'But the home run wasn't hit well.'He's throwing the ball up in the middle, Ko Woo-seok, 2 runs in 2 innings...The average fastball is 148.4km
Jul 02, 2024
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Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Ko Woo-seok, Triple-A under the Miami Marlins, made a relief appearance in a game against the Charlotte Knights (under the Chicago White Sox) at 121 Financial Ball Park on the 2nd (Korea time), giving up four hits and one walk and allowing two runs in two innings, including a home run. The team lost two to six.
As a result, Ko Woo-seok's Triple-A ERA soared from 3.00 to 3.60. Throwing 20 innings in 15 games, he gave up 21 hits and seven walks, striking out 14 and allowing eight runs. WHIP and hit rate rose to 1.40 and 0.273, respectively.
Ko Woo-suk, who took the mound as the team's third pitcher in the top of the seventh inning, trailing 2-4, allowed a straight walk to leadoff hitter Jack Remillard. All four of the balls were far out of the strike zone.
Ko Woo-seok, who caught Mark Payton on a groundout to the first base with an 88.6-mile low cutter on the third pitch, was hit by a two-run home run to the right by left-handed batter Wilmer Defoe with one out and second base. The 88-mile cutter on the third pitch in the ball count 1B1S drove into the middle, leading to a home run with a 32 degree launch angle, 96 miles batting speed and 373 feet of distance.
Ko Woo-seok's second homer in the minor league in 9 days. On the 23rd of last month, he hit his first homer after being hit by left-handed hitter Nick Dunn in the fifth inning against the Memphis Redbirds (under the St. Louis Cardinals).
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However, Ko Woo-suk blocked additional runs by throwing an 87.9-mile cutter to the low course outside the seventh pitch on the ball count of 2B2S, striking out swinging.
Ko Woo-seok, who also took the mound in the eighth inning, struck out the lead Jared Walsh with a fastball in the middle of the 5th pitch of 92.7 miles, but allowed Rafael Ortega to throw an 80.7 mile curve in the 7th pitch and hit to the left. However, after overpowering Remillard with a fly ball to shortstop, he caught Ortega trying to steal second base and finished the inning.
The fastball speed of 22 out of 38 pitches was up to 93.4 miles (150.3 kilometers) and an average of 92.2 miles (148.4 kilometers). He used 11 curves and 5 cutters.
Ko Woo-seok has stabilized in the last two games with no hits, no runs, and three strikeouts in two ⅔ innings, but he has lost credibility to become a big league right away by pitching sluggishly on the 9th and 3 games after the game against Memphis on June 23.
jhno@sportschosun.com
