The 144 games long journey will begin on Tuesday. The 10 teams are preparing to select starting pitchers for the opening game by combining must-win cards. All teams have foreign players as their first starters, but they have different narratives and points to pay attention to.바카라

KIA, the defending champion, will have James Nail as the starting pitcher for the opening game against NC. Nail pitched the best against NC last year. He pitched an average of six innings in two games, blocking NC's batters with a 0.75 ERA.

NC is an opponent who gave Nail a "story" in the process of winning the KIA championship. Nail ended the regular season with a broken jaw after being hit in the face by a hit in the face against NC Dinosaurs in Changwon on August 24, and led the team to a victory by returning to the autumn baseball league with determination. Nail will face NC, the last opponent of the regular season last year, in its first appearance this year.

The starting pitcher for NC who will face off against Nail is Logan Allen, a new foreign pitcher. Logan is a left-handed pitcher who played for Arizona in the Major League until last year. Logan, who NC hired as the first starter after letting go of strikeout champion Kyle Hart last year, was concerned as his ball speed remained around 130 kilometers in the spring camp, but he will play the opening game after recovering to some extent through exhibition games.

Ariel Furado (Samsung) and Enmanuel De Heysus (KT), Kiwoom's one-two punch last year, will start the opening game in the new team.

In particular, Kiwoom is set to take the mound for the first time in the regular season in his new team. After posting 10 wins and a 3.36 ERA last year, he showed signs of instability by posting a 9.39 ERA in exhibition games this year. However, Samsung had no choice due to Denny Reyes' injury, but pushed Furado to the opening game.

Kiwoom's only foreign pitcher Kenny Rosenberg will face Furado. Rosenberg gave up his one-two punch this year and is in charge of the fate of the Kiwoom mound, which has recruited two foreign batters.

Heysus, who left Kiwoom in KT's uniform, will play in the opening game against Hanwha. Heysus had a 3.68 ERA and 13 wins for Kiwoom last year. However, Heysus has a bad memory in the game against Hanwha last year. He had five homers in total in five games. He gave two of them to Noh.

In fact, Hanwha was the only team that did not disclose its starting pitcher in a cool manner. However, he will likely take the lead in Cody Ponce, who showed great power at exhibition games. Ponce displayed strong pitching during nine innings in two exhibition games, without giving a single run.

LG, which is meeting with Lotte, will have Yoni Chirinos, its new champion contractor, as the starting pitcher. Expectations are so high for the foreign duo that LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said, "This year is the best combination of foreign pitchers that LG has worked with for three years." He chose Chirinos as the starting pitcher for Elijah Hernández, who played an exceptional role as a midfielder in last fall's baseball.

Lotte will lead Charlie Barnes, a four-year veteran of the KBO League. Barnes, who was the starting pitcher for the 2022 opening game, will start the season again in three years. While watching Barnes' exhibition game, Kim Tae-hyung said, "I'm throwing at my own pace," and made him the starting pitcher in absolute belief.

Without hesitation, Doosan will place its new ace, Cole Irvin, as the starting pitcher for the opening game against SSG. Irvin, who hails from the Major League, pitched three and four innings, respectively, in exhibition games against Samsung and Kiwoom, scoring no runs without a walk and posting a maximum speed of 154 kilometers per hour, raising expectations.

The starting pitcher for SSG who will compete against Irvin is Drew Anderson. He pitched well with 0.79 ERA in two games against Doosan last season, showing relatively strong performance. This is a natural choice for SSG as new foreign pitcher Mitch White is unable to start the season due to injury.

If Hanwha does not change its starter to Ryu Hyun-jin, this year's KBO League will start the season with all 10 foreign starters again for the first time in eight years since 2017.