KIA's opponent? 'I smashed everything'... This is why LG is strong
KIA's opponent? 'I smashed everything'... This is why LG is strong
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10-1. The LG Twins are making a scary run early in the season.
This paper conducted a survey of seven commentators right before the opening of the season. Last year's championship team, the KIA Tigers, was selected as a team that is expected to advance to the Korean Series (KS) from all seven commentators. LG received four votes, the second largest number, and was classified as Kia's rival.안전놀이터
Since the season's opening, Kia has been struggling with four wins and eight losses (ninth place), groaning due to a series of injuries (Kim Do-young, Park Chan-ho, and Kim Sun-bin). On the other hand, LG is leading the league with remarkable momentum of 10 wins and one loss. It is 2.5 games ahead of second-ranked SSG Landers (7 wins and three losses), and has widened its gap versus Kia to 6.5 games. LG is no rival to Kia, but has become the strongest candidate to win the title.
There is no flaw yet in the mound, batting, defense, and baserunning at the beginning of the season. This is why LG is expected to continue this upward trend for the time being.
His team's ERA is the lowest at 2.39. He also ranks first in ERA with 2.71. Excluding the record of Elijah Hernandez, who allowed eight runs in two thirds of innings against the KT Wiz on Tuesday, his ERA will be lowered to 1.64. The new "Ace" Yoni Chirinos (2 wins in 3 games and ERA 2.37) has successfully adapted to the KBO League, and the fifth starter Song Seung-ki (1 win in 2 games and ERA 1.50) is also more than expected.
The bullpen pitcher lineup, which was concerned about the situation, is also strong, with ERA 1.71 (second place). Kim Jin-seong (four holds), the oldest player in the team, is spearheading the team, Kim Kang-ryul, and Park Myung-geun, who must-winner of the team. Chasing teams including Kim Young-woo, Woo Kang-hoon, and Lee Woo-chan have also pitched in three games apiece, displaying good pitching capability. Last week, even closing pitcher Jang Hyun-sik, who had been undergoing rehabilitation due to ankle injury since joining the free agent for a total of 5.2 billion won (approx.
LG's batting average is 0.290, ranking second after the NC Dinos (0.305). Starting with Moon Bo-kyung and Austin as the center hitters, Hong Chang-ki, Park Dong-won and Shin Min-jae are also active. The difference from previous years is that the backup fielders have shown good performance. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop, who has displayed "achievement and development," is actively utilizing Song Chan-ui, Koo Bon-hyuk and Moon Jung-bin to give key players rest and instill tension. Kim has already been excluded from the starting lineup four times out of 11 games. Nine fielders were fixed until last year, but this season he started diverse lineup based on types of left and right-handed pitchers. LG's replacement cards have become much more diverse.
He has overwhelming defense capabilities. He has only two errors in a total of 11 games. He has four fewer errors than the Doosan Bears (6 errors, 1st place with the most errors with 15 Kiwoom Heroes). In the outfield, center fielder Park Hae-min showed good defense by diving catch several times. In the infield, shortstop Oh Ji-hwan, third baseman Moon Bo-kyung, first baseman Austin Dean, and second baseman Shin Min-jae are more stable than before.
His team is also ranked first with 16 stolen bases. The team's success rate is also high at 84.2 percent. Success of stolen bases often leads to points in competition with a gap of one or two points. He also stands out for his baserunning.
"The starters held on better than expected and the team's slugging capability has also improved," Yeom Kyung-yeop, who is in the final year of his three-year contract, said of his solo performance. "Batters focused on batting and pitchers focused on pitching in the closing camp, but as young players grew up through the training, they are ready to fight in real games. Overall, the team has become stronger." In the summer, Yoo Young-chan and Ham Deok-ju (rehabilitation after surgery) and Lee Jung-yong (military service) will return. "We will become stronger in the second half of the year," Yeom said.