"Should I have left Hanwha?" Weiss! Shocked! 7 runs in 2 ⅔ innings at Coors Field, ERA 1.50 → 7.27 skyrockets

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Ryan Weiss (30, Houston Astros), who played the best as the second starter of the Hanwha Eagles in the 2025 season, had a harsh reporting ceremony at Coors Field, the "grave of pitchers."

Weiss took the mound in relief in an away game against the Colorado Rockies in 2026 Major League Baseball at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado on the 7th (Korea time) and collapsed with eight hits (one home run), two walks, four strikeouts and seven runs (six earned runs) in two ⅔ innings. Houston came from behind to lose 7-9, and Weiss took his first loss of the season.

Until this day, Weiss's flow was near perfection. In his dream major league debut against the Los Angeles Angels on March 28, he got vaccinated with one run in one inning. Since then, he has continued his scoreless streak in two consecutive games, including the match against Boston on March 31 (two scoreless innings), bringing his ERA to 1.50.

In the region, it was even evaluated that Weiss is becoming a key resource for the must-win group that will be responsible for the back door of Houston beyond just a chase group. Like the nickname "Daejeon Jesus" obtained in Korea, it seemed to be writing a new page of the KBO League's reverse export myth, but Coors Field's slugging on the day caused the season's ERA to soar to 7.27.

On this day, Weiss took the mound as the second pitcher after right-hander Cody Bolton in the bottom of the fifth inning with one out and runners on second and third bases. It was a high-leverage situation, but it failed to withstand it. After giving up a walk to Kyle Carros, who faced him for the first time, he loaded the bases and allowed a 3-2 run after a two-run timely hit by Eduard Jullien.

The crisis continued. Weiss, who allowed Hunter Goodman to make a timely hit, even gave Troy Johnstone a timely double to turn the game around. TJ Rumfield's two-run triple and Willie Castro's timely hit followed, extending the score to 3-7. After shortstop Jeremy Peña's catch error and walk overlapped, he allowed Carros to make a timely hit again, allowing eight runs in the fifth inning alone.

Weiss, who also had two outs in the sixth inning but allowed a superior solo home run to Troy Johnston, seemed to regain stability in the bottom of the seventh inning by striking out Brenton Doyle, Jake McCarthy and Carros three in a row, but the game had already been further tilted.

In the end, as Houston lost 7-9, Weiss took the bitter cup of his first loss of the season. It was a day when we realized the high wall of Coors Field for Weiss, who has left the KBO League and is trying to take the big league mound. Attention is focusing on whether Weiss, who was on the verge of entering the must-win group of Major League Baseball, will overcome this ordeal and regain the prestige of "Daejeon Jesus."

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