Hanwha, which had seven wins and one loss in eight games including its opening game, had to go through a rough patch last week. It had to accept its disastrous report card of one win and five losses in three consecutive games against the Doosan Bears and KIA Tigers, which were held at home and away games, respectively. Once in the lead, the ranking plummeted to a tie for fifth (9 wins and 10 losses) with the LG Twins (9 wins, one draw and 10 losses).
In the midst of this, another bad news came. Kim Min-woo, who showed the most consistent stability in this year's starting lineup, left.
Kim Min-woo, who was drafted by Hanwha as the No. 1 overall player in the second round in 2015, is a right-handed pitcher who has 34-59 losses and an ERA of 5.30 in 180 games until last year. The 2020 season (132.2 innings), the 2021 season (155.1 innings) and the 2022 season (163 innings) have all exceeded 100 innings, especially in the 2021 season, with 14 wins and 10 losses and an ERA of 4.00, dominating as an ace.
Last year was not a good one. Kim was diagnosed with a ruptured triangular muscle in his shoulder in the middle after being hit in the early stages, and accepted his unsatisfactory report card of 1-6 loss with a 6.97 ERA in 12 games. Struggling hard, he sweated hard for his rebound at the Drive Line Baseball at the Academy of Baseball in Seattle during the off-season.
Sweat did not seem to betray him. Kim showed stellar performance in spring camps and exhibition games every day, and as a result, he was proudly selected as the fifth starter, beating Hwang Joon-seo, Kim Ki-joong and Lee Tae-yang.
Kim's performance continued even into the regular season. At the match against the SSG Landers in Incheon on March 26, he pitched five innings of two hits, three walks and six strikeouts without allowing even a single point, securing a win. Unfortunately, he failed to win at the match against the Kiwoom Heroes in Gocheok on March 7, but he pitched well by allowing five hits, two homers, two walks and seven strikeouts and three runs in seven innings.
However, an unexpected injury again hampered his performance. Kim Min-woo, who started the match against Kia in Daejeon on Tuesday, caught Seo with a fly to the second base with two balls in the top of the first inning, but threw two balls consecutively against Choi Won-jun, sending signals to the bench. Park Seung-min, the pitching coach, immediately visited the mound, and Hanwha eventually replaced Han with Han Seung-joo.
Regarding Kim's voluntary steel plate, a Hanwha official said at the time, "He has been replaced due to pain in his right elbow. He is currently icing. He will undergo a thorough examination on the 15th." However, Kim was excluded from the entry of the first team ahead of the match against Kia in Daejeon on the 14th.
Although the results of the examination have not yet been released, Kim Min-woo will skip the starting rotation at least twice due to the cancellation of the entry. Before the injury, he recorded one win, an ERA of 2.19 (3 runs in 12.1 innings) and 13 strikeouts in three games this season, making it all the more regrettable for Hanwha because he played "five starters like the first starter."
Was it a relief in the midst of misfortune? Fortunately, Hanwha has an alternative card, Hwang Joon-seo. Sangmyung Middle School and Jangchung High School graduate, Hwang Joon-seo is a left-handed pitcher with so much potential that he was nominated by Hanwha as the No. 1 player overall in 2024. As I mentioned before, even as a rookie, he competed for the fifth starting pitcher before the opening of the season.
He has already confirmed his competitiveness in the first division. Hwang Joon-seo, who started as the starting pitcher of the Hanwha Eagles at the KT Wiz match in Daejeon on March 31 due to Kim Min-woo's galloping symptoms, pitched well with three hits, one homer, two walks and one run in five innings, and became the 10th player in the KBO and the first Hanwha Eagles to win a starting pitcher title in 18 years since Ryu Hyun-jin (against the LG Twins in Jamsil on April 12) in 2006.
Since then, Hwang has consistently displayed his presence in the primary league as a bullpen pitcher. As of Friday, he played in five games with one win, no loss, 12 strikeouts, and an ERA of 0.84 (1 run in 10.2 innings). Along with attractive fastballs that reach 150 kilometers, he also boasts a large splitter that has been dropped, and he is targeting the Automatic Pitch Judgment System (ABS), which was introduced from this season with stable control.
"I will learn a lot from Ryu Hyun-jin and do my best to continue the genealogy (left-handed ace) after winning his first professional win against KT in Daejeon on March 31. Will he be able to take the mound as a starting pitcher at the match against Samsung Lions in Daejeon on June 19?" https://www.totositesafe.com/
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