How do I hit this? I'm sure the ball is the best ever, but...Doosan's bold winning move, will it have a happy ending
Jul 15, 2024
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Doosan Bears' adventurer. Will he be able to succeed.
Jordan Balazovic (26), Doosan's ambitious new foreign pitcher, made his debut.
Balazovic started the game against the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 14th and made a successful KBO League debut with one run in four ⅔ innings.
Doosan brought Balazovic instead of ace Alcantara, who has been injured and sluggish. While Brandon's short-term replacement Shirakawa was noisy, the recruitment of Balazovic was handled without even knowing.
He is 1 meter 96 meters tall. He is known for his excellent fastball hitting from a very high RBI. The actual results were the same as the scouting report. Balazovic showed off his fastball with a maximum speed of 156 kilometers.
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On top of that, it seemed like the batters would never be able to touch it if it fell into the high zone to the curve. Samsung veteran catcher Kang Min-ho is also an opposing team, but he gave a thumbs up to Balazovic's ball itself. Doosan is also cautiously predicting the possibility of success.
If you explain like this, you can't help but wonder why Lee couldn't be a winning pitcher. More broadly, it is normal for a player like this to be in the Major League, not the KBO League.
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Of course, there are many reasons to take into account. The debut match where everything was unfamiliar, including the stadium, the official ball, and the opponent's batter. It must have been nerve-wracking. In addition, it would be difficult to adapt to various new environments, but the weather was hot.
However, there were many that were generally formed on the high side rather than the control of the ball shaking wildly. His ball power was so good that he was not hit hard, but there were many dangerous balls on the course itself.
An official who watched Balazovic's pitch evaluated "The pitching form itself is so big and wild that it is difficult to control it."
From Doosan's point of view, it is a situation where Balazovic has to be comforted that his control must have been shaken due to his nervous debut.
Meanwhile, Balazovic has been a bullpen pitcher in the United States, so he has to go through a solid build-up process to settle as a starter in the KBO League. It is said that the match against Samsung had a lot of pitches in the first game, but the player was so energetic that he couldn't stop it.
If only the ball control and stamina problems were solved, the all-time pitcher appeared as a ball power. Will he be able to solve the two problems and be reborn as a super-special alien.
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