"Shock" Flexen will eventually leave, and Doosan will find a substitute for 6 weeks... 'Second Army' Lee Young-ha will be in charge of 'temporary selection' [the scene of Jamsil]

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Returning major leaguer Chris Flexen (32, Doosan Bears) was properly hampered by his injury. Doosan is looking for a temporary foreign player to replace the position.

Doosan manager Kim Won-hyung (54) met with reporters ahead of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League home game against the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 5th and said, "The results of the examination still have to come out, but I think we need to prepare."

Flexen, who started against Hanwha on the 3rd, complained of pain in the second inning with no outs and no outs on the first base and came down after handing the ball over to Yang Jae-hoon.

As a result of the examination, he was diagnosed with damage to the lower muscles of the right shoulder (shoulder) and will undergo a re-examination after recovering for four weeks.

Flexen, who joined the Seattle Mariners in Major League Baseball (MLB) in 2021 after playing 8-4 with an ERA of 3.01 in 21 games in Doosan in 2020, and became the main character of the "reverse export myth" with 14-6 ERA of 3.61, has since fallen into a slump, passing through the New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, Chicago White Sox, and Chicago Cubs, and returned to Doosan for the first time in six years ahead of this season.

Eventually, they had to find a temporary replacement for six weeks. Coach Kim said, "I haven't been able to throw the ball for more than a month," adding, "I think it will take a little bit of time."

Coach Kim explained, "I was sick when I was a player, and if it's other parts, I can try it while stretching my arms and holding it in, but it's hard to bear the pain behind my shoulder."

Even if you temporarily look for foreign players, you have to select candidates and recruit them, and it takes a considerable amount of time before you enter Korea and sprinkle the ball. Lee Young-ha fills the vacancy during that period.

Lee Young-ha won double-digit wins as a starter in 2018 and 2019, and Lee Young-ha, who ranked second in multiple wins in 2019, has played as a bullpen since then. Currently, he is looking for another opportunity as a starter in the Futures (second division).

Coach Kim said, "Lee Young-ha, who is preparing to start in the second division, will come up to the Flexen position. "I don't know if it's below zero yet," he said. "I asked the coaching staff to tell me after today's game. I threw it five days ago," he said.

He started in the second division twice this season, allowing nine runs (six earned runs) in seven ⅓ innings and losing one game with ERA 7.36, but he decided to trust his experience in the first division and use it.

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