"So good, wait and see" 149km + 80 pitches warmed up KIA nail practice check, flower director's reasonable confidence
Oct 08, 2024
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KIA Tigers manager Lee Bum-ho, who met at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 8th, looked back on foreign pitcher James Nail's live pitching like this.
Nail started pitching live on the 4th with a batter standing up. He threw a total of 33 (18 in the first set and 15 in the second set) over the second set, and used all of his pitches, including fastballs, changeups, two-seam, sweeper, and cutter. The maximum fastball speed is 149km.
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Nail began a step-by-step pitching program on September 11. He started pitching in the bullpen for the first time on the 22nd and also pitched in the bullpen on the 25th. Since then, as a result of steadily throwing the ball from the bullpen, the number of pitches has been raised to around 80. It is different from the worst case of season out, let alone fall baseball, when he underwent surgery for a broken jaw on August 24th.
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However, Nail plans to throw the ball with a pitching net set up in the match against Sangmu. Manager Lee said, `We decided to set up the pitching network only when Nail throws it after asking the executive for understanding. As a result of communication between the player himself and the pitching coach, I called Sangmu and asked for his understanding because it was his first appearance", he explained.
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