"Should I smile?" The battle for last place in ERA → What to do with the spectacular ace, who is in the biggest crisis since his debut.
Aug 11, 2024
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This is the reality that Park Se-woong of the Lotte Giants is facing in 22 games this year, with 6 wins, 8 losses and a 5.34 ERA.
It ranks 19th (20th place SSG Landers Kim Kwang-hyun, 5.38) among the 20 pitchers who filled the regular innings. An earned run is not a record that only pitchers are good at it, but it's a little embarrassing to add the modifier 'Ace'.
Lotte dreamed of 'summer counterattack', but Park Se-woong's ERA from July to August was 6.27 in six games. He gives up more than six runs based on nine innings per game. He has only lost two games in six games since July. There has been no win since the match against the Busan KIA Tigers on June 27.
Lotte will play the third game of the weekend series against KT Wiz at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 11th. The series record is one win and one loss.
Park Se-woong was the one who lost the first game of the series on the 9th, when he had been on a four-game winning streak for the first time in a long time. Park Se-woong, who started on the day, collapsed by allowing eight runs (seven earned runs) in four innings.
Park Se-woong is rather holding onto the ankle of autumn baseball. It's not a modifier for anyone. 'GlassesAce' is a glorious title given only to Choi Dong-won (1984) and Yeom Jong-seok (1992) who led Lotte to the Korean Series championship.
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Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung, who met before the game, said, "I want to talk about Park Se-woong rather than Wilkerson and Barnes." he raised his voice.
"Your face is flat, tilted, and you kick the dirt for no reason...It's all movements with anxiety. You must not show your mind that 'what if you get hit?' in your actions. Even if it's right, you need to know how to stick it in. Ace should be confident."
During this season, coach Kim Tae-hyung said bitter things to Park Se-woong several times. After hitting 10 runs (nine earned) in four ⅔ innings against Hanwha, 'Don't make excuses like Hanwha, Daejeon jinx' and 'Don't tilt your head on a bad day. You're an ace. A.C.E can't show that kind of shaking" is a word.
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"Park Se-woong is a great pitcher. The fastball pitch is also at a level that can overwhelm batters, has a variety of breaking balls, and has good completeness. There is no better pitcher than this when you throw well. The count fight is good, and I can't help but fall for it as I put it in and drop it. You can take pride in yourself. I hope you throw it confidently."
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