26S Finishing Father Yoo Young-chan Award. Can't take the mound in the first game. Chagrin "Hernandez to the finish" again emptied the middle
Oct 04, 2024
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LG Twins foreign pitcher Eliaser Hernandez will make a temporary wrap-up in the first round of the semi-playoff. This is because LG closer Yoo Young-chan is away due to his father's image.
Yoo Young-chan suffered his father's injury on the 3rd. The first round of the semi-PO was announced on the 5th. You can't play on the day. Yoo Young-chan filled the finishing position without Ko Woo-seok this season. He pitched in 62 games and recorded 7 wins, 5 losses, 26 saves and 1 hold, ranking third in saves after KIA Jung Hae-young (31 saves) and Samsung Oh Seung-hwan (27 saves). Based on a fastball of 150km, he pitched 63 ⅔ innings, showing his strikeout ability to score 77 strikeouts.
Unfortunately, however, LG has to play without finishing the first game. It is already a situation where there is no must-win group, but it is expected to be an even more difficult first game due to the lack of finishing.
LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said on the 4th, ahead of the first round of the semi-PO "Hernandez plans to use it as a bullpen in this series." I'm thinking of throwing Hernandez as the second pitcher because the pitcher who will come after the start is important"(Yoo) Young-chan suffered his father's injury and couldn't come out in the first round, so I think Hernandez will have to wait behind him in the first round."
In the important first game, LG is likely to eventually reveal the weaknesses of the middle pitcher.
Manager Yeom reveals all the starters, bullpen plans, and lineup in advance, but he is keeping them all quiet this time. On the eve of the series, Yeom did not even inform the selection of the second and third games, and when asked if the starting lineup was the same as at the end of the regular league, he answered only "It could be different."
Coach Yeom expressed his intention to use a three-man rotation before the end of the regular season, but on this day, "We don't know if we will start with three or four players." After Ence threw the first game, we have to see the speed of recovery and see what happens to the pitchers."
Manager Yeom said "I think KT is stronger now than KT we met in the Korean Series last year."We're preparing with the idea that it's going to be game five" he said.
indyk@sportschosun.com
