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Sent Drew Anderson (Detroit) off and a new foreign player showed problems in medical tests, but he moved quickly. He found a new foreign pitcher in a week and joins the team normally in time for the start of the first camp in Florida.
The SSG club said on the 20th, "We have recruited foreign pitcher Beniziano for a total of $850,000 ($750,000 per year, $100,000 option)."
Drew Berghagen, who was recruited to fill Anderson's vacancy, who played a huge role last year, failed to meet the club's standards as a result of a recent medical check, and SSG chose Beniziano, one of the other candidates, as a substitute.
Beniziano from New Jersey joined the Kansas City Royals in the 10th round of the 2019 MLB Rookie Draft and made his big league debut in 2023. Since then, he has gone through the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals until last year, recording a 3.98 ERA with one win and five holds in 40 ⅔ innings in a total of 40 games.
As a left-hander with an outstanding physique of 196 centimeters in height and 95 kilograms in weight, SSG said, "The maximum fastball speed is 155 kilometers per hour and the average is 150 kilometers. It uses various breaking balls such as sliders, changeups, and curves with high completeness. Based on the batter's timing-shaking deception and control, he has excellent ability to induce ground balls, and he also shows strength in suppressing long balls and striking out."
A left-hander fireballer who needs to go to hell and bring him back. It is a resource that is not easily available, but it was possible to quickly recruit SSG as a player who has been steadily interested in the past. "Veneziano has been a player that our club has consistently been interested in since 2023 and has been steadily observed in overseas scouting parts," SSG said. "In 2023, it was not easy to recruit, but negotiations were made through this proposal. Regarding the club's proposal, he said, "The player also judged the advance to Korea as a good opportunity, so the contract went relatively smoothly."
There must never be a situation like Berghagen again. My physical condition was thoroughly checked. "We believe that there is no problem at the moment. "We also completed a medical check," he said. "We found out the cause of the poor performance in the second half of last year, and it was because there was a poor condition." "After the end of the season, we have now recovered to 100% condition, and the club also sees this as a factor that can rebound next year," he explained.
It is possible to join normally in time for the start of SSG's spring camp. SSG left first for the Vero Beach camp in Florida on the 19th, with coach Lee Sung-yong and veterans at the center, and the rest of the team will move on the 23rd. Beniziano is currently training at a training center near Vero Beach, Florida, so he can join immediately.
It is characterized by playing as a starting pitcher for most of his career in the minor leagues. Beniziano pitched more than 509 innings and struck out 521 in 98 of his 140 minor league games. In 2023 Triple-A, he played a key role in the starting rotation with 25 starts, 10-5, ERA 3.55, and 132 innings.
SSG also appreciates this. SSG said, "The biggest advantage is that I have been steadily pitching as a starting pitcher until recently. In the United States, pitchers with a lot of bullpen experience often switch to starting in the KBO League, but Beniziano has a lot of experience in continuing to play in the starting rotation in the minor leagues. "I have high expectations that I can lead the season stably," he said. "He is also a left-handed pitcher with a good physique of 196 centimeters in height and throwing a fast ball with a maximum speed of 155 kilometers." Looking at the distribution of pitches, balls that can be seen as balls by umpires are often judged as strikes when ABS is applied. We expect to be competitive enough in the KBO league environment," he said.
When asked about the first starter before leaving the country on the 19th, head coach Lee Sung-yong said, "I still have to wait and see," but there was a good reason. SSG said, "They have a competitive ball compared to White, so both of them are first-line enough to be able to conclude that no one is the first starter yet. "We need to comprehensively consider the conditions of the two players during the spring camp," he predicted.
"I'm very happy to get a new opportunity at SSG Landers," Benigniano said in his remarks. We will do our best to contribute to the team's victory and show good performance to the fans," he said.
As a result, the five-star selection system has been established with Beniziano and White, and Takeda Shota, Kim Kwang-hyun and Kim Gun-woo in the Asian quarter. On top of that, he expressed his intention to make the sixth, seventh and eighth starting pitchers that can be used for injuries and physical arrangements through fierce competition in this camp. Unlike last year, when there was a strong dependence on the bullpen, SSG is showing its willingness to further strengthen the starting lineup this season to move toward higher goals.
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