It was released in Korea...A life-changing turnaround as a pitcher with 13 wins in the ML, his annual salary is $2.25 million, and his salary is 'three times higher vertically.'
It was released in Korea...A life-changing turnaround as a pitcher with 13 wins in the ML, his annual salary is $2.25 million, and his salary is 'three times higher vertically.'
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Ben Lively (32), a right-hander from the Samsung Lions in the KBO League, was transformed into a 13-win pitcher in the Major League, and his salary tripled.
Paul Hoynes, a reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, said on the 23rd (Korea Standard Time) that the Cleveland Guardians will sign a contract with Lively for a year and $2.25 million next year without adjusting his salary. He signed on the condition that his salary tripled from $750,000 this year.
Lively moved to Cleveland in December last year by signing a 750,000-dollar contract for one year, and started his career in the starting lineup until the end of the season after a big league call-up in mid-April. He pitched 151 innings in 29 games, recording 13 wins and 10 losses with a 3.81 ERA and 118 strikeouts.
He had the most wins in the Cleveland Indians, contributing to their victory in the American League Central. Lively was expected to receive up to 3.2 million U.S. dollars through the annual salary adjustment process, but signed his contract early on.
Lively is a familiar player to Korean baseball fans as well. He came to Korea from 2017 to 2019 after recording four wins and 10 losses and an ERA of 4.80 in 26 games (20 starts, 120 innings) in three seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Royals. Lively, who joined Samsung in August 2019 as a substitute for Deck Maguire, spent three seasons together before leaving the team in June 2021 due to a shoulder injury.
During the three seasons at Samsung, Samsung had 10 wins and 12 losses and 4.14 strikeouts with 191 ERA in 36 games (202 ⅓ innings). However, due to his tall height (193 centimeters) and low three quarters, batters couldn't easily guess the right timing. The overall hit rate (.228) and the POPS (.663) in the three seasons were all on par with each other.
He had strong points, but failed to produce such results. Due to injuries big and small in his side, fingers, and shoulders, there was no full-time season. He renewed his contract twice in recognition of his ball power, and showed affection for his team by dyeing his hair blue, the color of Samsung's team, during the 2021 spring camp, but the ending was release.
Lively, who left Korea and returned to the U.S., sought to return to the big leagues by signing a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds in 2022. After spending a healthy full-time season with Triple-A, he received a big league call-up in May 2023. He showed potential in 19 games (12 starts, 88 ⅔ innings) with four wins and seven losses and a 5.38 strikeout and 79 ERA, and was released as an FA after the season and signed with Cleveland.
He started the season on the injured list due to a viral disease, but took the opportunity as a substitute starter when Cleveland ace Shane Bieber underwent Tommy John surgery in mid-April. He grasped the opportunity he once caught. In his first 10 games (55 ⅔ innings), he displayed six wins, two losses and 2.59 strikeouts with 48 ERA. His average speed on four-seam fastballs is 89.9 miles per hour (144.7 kilometers), which is not fast, but he pitched sweeper, change-up, and curveball evenly to the sinker with dirty tip, keeping the position in the rotation until the end of the season. 먹튀검증
The three years spent in Korea were also a great time for Lively's career. In an interview with local broadcaster News 5 Cleveland on August 1, Lively said, "It was a great time to go to Korea because I had a good opportunity. I was able to pitch a lot in Korea and focus entirely on myself. All that continued and I became the person I am now."
Lively said, "We have interpreters and some foreign players in Korea, but I had to solve almost everything by myself. I was able to reset myself and mature through that experience. I used to be dissatisfied with or like trivial things that happen during games. Now I forget about home runs and think about what to do next."