
Pre-debut: New JYP girl group and Sixteen The EP was the highest selling K-pop girl group album of 2016, which sold 350,852 copies at year-end. Within 19 months after debut, Twice has sold over 1.2 million units of their four EPs and special album. It also won Song of the Year in two major music awards shows, Melon Music Awards and Mnet Asian Music Awards. Another song of the group, "TT" from their third extended play Twicecoaster: Lane 1, claimed the top spot for four consecutive weeks. Twice rose to fame in 2016 with their song "Cheer Up" charted number 1 on Gaon Digital Chart and became the best-performing single that year. Twice at G-Festival Asia Dream Concert in October 2016 The group debuted on Octowith the extended play The Story Begins. The group is composed of nine members: Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu.
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“It was an interesting two years, but I’m pretty grateful for for those two years, I think I was just able to mature a lot as a person on and off the field.Twice (Hangul: 트와이스 Japanese: トゥワイス stylized as TWICE) is a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment through the 2015 reality show Sixteen. “Once we got that first one out of the way, it’s just doing what I can to take care of myself and to stay healthy and stay on the field,” Saalfrank said. Saalfrank said that first outing back after two years was nerve-wracking. Less than a year later, he was on the doorstep of MLB with Triple-A Reno. He returned in 2022 and reached Double-A Amarillo by late July. He did not throw in a single game in 2020 or 2021 due to the canceled MiLB season and Tommy John surgery. Saalfrank missed a lot of game reps in the minors over the years and wasn’t on MLB Pipeline’s top 30 prospects list for Arizona at the time of his call-up. That has been amplified in the final month with the selection of Saalfrank and especially 21-year-old shortstop Jordan Lawlar. The D-backs have counted on youth all season in their chase to end a five-year postseason drought. “The fellas have been awesome, very welcoming and the energy down in the bullpen is electric,” Saalfrank said. D-backs relivers have not fared well against left-handed hitters with a bottom 12 ERA, FIP, hard hit rate and walk rate in MLB.Īrizona’s bullpen, despite its lumps this year, is having perhaps its best stretch with an MLB-best 1.47 ERA over the past seven days. Saalfrank is one of three left-handed options in Arizona’s bullpen with Joe Mantiply and Kyle Nelson, giving him a specific role. He allowed his first hit with two outs courtesy of Dansby Swanson, but he kept the score even and Arizona earned a victory in extra innings. Two nights later, manager Torey Lovullo called on the rookie to take care of the eighth inning during a 1-1 ballgame. Saalfrank struck out Ian Happ on a 2-2 curveball for his first career hold.

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He entered the series opener with two outs and a runner on second base with Arizona ahead 3-1. Saalfrank’s next two outings came in a critical series at the Chicago Cubs last weekend, and the D-backs trusted him in big spots.

It’s been a few years since we’ve had this level of success so just trying to finish off the season.” “I’m not trying to be too negative or anything, but at the end of the day, we just want to win some ballgames.
