NC Heart to be honored with the Choi Dong-won Award "It is an honor to receive a high-quality award, thank you to the fans."
NC Heart to be honored with the Choi Dong-won Award "It is an honor to receive a high-quality award, thank you to the fans."
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"I'm so honored to receive such a high quality award. The NC (Dinos) fans made me feel comfortable from day one. Thank you so much everyone."메이저사이트
Kyle Hart (NC), the main character of the Choi Dong-won Award, recalled his fan first.
The Choi Dong-won Commemorative Association, which organizes the "BNK Busan Bank Choi Dong-won Award," announced on the 5th, "We selected NC pitcher Hart as the winner of the 11th BNK Busan Bank Choi Dong-won Award," adding, "Heart, who performed evenly at the top of all pitching indicators, was selected as the final winner while there were more candidates for domestic and foreign pitchers than ever."
Hart, who entered the professional league in 2016 under the call of the Boston Red Sox, is a left-hander with a physical condition of 196 centimeters and 90 kilograms. He has played in four MLB games (three starts) and has a 42-47 record with a 3.72 ERA in 143 games (119 starts) in seven seasons in the minor leagues.
Hart also showed his presence in the KBO league. Playing in 26 games (157 innings), he secured the starting lineup of NC Dinosaurs with 13 wins and 3 losses with 182 strikeouts and a 2.69 earned run average (ERA) of 0.813. He ranked first in strikeouts, while his earned run average and winning percentage were second and multiple wins were third. Moreover, quality start (more than six innings and less than three earned runs as a starter) is Hart, who showed off a sense of stability whenever he took the mound as the 17th player.
As a result, Hart won the Choi Dong-won Award over prominent candidates such as James Nail (KIA Tigers), Won Tae-in (Samsung Lions), Ariel Furado, Enmanuel de Heysus (hereinafter Kiwoom Heroes), and Aaron Wilkerson (Lotte Giants).
"I am honored to receive such a high-quality award. I want to share the joy of this award with my teammates, coaches and fans," Hart said through his team. "I have heard of Choi's career and record. I am not sure if I will ever see an outstanding pitcher like Choi again. I am happy to receive an award named after him."
He also didn't forget to say thank you to the fans. Hart said, "The fans in South Gyeongsang Province didn't stop surprising me. They were always a big help to my family and were kind to me even after my poor performances. It can be difficult for foreign players to adapt to foreign life and the KBO League at times, but NC fans made me feel comfortable from day one. I'm really grateful for everyone."
With Hart winning the Choi Dong-won Award, NC set a new record of winning the Choi Dong-won Award for the second consecutive year. The star of last year's Choi Dong-won Award was Eric Peddy (St. Louis Cardinals), who won the most wins, strikeouts and earned run average (ERA) by wearing NC`s uniform.
In response, Hart said, "It seems to show how well the front office and scouts have done over the past few seasons. It seems like you always have a magic touch when you're scouting foreign players. I'm honored to have the opportunity to pitch for the Dinos and I'm grateful to continue the success of the Dinos foreign players."
Meanwhile, the 11th BNK Busan Bank Choi Dong-won Award Ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. on the 11th at the BNK Busan Bank Ocean Hall. The prize money for the Busan Bank Choi Dong-won Award, sponsored by BNK Busan Bank, is 20 million won. The ceremony will be broadcast live on Busan MBC.