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Dodgers Glasnow, San Diego Darvish, starting mound. Ohtani, the core of the Dodgers offense, meets Darvish for the first time



The opening game of the American Major League Baseball (MLB) will be held for the first time in Korea. The LA Dodgers, who are considered strong contenders for the championship this season, and the San Diego Padres, who are full of star players, will clash.


The Dodgers and San Diego will play the '2024 MLB regular season opening game' at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 20th. Last season, the Dodgers had the upper hand with 9 wins and 4 losses.


The two teams, who entered the country side by side on the 15th, checked their strength through the 2024 MLB World Tour Seoul Series special game.


The Dodgers defeated the KBO League Kiwoom Heroes 14-3 and then defeated the Korean national baseball team 5-2. San Diego also won both friendly matches. They defeated the national baseball team and LG Twins 1-0 and 5-4, respectively.


Tyler Glasnow, who has been guarding the mound for the Dodgers this season, will appear as the starting pitcher for the opening game. Glasnow is a fastball pitcher who throws a ball as fast as 160 km/h.


Glasnow, who joined the Dodgers through a trade in December of last year, immediately signed a five-year, $136.5 million (approximately 178 billion won) contract extension. He played for the Tampa Bay Rays last year and achieved 10 wins (7 losses) in a single season for the first time in his career.


Glasnow appeared on the mound a total of three times against San Diego and achieved excellent results, allowing 3 hits (1 home run), no walks, striking out 6, and allowing 1 run in 5 innings. However, he has no experience playing as a starter, and his most recent record is playing on July 2, 2018. San Diego will feature ace Yu Darvish in the opening game. Darvish is an experienced pitcher who achieved 103 wins (85 losses) in 11 seasons in MLB. Darvish started a total of 12 games against the Dodgers and recorded 4 wins, 5 losses, and an ERA of 2.38. Last year, he showed off even more dominant pitching. He recorded quality starts in both games (more than 3 earned runs in 6 or more innings as a starter), winning 1 and posting an ERA of 1.98. Shohei Ohtani, who was selected as the American League's Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice, is at the forefront of Darvish's strategy. Ohtani, who is likely to start as the number 2 designated hitter, will face Darvish for the first time. Ohtani, who signed a huge 10-year, $700 million (approximately KRW 933.4 billion) contract with the Dodgers in December of last year, will also make his Dodgers debut in the opening game. Attention is focused on whether he, who exploded with 44 home runs last season, will be able to operate the cannon from his first game. Kim Ha-seong, who will play shortstop again this season, is expected to be placed in San Diego's central batting lineup. Manager Mike Silt used Ha-seong Kim as the fifth hitter in two evaluation games, and Ha-seong Kim showed off his slugging power with two home runs. Ha-seong Kim had a batting average of 0.273, 1 home run, 5 RBI, and 3 stolen bases in 12 games against the Dodgers last year. This is his first encounter with Glasnow. The key is to attack his fastball. 성인웹툰

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