The SSG Landers are bringing back starter Roenis Elias, the club announced Tuesday, and have said goodbye to Keisho Shirakawa, who came on as a temporary replacement player in May.
Kia Tigers infielder Kim Do-yeong fired a Ryu Hyun-jin pitch over the fence to join the 20-20 club on Sunday as the Gwangju club held on to first place on the KBO table.
Shinsegae has replaced the heads of its struggling e-commerce operators SSG.com and Gmarket in response to competition from Coupang and Alibaba.
The Kia Tigers extended their spell at the top of the KBO table, making up lost ground from a surprise midweek sweep by the Lotte Giants in Busan, while the SSG Landers dropped every game and the Hanwha Eagles saw more turnover at the top.
It saves the Landers from using up their one remaining foreign player switch-up this season, as teams can only change players — release one and acquire another — twice.
The Kia Tigers extended their lead at the top of the KBO to three games over the weekend, pushing the NC Dinos down to third with the sole sweep of the week at Changwon NC Park in South Gyeongsang.
The Landers are the first KBO team to announce a change to their foreign player lineup following the start of the 2024 season, which began March 23.
SSG Landers' Choo Shin-soo made his 2,000th hit over a two-decade-long career spanning the MLB, the minor leagues and the KBO in the Incheon club’s 12-7 win over the Lotte Giants at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on Wednesday.
After a one-week delay due to a bruised rib and a rained-out game, veteran slugger Choi Jeong hit his 468th home run to cement a new all-time KBO home run record.
SSG Landers slugger Choi Jeong on Tuesday hit his 467th career home run to tie the all-time KBO record held by retired Samsung Lions star Lee Seung-yuop. Here's a look at Choi's career so far in pictures.
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