'Where's the lucky dog?' Lotte. Excluding Son Ho-young's lineup. "Yoon Sung-bin?" There is no limit to the number of pitches"
Jul 30, 2024
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Lotte will play the first game of the week series against SSG Landers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 30th.
Lotte will play in the lineup of Yoon Dong-hee (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second base), Jeon Joon-woo (left wing), Reyes (right wing), Na Seung-yeop (first base), Jung Hoon (designated hitter), Choi Hang (third base), Information Geun (catcher) and Park Seung-wook (striker).
Instead of Son Ho-young, Choi Hang was put in as the starting third baseman. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung, whom I met before the game, explained "I took it out of the lineup for protection."
Son Ho-young has a chronic hamstring injury. Manager Kim Tae-hyung said he was managed in the training part. It is not 100% what it is now," he added.
The starter is Yoon Sung-bin, who is a prospect in his eighth year. It is a showdown with SSG Kim Kwang-hyun.
In fact, Yoon Sung-bin's career is focused on 2018, the second year of his debut. Yoon Sung-bin, who was 19 years old at the time, pitched in 18 games (10 starts) and played 50 ⅔ innings with a 2-5 record and 6.39 ERA.
Yoon Sung-bin's starting position is the first in six years since the match against the Samsung Lions in Busan on March 28, 2019. At that time, he allowed three runs in ⅓ innings and was replaced. In 2021, all he did was throw one inning as a bullpen.
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"There is no special limit on the number of pitches. `Let's see how many times I throw it,' he said jokingly. I originally thought of Park Jin or Choi Yi-jun, but I don't know how much Yoon Sung-bin throws and I think the bullpen will have to throw a lot...(I took it out with a bullpen) Sung-bin had a good ball in the second division, and his ball speed is good, so I'm giving him a chance. `Let's try it on.'
As for Park Jin, who has been showing stability in the bullpen these days, "First of all, the ball itself has a good angle and there are not many ups and downs. Koo Seung-min and Han Hyun-hee are also doing well, but Park Jin is also trying to give a chance as a must-win group in the future. The results are still good."
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