Samsung Lions is in a pinch as the investigation over its pitchers gambling charges drags on.
Last year, South Korean authorities charged starter Yun Sung-hwan, reliever An Ji-man and pitcher Lim Chang-ong with illegal overseas gambling, prompting their baseball club to leave the three players’ names off the roster for the Korean Series—the championship final for the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO).
Lim, who was summoned in late November 2015, admitted during an interrogation that lasted for 13 hours that he gambled in Macau. The 39-year-old player has since been released by the Lions and was fined for his gambling charges.
Yun and An’s cases, on the other hand, remain in limbo after local police admitted that they were nowhere near close to wrapping up their investigations and pinning specific charges to the two players.