"Better than Pedi Hart" NC's new foreign pitcher, how much is it?

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Bong Joon-ho's movie mania in 'ML 0 Games' is better than Pedi and Heart? Coach Lee Ho-joon had a reason for his confidence [On the set of Changwon]

Even though he has not played a single game in the Major League Baseball (MLB), internal expectations are high. How will Curtis Taylor (31, NC Dinos) perform.

Lee Ho-joon (50) of NC met with reporters at Changwon NC Park on the 5th and said, "In terms of evaluation, it was higher than (Eric) Peddy and (Kyle) Hart. "The priority was high," he said of Taylor.

NC decided to keep pitcher Riley Thompson (30) and infielder Matt Davidson (35) intact in last year's foreign players' union; instead, it hired Taylor after opting to break up with left-hander Logan Allen (29). It was a condition of a total of $900,000 ($280,000 down payment, $420,000 annual salary, $200,000 option).

Taylor from Canada is a right-handed pitcher with physical conditions of 198 centimeters and 106 kilograms. He throws up to 154 kilometers (average 151 to 152 kilometers) of fastballs and sweepers, cutters, sinkers, and changeups. His stable ball control by competing with batters based on powerful fastballs was evaluated as an advantage.

However, he has no major league experience. Taylor, who began his professional career in the 2016 draft by Arizona, went 26-25 with a 3.48 ERA in eight seasons in the minor leagues alone. Last year, he recorded 137 ⅓ innings, 10-4, and a 3.21 ERA in 31 games (24 starts) in Triple-A under St. Louis.

In fact, NC showed interest in two former aces, Eric Peddy and Kyle Hart, in the stove league. However, Hart re-signed his original team, San Diego, and Pedi also failed to make the two players' return as negotiations did not progress properly. Peddy was named MVP in 2023 with a 20-6-209 strikeout average of 2.00, while Hart won the Golden Glove for pitchers with a 13-3-182 strikeout average of 2.69 in 2024.

Nevertheless, head coach Lee Ho-joon thought Taylor was better than Peddy and Hart. Coach Lee said, "Our team is good at recruiting foreign players. I picked it out with the same manual," he said of Taylor. "As I did, I asked the international team and the general manager to pick a good player," he said, who watched the video only once.

"That's why I'm looking forward to it a lot," said Lee, who explained Taylor as "a player who entered the first and second when he picked a candidate." He said, "I'm disappointed that another player comes out in the media. I guess it's because I've never thrown a major league," he said. "I have to open the lid, but I'm a player who never goes behind. I'm really looking forward to it," he said.

Being familiar with Korean culture is another advantage. Taylor said through the club at the time of joining, "Growing up in Vancouver, I've lived in a very diverse culture since I was young, and one of them was Korean culture," adding, "Korea's food, fashion, and film industries are something I'm particularly impressed with. Director Bong Joon-ho's works such as Parasite, Memories of Murder, and Mickey 17 are also beautiful and influential films that I personally really like."

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