Nominees for Rookie of the Year → 33 innings of fire fighting → 0 appearance since June...Enthusiastic 18-year-old ex-mir mystery
Dec 26, 2024
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It is a tribute to Lotte Giants rookie Jeon Mir (18) during the spring camp earlier this year.
He was also mentioned as a candidate for the Rookie of the Year award as he played an active role in Lotte's bullpen at the beginning. However, there has been no record of playing in the Futures (second division) as well as the first division since June.
When he was in high school, he was called 'Gyeongbuk High School Ohtani'. He played an active role in pitching and led Gyeongbuk High School to the Blue Dragon Open. In the year of the blue dragon, he won the blue dragon 'Mir (a dragon in pure Korean).
I received high marks for my strong mentality and leadership. As a result, he wore a Lotte uniform as the overall No. 3, higher than expected in the 2024 rookie draft.
Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `He's strong as a batter, but he's too rough. The completeness is not very good. I think I'll need quite a bit of time (to play on the first team stage). As a pitcher, you can use it in the first-team bullpen right now" he commented..
Coach Kim Tae-hyung also had a painful memory of Kim Dae-han's greed for both pitching and hitting during the Doosan period but not growing as expected. Therefore, since joining the professional league, Jeon Mir has been focusing on pitchers in earnest from last year's closing camp.
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However, the collapse of the Lotte bullpen at the beginning of the season put too much pressure on rookie Jeon Mir. There was a lot of pressure on repeated consecutive games.
It worked well when he threw fearlessly at the beginning of the season, but he later faced analysis from the professional stage. Jeon Mir, who was gradually shaking, has been hit hard since June, and eventually went down to the second division after the LG Twins match on June 15.
The problem is from then on. Jeon Mir has no appearance in the Futures this year. This is because he started the season in the first division by being named in the opening entry immediately, and he has never played since going down to the second division.
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There were only 33 innings in 36 games, but there were 10 consecutive throws (including one in three consecutive throws). There were also nine games in charge of multi-inning. It was a heavy burden for an 18-year-old rookie to bear.
On top of that, there was also a slight elbow pain when going down to the second team. Jeon Mir was very surprised by the pain she had experienced for the first time. Through a detailed examination, the hospital diagnosed that there was no problem, but the anxiety was not erased.
An official from the second division said, `It is the first time Jeon Mir has been sick since he started playing baseball. As a result, I was afraid. He was very careful. The hospital says there is no problem, but pain can be a psychological problem for pitchers. I needed time", he explained.
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Lotte did not even dare to recruit FA due to salary cap problems this winter. They are satisfied with beating the internal FA Kim Won-joong and Koo Seung-min. In order to break the seven-year fall baseball failure chain and reach the postseason stage, a step-up of newcomers like Jeon Mir is essential.
Next year, I look forward to Jeon Mir's strong roaring after putting in an intense fastball on the mound.
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