'Shocked' Samsung Goes to the U.S. Alone before the fall baseball → Samsung returned to the ML after criticizing it hard... "ERA 9.00" without allowing a single goal

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Connor Seabold (29, Toronto Blue Jays), who played for the Samsung Lions in the past and left for the U.S. with a reason for his injury ahead of the fall baseball season. He was responsible for one scoreless inning in the exhibition game. However, the ERA in this year's exhibition games is still high at 9.00.

Seabold took the mound as the seventh pitcher of his team in the ninth inning of the 2026 Major League Baseball exhibition game against the Atlanta Braves at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida on the 11th (Korea time), and pitched one inning, one walk, two strikeouts and no runs.

Seabold took the mound in the top of the ninth inning with his team leading 7-0. As soon as Seabold took the mound, he struck out leadoff hitter Eric Hartman with a swing and miss. Seabold then gave up a walk to subsequent Hyr Camago. However, he struck out Colby Jones and caught Jordan Grossan with a fly ball to right field to end the game without losing a point.

After the game, Seabold's performance in exhibition games this season was one save and a 9.00 ERA in four games without winning or losing. In a total of four innings, he has five hits (one homer) four runs (four earned runs) with nine strikeouts on three balls, a batting average of 0.294, and a 2.00 on-base allowed per inning (WHIP).

Seabold is a foreign pitcher who played under the name Connor in the KBO League. He joined Samsung ahead of the 2024 season and played as an ace. And he pitched in 28 games that year, marking 11 wins, 6 losses and a 3.43 ERA. In a total of 160 innings, he had 135 hits (21 home runs), 40 walks, 158 strikeouts, 67 runs (61 earned runs) WHIP 1.09 and a batting average of 0.226. He pitched 13 quality starts (less than three earned runs in six innings). There was also one shutout. In particular, Samsung fans' expectations for fall baseball were raised by playing 5-1 with a 2.76 ERA in 10 games in the second half of the 2024 season.

However, Connor was no longer on the mound after the match against Hanwha in Daejeon on September 11 of that year. The reason was that he suffered a right scapula injury. Coincidentally, after completing 160 innings, he stopped taking the mound on his own, causing misunderstanding. In the end, despite the important situation in which the team plays autumn baseball, he left for the United States alone. In the end, Samsung played in the series without one foreign ace and finished second. To make matters worse, after the season, he even left a sniping accusation about Samsung's training part, expressing a bitter aftertaste.

Seabold returned to the U.S. stage last year after signing a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays. He took the big league mound in May, but was soon notified of his release and transferred to the Atlanta Braves. Seabold, who became a free agent (FA) again after the end of the season, went to the Toronto Blue Jays, which are familiar to domestic fans, as a former team of Ryu Hyun-jin (38, Hanwha Eagles). As he continues to receive opportunities to play in exhibition games, will Seabold be able to take the big league mound again.

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