It's not going to be lucky, and the game is going to be the other way around...Lotte Kim Jin-wook's Recovering a Tough Place
It's not going to be lucky, and the game is going to be the other way around...Lotte Kim Jin-wook's Recovering a Tough Place
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Left-hander Kim Jin-wook (23), who failed to keep his fourth starting position for the Lotte Giants this season, also left an unpleasant aftertaste in his first game as a bullpen pitcher.
Kim Jin-wook appeared in relief in an away game against the "2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League" Samsung Lions at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 27th, leaving three hits (one homer) with two strikeouts and three runs in one inning.
Kim Jin-wook, who was selected as the fourth starter this season, was canceled from the first-team entry on the 20th of last month after losing 1 win and 3 in 5 games, 8.69 (20 runs and 19 earned runs in ERA) and 1.83 in WHIP per inning.
He was registered in the first division entry after reorganizing in the Futures League (second division) and had to improve his skills in the bullpen for the time being according to Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung's policy.
While Kim Jin-wook was away, Young-gun Lee Min-seok and Park Jin showed the possibility of establishing themselves as starters, so there is no place to go back right now.
Kim Jin-wook, who should have shown how desperate he was in the Futures League, was shaken by variables such as bad luck and mistakes, contrary to his intention.
Of course, there was also an unfortunate aspect that all the numbers in the result could not be contained.
In the match with the first batter, Kim Ji-chan, he failed to start in a good mood even though he had an advantageous ball count of two strikes.
Kim Ji-chan touched a low ball control outside the strike zone and almost stepped down as a bum, but he ran to second base while a fly ball hit the tip of left fielder Victor Reyes' glove.
Even if the drop-off point was ambiguous, Reyes' judgment of the batting was also disappointing, and the record remained as a "double in front of the left-handed."
There was also a scene that could leave a question mark in his breathing with catcher Yoo Kang-nam.
In the match with the follow-up hitter Lee Jae-hyun, Kim Jin-wook threw a 146km/h fastball at the top of the strike zone with his first pitch, and Yoo Kang-nam, who was trying to sit toward him, hit his right shoulder while trying to block Kim Jin-wook's ball with his bare hands.
It was a scene where there was a lot of room for it to be seen as a mistake in the autograph.
As a result, there were also a series of ball combinations and actual pitches, which were disappointing choices.
One of them is the scene where Kim Sung-yoon, a follow-up hitter, chose a high fastball in the 0B-1S match, and allowed a timely RBI left-handed hit.
At this time, the ground ball bounced strongly in front of the home plate, so third baseman Son Ho-young had no way to deal with it.
However, Kim Sung-yoon was able to bring Kim Ji-chan, a fast third baseman, home as much as he could if he somehow hit the ball and made an inflatable pitch.
If the Kim Jin-wook and Yoo Kang-nam battery tried to block Kim Sung-yoon's contact as much as possible, the result might have been different.
Coincidentally, the upper center of the strike zone Kim Jin-wook targeted was a section where Kim Sung-yoon had a high batting average of 0.462 this season.
For Kim Sung-yoon, it was not a difficult section to get the ball right.
At the critical moment, there was a real pitch.
In the match against Lewin Diaz, who continued to play with one out and one base, he was hit with a superior two-run home run even though he had an advantageous ball count of 0B-2S.
This time, Yoo Kang-nam sat out, but Kim Jin-wook's 125km/h slider was pitched against Diaz's body.
For Diaz, the body was a so-called "hot zone" (a section in which a batter hits the ball well) with a high batting rate of more than 30% this season, regardless of upper, middle, and lower levels.
There was also a scene where Kim Jin-wook could be considered to have regained his ball power. 먹튀검증
After allowing Diaz to hit a home run, he made the two bats go around in vain with a high-fast ball from a ball count that was advantageous for both subsequent hitters Kim Young-woong and Kang Min-ho.
Kim Jin-wook's fastball speed was also so powerful that it was formed at 147-149 kilometers per hour on the day.
In order to use this pitch more importantly, the best way may be for Kim Jin-wook to grow into a solid pitcher who is not swayed by any external variables.