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KIA Tigers closer Jung Hae-young (22) is likely to be in charge of the back door of the 2023 Asian Professional Baseball Championship (APBC) Korean baseball team.
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) officially announced on the 12th, "The KBO Power Enhancement Committee, manager Ryu Joong-il, and coaching staff decided to replace all LG Twins and KT Wiz players participating in the Korean Series and select players who have been in the best condition among the preliminary entries who have been training together at the Samsung Lions Park Camp in Daegu."
LG won 15-4 against KT in Game 4 of the Korean Series on the 11th, leading the series with 3 wins and 1 loss, and depending on the result, the players could dramatically join the national team departing on the 14th. In some cases, he also considered joining during the competition, but eventually decided not to venture out. In particular, pitchers were expected to consume a lot of physical strength as they are a must-win group in their teams, and it is not easy to raise the tension again after a big game.
Finally, Jung Woo-young, Moon Bo-kyung (LG) and Park Young-hyun (KT), along with Kang Baek-ho (KT), who was decided to be replaced early due to an internal abdominal muscle injury, were excluded from the entry. Instead, preliminary entry pitchers Shin Min-hyuk (NC Dinos), Cho Byung-hyun (SSG Landers), fielders Na Seung-yeop (Lotte Giants), and Moon Hyun-bin (Hanwha Eagles) will join. Shin Min-hyuk took enough rest after the end of the playoffs with KT, while Cho Byung-hyun, Na Seung-yeop, and Moon Hyun-bin joined the camp early to confirm their skills.
The back door is the position that the absence of LG-KT players has greatly affected. The corner infield without Moon Bo-kyung and Kang Baek-ho could be replaced to some extent by Roh Si-hwan on first base and Kim Do-young on third base. However, the bullpen, in which Jung Woo-young and Park Young-hyun, who led South Korea's gold medal and four consecutive wins at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, were missing, was a worry. Jung Woo-young showed off an iron wall with two innings, one hit, no outs, one strikeout, and Park Young-hyun showed off an iron wall with two holds and one save in four ⅓, three hits, one walk, and eight strikeouts in five innings. "I'm worried," said Ryu, who I met at the Daegu training. "I was going to leave the back door to Park Young-hyun (compared to the Asian Games member) and let Ko Woo-suk leave it to him," delaying the final entry decision as much as possible, saying, "We will have to wait and see as he is playing the Korean Series."
In the end, Jung Woo-young and Park Young-hyun left at the same time, but Jung Hae-young was in the national team, so he was less worried about the back door. Among the 12 pitchers, Jung Hae-young, Choi Ji-min (KIA), Choi Joon-yong (Lotte Giants), Kim Young-kyu (NC), and Cho Byung-hyun (SSG Landers), and Jung Hae-young are the only players in the first division.
The qualifications are good enough. Jung Hae-young recorded 16 wins, 19 losses, 12 holds, 90 saves and an ERA of 2.89 in 218 games in four seasons, including 20 saves for three consecutive years. In particular, in 2021 and 2022, he became the first Tiger franchise to make 30 saves for the second consecutive year. This was a milestone that former coach Sun Dong-yeol and 'special finish' Lim Chang-yong failed to do, so it drew a lot of attention.
It is encouraging that the biggest weapon, direct ball power, has been revived thanks to taking sufficient rest after the end of the regular season and steadily taking care of his body. Son Sung-bin (21, Lotte), a national team catcher who received Jung Hae-young's ball in person, said, "The fastball was really heavy. I felt it at bat (during the season), but wow...," he said. "The fork is good, and the pitchers who come to the national team have their own thoughts on what they practice and focus on, but when I hear that, I think, "I'm not doing well for no reason." In a practice game with the Armed Forces Sports Unit (Sangmu) on the 8th, he took the mound in the 9th inning and was confirmed as a finisher, and pitched 1 inning with no outs, 2 strikeouts, and no runs.
Choi Ji-min, a teammate of the same team, joined the national team one step ahead of Jung Hae-young and showed his best performance in four Asian Games games with one win and two holds, two hits in four innings, one walk and four strikeouts. Jung Hae-young somehow managed to control the game behind Choi Ji-min. Since 2021, when it was the best, the WHIP (on-base-per-inning rate) has increased to 1.18, 1.29, and 1.48, exposing anxiety in detailed indicators, but showing a high save rate of 88.5% (23/26) this year with excellent direct ball power. In particular, in October, he showed off his peak ball power by recording only six saves without losing a single point in eight games. Baseball fans are paying attention to how Jung Hae-young, who won his first Taegeuk mark through the national team, will perform in a "lively" state. https://www.totositenet.com/
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