QS No. 1 and ERA No. 2. Solving selection concerns. But why is it 3rd place? Bullpens that didn't solve in the end, hitting... The strength has disappeared
Sep 11, 2024
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While the LG Twins won last year's championship, the most difficult part was the selection. Instead, he won the regular league title and the Korean Series title with the strongest bullpen and batting. The representative game of LG baseball was Game 2 of the Korean Series. In the biggest crisis where starter Choi Won-tae will be replaced in the first inning, LG deployed seven must-win teams, including Lee Jung-yong, Jung Woo-young, Kim Jin-sung, Baek Seung-hyun, Yoo Young-chan, Ham Deok-ju and Ko Woo-seok, to prevent KT's batters from losing points and to win a dramatic 5-4 come-from-behind victory with Park Dong-won's come-from-behind two-run shot in the bottom of the eighth inning.
There was an expectation that the starting baseball would do well, vowing to win its second consecutive title this year. The starting baseball was carried out as expected. But the result was different.
LG's starting lineup is solid this season. Although foreign pitchers have changed from Casey Kelly to Elijah Hernandez, two foreign pitchers and three domestic pitchers, Lim Chan-kyu, Choi Won-tae and Son Joo-young, are firmly in their positions.
It's the number one quality start. LG has 54 quality starts in 131 games, ranking first ahead of Kiwoom Heroes (53). Lotte Giants (51), NC Dinos (50), KT Wiz, and Samsung Lions (45 times).
Detrick Ens scored No. 13, Kelly No. 11, Son Joo-young and Lim Chan-kyu No. 10, Choi Won-tae No. 9, and Hernandez No. 1. It is more positive that it was thrown evenly without being biased.
The starting pitchers' ERA is also good. It is ranked second after KIA (4.14), which ranks first with 4.24. The number of innings by starting pitchers is also No. 1 overall with 694 innings. He played a lot of innings.
Their performance is good even after August. He is ranked second after Kiwoom's 15th with 13 quality starts, and is ranked first with a 3.82 ERA. The number of innings is also No. 1 with 174 ⅓. In fact, it can be said that the starting lineup is the most stable among the 10 teams.
The selection is good, but the result is not good. He won 11 games and lost 13 games in August and won 3 games and 4 games in September, recording only 14 wins and 17 losses. 6th overall performance.
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There was a clear difference from Samsung, which fought for the first place, ranking first with 3.61, and KIA ranking second with 3.98.
The hit that he believed is not coming up to the end either.
LG's team batting average this season is .282, ranking second overall after KIA, which has a .300 team batting average. However, there is a big difference between winning and losing. Although the batting performance is good by scoring a lot of points, they often lose in a close game because they don't end up bursting. The 14-3 victory against Hanwha on the 8th and the 1-2 defeat against Lotte on the 10th show the reality of LG.
LG's team batting average since August is not bad at 283. However, there are more teams that are better than LG, so they are only sixth overall. KIA is in first place with .307 percent.
Aggressive stolen bases are also not working this season. I tried to increase the success rate compared to last year, but it was not easy.
LG, which is currently ranked second after Doosan (167) with 163 stolen bases, has 78 failed steals. The success rate is only 9th overall with 67.6%, which is a big difference from Kiwoom's 81.7% (58 successes and 13 failures) and Doosan's 79.1% in third place.
Since August, the success rate of stolen bases has fallen further. It is only 56.4% of 22 successes and 17 failures. When the hit was good like last year, he overcame it even if he failed to steal a base, but now he is not.
In the bottom of the 10th inning, trailing 1-2 against Lotte on the 10th, Park Dong-won hit a hit to create an opportunity, but after Lee Young-bin struck out, pinch runner Choi Seung-min tried to steal second base and was out. Park Hae-min drew a walk, but Koo Bon-hyuk was caught on a fly to the second baseman at the first pitch, ending the game.
the opposite of last year's situation. I was worried about the bullpen and hitting that I believed because the starter was doing well. And so far, the results are third.
indyk@sportschosun.com
