A rookie is No. 1 in Futures Save? SSG in Crisis, Bulbul Support Force Blitz Call-Up
Aug 24, 2024
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SSG lost 6-11 at home against KT Wiz at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 23rd. SSG, which was leading 3-2 until the bottom of the sixth inning, shook Lee Woon and piled up runners in the top of the seventh inning, and later suffered a crushing defeat when Seo Jin-yong allowed a grand slam to Kang Baek-ho.
SSG, which has recently lost two consecutive games, fell to sixth place as it lost a joint fifth-place match against KT in vain, and is only one game away from seventh-place Hanwha. He has won four games and lost six games in the last 10 games, but he has a weak mentality.
The coaching staff took out rookie cards to reinforce the bullpen. Right-hander sidearm Park Sung-bin, born in 2003, is a former Whimoon-Cyber Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and received SSG's seventh round pick in last year's rookie draft with early draft.
Starting this season in the Futures League, he has 3 wins, 2 losses and 13 saves in 29 games, ranking first in saves in the Futures League. It is a secret weapon that has been playing an outstanding role with 37 hits (one home run) 21 walks and 30 strikeouts with an ERA of 2.31 WHIP 1.49 in 39 innings.
An official from the SSG Futures team who watched Park Sung-bin said, `He has good pitching in the direct-ball movement and the proportion of allowing hitters to hit the ball is low. He introduced, "Batters feel tricky because they have good arm swings." Although the speed of the ball itself is not a fast type, the rate of inducing swings and misses is high due to the good fastball movement, and the players themselves enjoy aggressive matches.
SSG excluded the infielder Jeon's mountain from the entry on the day. He took out one fielder and reinforced one pitcher. As first baseman Ko Myung-joon recovered from a hamstring injury and played in the Futures League on the same day, the possibility of returning next week has increased. Coach Lee Sung-yong's intention to actively use young players through Park Sung-bin's call-up was strongly expressed.
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