"150km? All Korean batters are playing these days." Why is Hanwha's ambitious work Barria sluggish
Jul 18, 2024
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It seems that KBO league managers have recently promised.
KT Wiz coach Lee Kang-chul said, `Now, 150km is meaningless. All the hitters hit it at the right timing. The abilities have really improved," he said, praising the batters.
That means pitchers are dying. 150 kilometers. It's not an easy throw speed. But the time has come when this doesn't work. Therefore, we have no choice but to pay more attention to the control and use of change balls.
The Hanwha Eagles replaced the sluggish Peña and ambitiously recruited Barria. Even when Barria came, he was very positive, saying, `How did you bring this player?' Hanwha has been watching for a long time as a pitcher with 22 pitches in the Major League alone, and I thought he was not interested in the KBO League, but everyone was amazed to come as a substitute during the season.
After pitching four innings in the KBO League debut against KT Wiz on June 5, Hanwha's winning streak against the Doosan Bears and SSG Landers gained an upward atmosphere. He seemed to throw the ball lightly, but it was impressive that the ball close to 150km was stuck.
However, it has remained silent since then. On the 17th, he had only one win and three losses in five games, including a loss of five runs in four innings against the NC Dinos. He also won that one win against the lowest-ranked Kiwoom Heroes. The ERA in these five games is a whopping 6.38.
What's the problem. At first, unfamiliarity could have been an advantage. However, now is a time when Barria's style has been seen by each team. In particular, Barria is in fact a 'two-pitch' feature. He almost plays the game with fastballs and sliders. If this can be overwhelmed by ball control, it will be powerful if it goes in like a blade as you want, but if not, it is perfect for being attacked by batters. The reason I talked about 150km above was to explain the current situation in Barria.
Hanwha recruited head coach Kim Kyung-moon and even added Yang Sang-moon, two veteran coaches, but the situation is not improving. He has lost three games in a row and is in ninth place. If Kiwoom had not fallen into a swamp of four consecutive losses, it would have been fierce to fight for last place.
In the end, it has to be a starting battle to go up. Fortunately, Sanchez's short-term replacement, Weiss, is performing better than expected. On top of that, Barria must play a stable rotation so that Ryu Hyun-jin and Moon Dong-joo can become solid and develop their fall baseball dreams.
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