SSG Landers' Choi Jeong, South Korean baseball's all-time home run king, will undergo season-ending hip surgery on August 11 in Colorado, U.S., after a diagnosis of femoroacetabular impingement, with an expected six-month recovery period.
The SSG Landers announced their new foreign hitter Bligh Madris will debut this week in the KBO. Madris, a short-term replacement for injured Guillermo Heredia, signed a six-week, $100,000 contract and will join the active roster for their game against the Lotte Giants in Busan.
The SSG Landers have signed former MLB pitcher Pedro Avila, a 29-year-old Venezuelan right-hander, to bolster their rotation. Avila, who previously played for the San Diego Padres and Cleveland Guardians, will earn $380,000 plus incentives.
Veteran slugger Choi Jeong of the SSG Landers is having a productive season with 19 home runs and 54 RBIs, but feels he's not contributing much due to being largely confined to designated hitter duties because of a hip injury. He is one homer away from a KBO record for consecutive 20+ homer seasons.
Rookie pitcher Kim Min-jun threw six shutout innings, and key hits from Guillermo Heredia and Choi Jeong led the SSG Landers to a 4-2 victory over the Doosan Bears, ending their nine-game losing streak in the KBO.
American pitcher Thomas Hatch, 31, joins the SSG Landers in South Korea's KBO, aiming to rebuild his career. Having played in the US, Canada, and Japan, Hatch values adaptability and taking things day by day, inspired by positive experiences shared by former teammates.
프로야구 SSG 랜더스가 13연패에서 벗어났지만, 에이스 선발 투수 부재라는 새로운 고민에 직면했다. 김광현의 부상과 외국인 투수들의 부진으로 팀은 새 외국인 투수 영입을 모색 중이다.
SSG Landers ended their club-record 13-game losing streak with Tae-gon Oh's walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning against Kiwoom Heroes. Oh, who has shouldered the captaincy during pitcher Kim Kwang-hyun's absence, delivered the decisive hit.
SSG Landers snapped a 13-game losing streak with a dramatic 5-4 walk-off victory over the Kiwoom Heroes. Oh Tae-gon hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning to secure the win, ending SSG's longest losing streak since their 2021 inception.
LG Twins secured a dominant 10-1 victory over kt Wiz with four home runs, maintaining their lead in the KBO League. Meanwhile, SSG Landers suffered their 13th consecutive loss, a franchise record, falling 12-6 to Kiwoom Heroes.
The SSG Landers, enduring a franchise-worst 12-game losing streak and falling to eighth place in the KBO, aim to turn their fortunes around during a six-game homestand starting this week. They face the last-place Kiwoom Heroes and the second-place KT Wiz.
KT Wiz and Samsung Lions are now joint leaders in the KBO League after defeating NC Dinos 10-5 and Lotte Giants 7-5 respectively. SSG Landers lost 5-4 to KIA Tigers and NC Dinos extended their losing streaks to six and five games.
KIA Tigers staged a dramatic comeback, scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to defeat SSG Landers 5-4. The win extended SSG's losing streak to six games.
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Drew VerHagen, an American pitcher who had his contract with SSG Landers terminated after failing a physical, says he will treat any potential start against them like any other game. The right-hander signed with NC Dinos as a short-term replacement for injured ace Riley Thompson and has performed well with a 1-0 record and 2.89 ERA in four starts. The Landers originally signed VerHagen to a $900,000 deal in December before terminating it in January.
SSG Landers leadoff hitter Park Seong-han set a Korea Baseball Organization record by hitting safely in 19 straight games to begin the 2026 season, breaking a tie with former Lotte Giants star Kim Yong-hee's 18-game streak from 1982. Park went 3-for-4 with three singles, including a go-ahead hit in the 10th inning, as the Landers defeated the Samsung Lions 5-4. He is leading the KBO with a .486 batting average and 34 hits.
