Kia Tigers’ new foreign pitcher Thomas Pannoni (29) will make his first appearance of the season.토스카지노
He will take the mound against the Samsung Lions at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 12th.
Kia made the decision to replace both of its foreign pitchers on the sixth. Along with Mario Sanchez, the team brought back Panoni, who served as a substitute foreign player last year.
KIA manager Kim Jong-guk said on the 6th, “Pannoni experienced the KBO League last year. I thought his pitches and game management skills were stable, so I swapped him with Sean Anderson.” “Sanchez has been performing well in the Taiwanese League. He has a variety of pitches and good game management skills.”
“We wanted a little better player, a proven player, and we need a stable player to help us win more games,” Kim said.
Sanchez lived up to the team’s expectations and recorded his first win on 9 September against KT Wiz. He made a successful debut with an “off-speed pitch” that took the batter’s timing off.
Kia rattled off five straight wins thanks to the power of its starting pitching and batting line-up, including Yang Hyun-jong, Lee Yi-ri, and Sanchez. With 35 wins, one loss and 38 ties on the season, sixth-placed KIA has narrowed the gap to one game over the fifth-placed NC Dinos (37 wins, one loss and 38 ties).
KIA will be looking to extend their winning streak to six games, this time with Pannoni at the helm.
Pannoni appeared in 14 games (82⅔ innings) in the KBO last year, going 3-4 with a 2.72 ERA. He’s shown enough consistency in Triple-A this year to hold down a spot in the starting rotation.
Panoni doesn’t have a fastball, but he has good command of his off-speed stuff. He has a fastball that sits in the mid-90s with a cutter, curve, and changeup. His command is solid.
With Pannoni and Sanchez, Kia will be looking to build a strong starting rotation and make a late-season run.