Did it work?'Sang MOON Dong-ju, a veteran coach who trusted a young pitcher, the reason for the second half of Young-gun's half-term reversal
Sep 07, 2024
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"You have to trust a young pitcher"
Does baseball of faith work? Hanwha Eagles Young Gun ace Moon Dong-joo, who was sluggish in the first half, is recovering his ball power in the second half.
LG and Hanwha held at Jamsil Stadium on the 6th. Hanwha coach Moon Dong-ju and Yang Sang-moon trained together. Coach Yang Sang-moon was with him throughout the training like Moon Dong-ju's dedicated coach. Moon Dong-ju also received help by asking questions to coach Yang during training. I warmed up by lightly training catch balls and running.
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Yang Sang-moon is a veteran baseball player who served as manager of Lotte and LG three times. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience in baseball, serving as the general manager of LG, a baseball commentator, and even the manager of the women's national baseball team.
Since Yang Sang-moon, a pitching coach, joined Hanwha in the second half of the year, the growth of young pitchers has been noticeable. Kim Seo-hyun, who was unable to settle down on the first-team stage due to poor control in the first half, transformed into a special bullpen pitcher who defended his team's victory in the second half. He pitched scoreless pitching with three strikeouts in two innings against KIA on the 5th. It's a big twist for Kim Seo-hyun, who couldn't even decide on his position at the beginning of the season.
Moon Dong-ju, who played as the national ace of the Hangzhou Asian Games last year, showed sluggish performance earlier this season.
He got off to a fresh start on March 28, winning his first game with two runs in five innings in his first game of the season, but failed to add one win in April. At the beginning of the season, his ERA in six starts soared to the eight-point range.
He went down to the second team and checked his condition, but his ball did not improve. The fiery fastball remained unchanged, but there were many games in which he allowed consecutive hits and lost a lot of runs. He won two games in May, but failed to win again in June due to sluggish performance.
At the start of the second half, Moon Dong-ju has changed after meeting coach Yang Sang-moon 's pitcher master'.
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Moon Dong-ju has pitched more than six innings in the last three starts, keeping the mound firmly and showing his starting performance. On August 20, he struck out nine against NC, playing the most strikeouts this season. On Sept. 3, he recorded his seventh win of the season with one run in six innings against Doosan. The ERA continued to decline, and now he has 5.17 points.
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Asked what he said to Moon Dong-ju to Yang Sang-moon, the coach who finished training together, "I just joked a lot. I didn't say much."You have to believe it," he said with a smile.
After Kim Kyung-moon's appointment, Yang Sang-moon coach... Veteran leaders are transforming Hanwha. They are showing respect to young players in the MZ generation rather than demanding change.
Coach Yang Sang-moon, who has been through all his life, instills confidence in young pitchers with unlimited faith as well as technical content.
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