Even if the start is on the injured list, the San Diego Padres are saving Song Seong-moon.
In an interview at the club’s training site Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, Arizona on the 23rd (Korea Standard Time), San Diego coach Chris Stammen explained Song’s next schedule, recovering from a radiative muscle injury.
Song Sung-moon played five innings in a minor league practice game on the day. In the process, he took the batter’s box seven times. It was the first real hit he had since recovering from his injury.
사진 확대 The San Diego team will take Song Sung-moon to the opening game, starting from the injured list. Photo = MK Sports DB
A day later, he will play in the final game of the Cactus League against the Seattle Mariners. It will be the first official game since recovering from the injury.
Since he still lacks practical experience, the opening of the season will be on the injured list. As the actual game is played, the gap is not expected to be very long.
What is interesting is the schedule in the meantime. Stammen said Song Sung-moon will participate in the season opener at Petco Park on the 27th.
In the opening game, there is a time when the entire team is introduced as a pre-ceremony event. Players on the opening roster are introduced, but players on the injured list are also introduced. He wants to take Song Seong-moon to this place.
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Stammen said he would take Song Sung-moon to the opening game to “make him feel the atmosphere of the big league opening game in front of fans.” This is consideration for rookies who are about to make their big league debut.
After that, move to Triple-A for the rehabilitation game. The Padres Triple-A club is based in El Paso, Texas, but they will start the season with three consecutive away games in Sacramento, a city near San Francisco, on the 28th. It is expected to be an easy schedule for Song Sung-moon, who has to move individually.
[Pioria (USA) = KIM JAE HO, MK Sports Correspondent]