KBO: Injustice, despite dream season former MLB pitcher was not rehired by LG Twins

The LG Twins from Korea signed last Friday to the right former Major League Baseball, Adam Plutko, maxing them out at two foreign pitchers per team, this means they won’t bring back former MLB left-hander Andrew Suárez.

Suarez, 29 years old and 1.83 meters tall, will no longer have a spot on the LG Twins rosters. The left-hander was a second-round pick for the San Francisco Giants in 2015 and made his MLB debut in 2018:

He made 29 starts that year and posted 160 1/3 innings with a 4.49 ERA. 2019 was a bit of a setback, as he bounced between Triple-A and the majors, with an ERA close to 6.00 at each level.

With the 2020 MLB campaign shortened and the minor league season canceled, he was frequently selected and was only able to pitch 9 2/3 innings. He signed with the LG Twins for 2021 and seemed to get back on track, appearing in 23 games, 22 of them as a starter, with a 2.18 ERA and 126 strikeouts in 115 1/3 innings and a 10-2 record.

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Despite that strong performance, the club has apparently moved on to Plutko and Casey Kelly, leaving Suarez available to pursue other opportunities. Given that Suárez is only 29 years old and coming off a strong campaign, it should attract a lot of interest from other clubs.

Rafael Martinez

I am a fan of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and in general all of Mexican baseball. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, the LMB All Star, LMP (uninterrupted since 2009), signings of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, albeit as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I carry baseball in my veins. Graduated in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I came to El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services in Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and within days, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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