"I asked you to live". I don't know anything about you…There is such a desperate pitcher in Lotte, the courage that Ryu Hyun-jin visited
"I asked you to live". I don't know anything about you…There is such a desperate pitcher in Lotte, the courage that Ryu Hyun-jin visited
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Kim Jin-wook (23), a promising left-hander of the Lotte Giants in professional baseball, visited "Monster Pitcher" Ryu Hyun-jin (38, Hanwha Eagles) at the last away game of the season in September last year.온라인바카라
He is a senior who is 15 years younger than him, and he has never met before. He hesitated a little, but he did not hesitate to seek advice on Ryu`s changeup. It was a sudden request from a junior member of another team, but Ryu readily informed him of his know-how.
Six months have passed since then. Kim Jin-wook, who is in the process of learning his own change-up after taking hints from Ryu Hyun-jin, pitched well in an exhibition game against Sajik LG on Saturday, allowing one hit, one strikeout and five strikeouts in four innings. He pitched a total of 45 pitches and pitched four change-ups. When he struck out Austin Dean with a swing and miss in the fourth inning, he used a change-up as a decisive ball.
Kim Jin-wook, who met ahead of the exhibition game against Hanwha on the 13th, said, "When I play, I can't just throw the ball that I like. I have to use it in various ways, but I have to throw changeups when it comes to situations," adding, "I think it was okay because I took away the timing of the batter and threw strikes in my own way. Of course, I have to throw and practice more."
Kim Jin-wook, who boasts of his fastballs hitting from high RBIs, mainly threw sliders and curves with breaking balls. He lacked the weapons to deal with right-handed hitters. He showed promise in 19 games (18 starts, 84 ⅔ innings) with four wins and three losses with a 5.31 strikeout and 87 strikeouts, but failed to overcome his weaknesses in right-handed hitters. He has excellent batting average (.223) and POPS (.637) against left-handed hitters, but his batting average (.290) against right-handed hitters and POPS (.924) against right-handed hitters were too high.
As a result, Kim felt the need to change up as a weapon to cook right-handed hitters, and visited Ryu Hyun-jin, the "master of change up," in the final game of this season against the Hanwha Eagles. He was a senior he had never seen before, but he mustered up his courage.
"I really wanted to throw changeups. I asked them to get a hint, but they answered me so well," Kim Jin-wook said. "I was surprised that they told me theories and senses different from what I had in mind. I asked (Small) Hyeong-jun about it, and he said he was practicing the same way, so I did the same thing." Afterwards, he practiced with the advice of foreign pitchers Charlie Barnes and Tucker Davidson during the spring camp, bending his middle finger when he grabbed the changeup grip, and strengthening his angle by applying strength to his ring finger.
"I received advice from various players, but I got the hint that I could practice like this because of Ryu Hyun-jin," Kim Jin-wook said. "I've never met my senior before. I visited him to ask him to survive. I need a breaking ball, but I felt that change-up was important to me." Since I met Ryu Hyun-jin, I gained a lot in a short time by asking not only about change-up but also how to adjust the speed with curves.
Kim Jin-wook, who talked face-to-face with Ryu Hyun-jin for the first time that day, laughed, saying, "My senior told me without being surprised, maybe because so many players have asked me so far." Clayton Kershaw (LA Dodgers), who shines in the third Cy Young Award, also had a great reputation in the Major League as he tried to learn from Ryu Hyun-jin every spring training.
Kim Jin-wook, a "special prospect" who was designated as the No. 1 overall pick in the second round in 2021, suffered from ups and downs due to ball control anxiety and monotonous pitching patterns. However, he started to peel his skin to some extent last year, when he was in his fourth year, and this year he will start the season as the fourth starting pitcher. "I changed my mind because I couldn't continue playing baseball. It's natural that I have to do well this year, but sometimes that kind of thought works poorly," he said. "I will do my best to do what I can without being bound by too many thoughts."