After finishing eighth in the regular season (66 wins, 2 draws and 76 losses), Hanwha began to look forward to next season early on. Without a long break, Hanwha Life Insurance has conducted a training session in which a large number of its main players from the first division participate, and the promising players are playing against Japanese teams in the Nippon Professional League in Miyazaki.

Among foreign players, Ryan Weiss (28) is likely to renew his contract with the plan for next season.

Jaime Barria (28), who came as a substitute for Peña as a foreign player, received a lot of expectations as he won 22 major league games, but he was not very good in the KBO league. He showed signs of anxiety with 6-7 losses and an earned run average of 5.15 while recording only three quality starts in 20 games.

Foreign hitter Jonathan Peraza (26) hit 24 home runs in 122 games, but his batting average was disappointing at 275.

Weiss is not a strong first-line issuance, but it is evaluated that he can definitely play a role as a second-line issuance.

Weiss wore a Hanwha uniform in June as a replacement for Ricardo Sanchez’s injury.

In the minor league, he played in 132 games (47 starts) in five seasons, recording 17 wins and 14 losses with a 4.88 ERA, and played in the U.S. independent league this year. He had no major league experience, but it was positive that he had experience in Asian baseball, including playing for Fubang Guardians, a Taiwanese professional baseball league, in 2023.

Weiss, who signed a six-week contract worth 100,000 U.S. dollars (down payment of 12,000 dollars, annual salary of 48,000 dollars, incentive of 40,000 dollars), made his strong debut against Doosan on June 25 by striking out seven in six innings. Since then, he has pitched without much change to keep the mound and keep the 롤 토토 League.

Although he allowed three runs in one inning against the LG Twins in Jamsil on July 28, he had a formal contract agreement. With Sanchez’s injury prolonged, Hanwha eventually signed a total of $260,000 ($210,000 a year, $50,000 in incentives) with Weiss.

Weiss continued to display stable performance afterwards. He pitched 11 quality starts (more than six innings as a starter and less than three earned runs) in 16 games this season, and pitched 91 ⅔ innings to end the season with five wins, five losses and an earned run average of 3.73.

Given that he is determined to turn in next season’s performance, Hanwha intends to form a foreign player by leaving all possibilities open. First of all, Weiss showed sufficient performance to accompany him next season.

For Weiss, Hanwha remained a special memory. “I’m grateful to the Hanwha Eagles for trusting me and giving me a chance to see how much they love playing baseball and living in a different culture,” Weiss said on his SNS account after the season ended. “The welcome I received at Hanwha was the best, and I can’t thank them anymore. I’m grateful to the interpreters, the fans, and everyone who made Korea feel like home. There’s nothing like Korean baseball.”