"The fate of the neighborhood"

[매경닷컴 MK스포츠 황석조 기자] It was a sudden but predictable separation. Jason Wheeler (28), a pitcher on the outside of the Hanwha Eagles, Hanwha immediately announced that David Hale was a new foreign pitcher.

Hanhwa finished 89 games, 52 wins, 37 wins, 0.584 wins, singles in the second half. This is an incredible reversal after the arrival of Han Yong Deok, who has experienced an explosive season in recent years. It was a brand new team and everything went well. The new stadium, the bouncing veterans, the foreign hitters, everything was calm and the Daejeon Stadium was filled with people every day. Although it is still only in the first half of the year, literally half of the Hanhwa seasons have been brilliant and successful.

Foreign launcher Jason Wheeler (pictured) was announced on the 13th. Photo = Kim Young-koo

There was such a part of Hanhwa, but one thing n & rsquo; Is not good. This was another subsidence of the Wheeler launcher, which was paired with Kevus Samson. This is a left-handed player with a good command of the right hand. Although he has not been entrusted with the role of an ace like Sampson, he has decided that he could have a lot of time and many ways to grow together. Hanhwa has changed the route of the high cost foreign launcher for the path of low cost efficiency until last year based on the combination of the two players. Wheeler was also the best player in the league.

But Wheeler was too slow than expected. On March 25, Gochek Nexen became the winner with a seven-run run and only made a better first impression than Sampson. Digitized sleeves become smaller and more runners are winning. I had difficulties with practice and I did not see much benefit from judgment. Han Yong Deok diagnosed the cause of Wheeler's lack of determination. It was at this point that Wheeler again won the Nexen Pitcher on May 9, but he has not bounced back since. He has 19 wins in 19 games, 3 wins and 9 losses, 5.13 points and 101 2/3 innings. Wheeler was again a Nexen winner on July 12th, and that was his last start.

Wheeler is a healthy foreign launcher that Hanwha wanted. But what was wrong? His Hanhwa team stood up strongly. As the Hanwha, which had been considered the lowest point of the season before the fall baseball advance, broke in the first half of the first half, Wheeler 's badessment has started to get colder. The replacement public opinion was forced to occur. A coach asked Wheeler, who was shaken by media reports: "I told you (a replacement story) to be ridiculous." But in fact, the Hanwha Front movement was moving faster. This is a situation in which fall baseball has come to the fore, and the expectation of fans has become higher, and the hand can not be used.

The fate of Wheeler changed in the face of the team's situation, although the expectation was high with a launcher born at the end of the day. stranger at the start of the race. Photo = Kim Young-gu reporter