The reason why the speed gun was removed from the first bullpen pitching, the captain Cha, the amount of chagrin, and the first bullpen pitching because he was afraid of overdoing it. Pre-blocking injury evil spirits to find the 5th starter and must-win group

Feb 08, 2025

The reason why the speed gun was removed from the first bullpen pitching, the captain Cha, the amount of chagrin, and the first bullpen pitching because he was afraid of overdoing it. Pre-blocking injury evil spirits to find the 5th starter and must-win group
LG Twins rookie Kim Young-woo is pitching a bullpen at Arizona camp. LG Twins SNS Capture



The reason why the speed gun was removed from the first bullpen pitching, the captain Cha, the amount of chagrin, and the first bullpen pitching because he was afraid of overdoing it. Pre-blocking injury evil spirits to find the 5th starter and must-win group
LG Twins rookie Yoo Hyun-hyun is pitching a bullpen in Arizona camp with manager Yeom Kyung-yeop watching. LG Twins SNS Capture
The reason why the speed gun was removed from the first bullpen pitching, the captain Cha, the amount of chagrin, and the first bullpen pitching because he was afraid of overdoing it. Pre-blocking injury evil spirits to find the 5th starter and must-win group
LG Twins new foreign pitcher Yoni Chirinos is pitching a bullpen at the Arizona camp. LG Twins SNS Capture
The news of the 10 teams' spring camps is spreading one after another. Pitchers who will lead the mound of each team this season are building up during the winter and spraying the ball vigorously in warm foreign countries. The news of spraying a ball nearly 150km from the first bullpen pitching already inflates fans' expectations.

However, there is no news from the LG Twins, who have held a camp for three years in Scottsdale, Arizona. In particular, there are many curious pitchers such as Jang Hyun-sik and Kim Kang-ryul, who were recruited as FA with foreign pitchers of Yoni Chirinos and Eliaser Hernandez, Choi Chae-heung, a veteran aiming for the 「2nd Kim Jin-sung」, and rookie Kim Young-woo and Yoo Hyun-hyun, who threw more than 150km fastballs.

But the beginning was especially quieter. Even though I pitched my first bullpen session, I couldn't tell how fast I got.




There was, of course, a reason. This is because the restraint was not measured. There was a reason for this, too.

From this spring camp, it has been decided not to measure the data during pitchers' first official bullpen pitching.

LG's general manager Cha Myung-seok and the analysis team decided not to install the measuring equipment to make the first pitching comfortably because if the data equipment is installed from the first bullpen pitching, pitchers may be nervous about throwing in front of the coaching staff, and if the speed is measured, they may unconsciously overdo it to make the ball speed. Of course, this is a part of prior consultation with coaching staff such as manager Yeom Kyung-yeop and pitcher coach Kim Kwang-sam.




In the first bullpen pitching, he learned the tension in his body by focusing only on pitching without paying attention to the restraint, and then measured the change from the second pitching.

The reason why the speed gun was removed from the first bullpen pitching, the captain Cha, the amount of chagrin, and the first bullpen pitching because he was afraid of overdoing it. Pre-blocking injury evil spirits to find the 5th starter and must-win group
LG Twins Son Joo-young is pitching a bullpen at Arizona camp. Photo courtesy = LG Twins
The reason why the speed gun was removed from the first bullpen pitching, the captain Cha, the amount of chagrin, and the first bullpen pitching because he was afraid of overdoing it. Pre-blocking injury evil spirits to find the 5th starter and must-win group
LG Twins Elijah Hernandez is pitching a bullpen at Arizona camp. Photo courtesy = LG Twins
In the second bullpen pitching, of course, you could see how much of the restraint came out. Eliaser Hernandez sprayed up to 147 kilometers, and Son Joo-young recorded 140 kilometers.

In fact, pitchers often pitch to some extent before spring camp, so they throw without paying attention to the measuring equipment. Especially recently, there is always measurement equipment, so it may be awkward not to have it.




However, in bullpen pitching, which coaches and coaching staff see for the first time ahead of the season, no matter how often the pitcher throws, he or she can be unconsciously nervous. In particular, new foreign pitchers, rookies, and transfer players have a mind to show something, so they can overdo it without realizing it, and one ball thrown at that time can be a single second and lead to injury.

For LG, pitching this season is really important. In this spring camp, FA Choi Won-tae needs to find a starting spot where he left, and he needs to create a must-win group. In particular, in the case of the bullpen, closer Yoo Young-chan is expected to return only in the second half due to microfractures in his elbow, and Ham Deok-ju is also expected to return. It's almost a new situation to make bulpezin, so you have to take the test with many players.

Of course, it can be an opportunity for players, so it should be in the eyes of the coaching staff. In this case, injuries are fatal.

Just once. Throwing it comfortably without measuring the speed even in the first bullpen session. It is a careful consideration to not come out with a single ball that may come out even if it is too much. For LG, it is a desperate feeling to beat a stone bridge as well.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.