Kiwoom Heroes, who are at the bottom of the 2025 season, are tinkering with foreign player replacement cards.

A Kiwoom official who plays an away doubleheader against the NC Dinos at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan on the 17th said, "It is true that we have decided that it is time for a change," adding, "Raul Alcantara is one of the candidates for recruitment."스포츠토토

Kiwoom has used two of its three foreign players as hitters this season. The team has strengthened its offense by using Yasiel Puig and Ruben Cardinez at the same time, and only Kenny Rosenberg is using it as a pitcher.

However, he seems to have decided to strengthen the pitcher without one batter, given that he has lost seven consecutive games until the 2-3 defeat in the first round of the doubleheader and is at the bottom with 13 wins and 34 losses, and the performance of foreign batters is below expectations.

Puig is batting .217 with five homers and 19 RBIs, while Cardinez is batting .241 with four homers and 23 RBIs.

Pitcher Rosenberg is 3-4 with a 3.95 ERA in 10 games.

Alcantara, who is mentioned as a candidate for recruitment, debuted with the kt wiz in 2019 and played for the Doosan Bears in 2020, 2023, and 2024.

In 2020, he dominated the league with 20 wins and 2 losses and an average earned run score of 2.54, and in 2024, he was sluggish with 2 wins and 2 losses and an average earned run score of 4.76.

Kiwoom is expected to confirm one of Puig and Cardinez as replacement targets after the game against NC on the 18th and proceed with the process of recruiting new foreign players.

First of all, it is urgent to reinforce the starting lineup, and it is expected that quick action will be taken for a new phase as Alcantara's elbow condition is not problematic.