LG Ko Woo-seok is not over yet entering the U.S. “The club to watch is the Cardinals.”

Ko’s performance this season was neither outstanding nor his name was known on the international stage. Above all, it was because it was a sudden posting. If Yoshinobu Yamamoto and others are not signed, it was natural to be pushed to the lower ranks. The same is true for Ryu who has not signed yet.

However, once Yamamoto has been signed, negotiations with the next targets, Shota Imana and Blake Snell, will soon be revealed, and quasi-level FA will be increasingly interested. Among them, Ko is close to the bottom of the list. The most notable club is the St. Louis Cardinals. The biggest reason is that it was St. Louis that paid the most attention to Yuki Matsui and Ko Woo-suk in the first place.

“The St. Louis Cardinals club is considering recruiting Ko Woo-suk and Japanese left-hander Yuki Matsui in the free agent (FA) market,” said the daily Belleville News Demerkrat based in Illinois and Missouri, adding, “St. Louis, which is now reinforcing the bullpen, will investigate whether they can be useful in the bullpen.”

The Cardinals’ bullpen has performed very poorly this season. The Cardinals’ bullpen pitcher lineup recorded 4.47 percent, the 23rd worst ERA in the majors. The back door was so loose that he made 28 saves in 64 chances. If not a special finish, the team needs to supplement its consistent mid-range pitching.

On top of that, closer Ryan Helsley had friction with his club over the interval between his appearances. “Helsley had to apply for a salary adjustment last year and had a relationship with his club because he did not want to make consecutive pitches (on consecutive appearances),” a St. Louis official said. 파워볼실시간

However, St. Louis cannot afford to spend a lot of money at the moment. In such a situation, Yuki Matsui and Ko Woo-suk were the players who could expect maximum cost-effectiveness with a small amount of money.

MLB.com reporter Mark Paynesand said, “According to sources, left-hander Yuki Matsui, a five-time All-Star in Japanese pro baseball, visited the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday. Matsui, 28, made 236 saves and a 2.43 ERA in 10 seasons with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, and is considered one of the FA bullpen options.”

However, Yuki Matsui’s final destination was the San Diego Padres. According to MLB.COM, the deal amounted to 21 million U.S. dollars for four years. The deal amounts to around 5 million dollars per year on average. The team lost Yuki Matsui to the San Diego Padres.

Under these circumstances, it is cheap, but it is also a good scenario to look to the younger Ko. Under the current circumstances, Ko is much cheaper than the younger one. However, he is young and has ample potential for further development.

In addition, there were articles linking the New York Yankees with the Philadelphia Phillies and Ko Woo-suk in the U.S. media. SB Nation also said, “Ko’s heavy fastball, which played as the Twins’ closing pitcher for five seasons, recorded a ground ball rate of over 60 percent, which will be of great help at the Yankees Stadium.”

Meanwhile, St. Louis, which represents the MLB National League Central, fell to last place in the district for the first time since 1990 with 71-91 losses and a winning percentage of 0.435 this season. St. Louis, which is trying to “strengthen its power” in the offseason, continued its cost-effective shopping by sweeping three starting pitchers, Lance Lynn, Kyle Gibson and Sonny Gray, in the stove league.