with Samsung for two years and a total of 2.2 billion won after the 2023 season, is the last year of his contract.
Oh Seung-hwan, who has not yet mentioned the timing of his retirement, has sought to make a comeback this year, but has yet to return to the first-team stage.
Oh is expected to return to the first team and lay the groundwork for his comeback. "Oh needs to take some more time to boost his ball power," coach Park stressed.