The ace in the hole. Long relief→replacement→starting→staying in the rotation→deciding game. Prove you’re a big-game pitcher, a free agent who came up from the bottom.

Lost the starting job. Started as a long reliever. Then an injury to No. 4 starter Lee Min-ho forced him to step in as a substitute. Now, he’s almost a lock for the starting job, and he’s aiming for the No. 3 spot as a domestic ace. And it was time for him to show […]