'Finally the reinforcements arrived'' as soon as he was discharged from the military, he registered in a surprise move''
Jul 17, 2024
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SSG registered left-hander Kim Taek-hyung and right-hander sidearm Jang Ji-hoon in the first-team entry ahead of the LG Twins match in Jamsil on the 17th. Instead, another bullpen agents Baek Seung-gun and Choi Min-joon were canceled. The change in entry is intended to give room to bullpen pitchers who were somewhat exhausted and expand their use by using discharged resources in the first team.
SSG manager Lee Soo-yong, who met with reporters ahead of the LG match, said, `I watched Ji-hoon and Taek-hyung's bullpen pitching yesterday (16th), and they had as good a ball as I thought they would. While sending out the first-team game, I talked with the coaching staff and the power analysis team about the idea that it would be better to find a little more sense here. That's why I made an entry change."
Kim Taek-hyung was one of the main players to win the 2022 season before joining Sangmu. He was an active closing pitcher in the first half and posted 3 wins, 5 losses, 10 holds and 17 saves in that season. He has a clear advantage as a left-hander and has a rich career in throwing 280 innings in 263 games in the first team.
Jang Ji-hoon can also be a welcome rain in the situation of the SSG mound, where sidearm is precious. In the 2021 season, before joining Sangmu, he played 60 games in the first team and became a must-win group with 2 wins, 5 losses, 10 holds, and 1 save, and played 40 games in the 2022 season, playing a good intermediate role.
Director Lee Soo-yong said, `It would be easy if Kim Taek-hyung and Jang Ji-hoon came and performed as well as they thought. Noh Kyung-eun, Lee Woon, and Cho Byung-hyun ran so tirelessly. Wouldn't their performance be a little more comfortable in the second half. He also said, "Our starting pitchers' pace has been good since the end of the first half, so I think it would be good to just give the bullpen a little more strength."
Then "First of all, we will decide the status of the appointment according to the game. I think we should decide whether to go out in a situation where the chasing team needs to go out or, in the case of Taek-hyung, whether it is better to send it out according to the left-handed batter or not, while watching the situation of each game," he added.
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