78.6% until April → 62.5% success rate of stolen bases plunges since May, and the amount of chagrin "It will get better in the second half" reason for confidence
Jul 10, 2024
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LG Twins' running baseball seemed to change at the beginning of the season. LG, which succeeded 166 times and failed 101 times last year, had a steal success rate of 62.2%, the last place, and vowed to increase the success rate this year based on last year's experience.
Until April this year, LG showed progress with a 78.6% success rate with 55 successes and 15 failures. 5th overall success rate but convincingly good success rate.
However, the success rate dropped sharply in May. 37 successes-21 failures have plummeted the success rate to 63.8%.
The same is true after June. With 33 successes and 21 failures, the success rate remained at 61.1%.
In the end, the first half's record was only 68.7% with 125 successes and 57 failures.
He had the most stolen bases, but only ranked 9th in success rate. Only Hanwha Eagles, which accounted for 63.2%, had a lower success rate than LG.
LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop cited the low success rate when facing left-handed pitchers as the reason for the low success rate of stolen bases.
Manager Yeom said, `The success rate of stealing against the left-handed pitcher has fallen"I adjusted the details in that part. It will get better in the second half."
In fact, when LG attempted to steal bases against right-handed pitchers, its success rate was 72.7% with 88 successes and 33 failures, but its success rate was only 60.7% with 37 successes and 24 failures against left-handed pitchers.
When stealing against a left-handed pitcher, many predicted stolen bases that cut off the start quickly were caught by the pitcher's check, not the catcher's throw.
LG, which is trying to win the title for the second consecutive year, desperately needs help from hitting as the mound is weaker than last year.
However, the batting lineup is also lower than last year. As of the 9th, the team batting average is 281 percent, ranking third overall. It shows a big difference from the No. 1 KIA Tigers (0.297). Therefore, operational baseball is needed and the success rate of stolen bases must be increased to increase scoring ability.
indyk@sportschosun.com
