What's the point of throwing a 150km fastball..."Ball ball ball" with 11 pitches in 10 innings, Lee Seung-yeop's whip "You don't have to be bad because you're young."
What's the point of throwing a 150km fastball..."Ball ball ball" with 11 pitches in 10 innings, Lee Seung-yeop's whip "You don't have to be bad because you're young."
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"You don't have to throw it because you're young. I hope you don't think about it"
Doosan Bears sent starter Kim Yoo-sung down to the second division ahead of the away showdown in Game 3 of the season between the 2025 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League LG Twins and the team at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 13th.안전놀이터
Kim Yoo-sung, who was regarded as a player with extraordinary talent enough to receive the first nomination of the NC Dinos in 2021, started his professional career after being selected by Doosan as the 19th overall pick in the second round of the 2023 Rookie Draft. Due to school violence issues, NC withdrew its nomination rights for Kim Yoo-sung, but Doosan decided to take the risk of school violence because it thought it would solve the problem.
Kim had a chance to be forgiven by the victims by receiving help from the club, but he has yet to blossom into his potential. His biggest problem is his ball control. He can throw fastballs that exceed 150 kilometers, but his ball control is too jagged. Kim, who took the mound for the first time in 2023, was anxious enough to garner as many as 12 walks during six ⅓ innings.
This did not improve significantly the following year. Last year, he pitched in a total of 17 games in the first team, but while throwing 28 innings, he pitched 28 pitches (24 walks and four pitches), which was quite a large number. He allowed one walk or four pitches per inning. This year, however, Kim started to show signs of change.
Kim showed impressive performance in spring camps including the Miyazaki Education League last year, and displayed impressive performance in two exhibition games with one loss, one save and an earned run average of 2.57. Notably, there were not many samples, but it was certainly encouraging that he had only three outs during seven innings. As a result, Kim won the starting pitcher competition to secure a spot in the starting rotation. In his first appearance in the season, he gave up as many as seven strikeouts during five innings against KT Wiz and got off to a not bad start by allowing four runs (four earned runs).
However, it seems to have been a sparkle. Kim Yoo-sung took the mound as a bullpen pitcher against the Kiwoom Heroes on the 3rd, his second appearance, and was substituted after giving up only two walks without catching a single outcount. He started against the Lotte Giants on the 6th, but collapsed by allowing three hits, three walks, and five runs (five earned) during one ⅓ inning. It was largely because he showed big problems in his control in two consecutive games.
In response, coach Lee Seung-yeop gave Kim an opportunity while swearing at him once. However, the situation has not been good enough since he took the mound on Wednesday. Kim was substituted early again with two runs (two earned) by throwing four pitches during three ⅔ innings, and while throwing a total of 82 pitches, his strike was only 50 pitches, which made him suffer from difficulties in controlling the ball control. With the starting pitcher collapsing early on, Doosan lost to LG, its "Jamsil rival," by 0-4, and ended up in a four-game losing streak.
In response, head coach Lee Seung-yeop decided to cancel Kim Yoo-sung before the game on the 13th. The postponement of the game against the NC Dinos next week due to facility inspection problems was one of the reasons for the cancellation of Kim Yu-sung, but the biggest reason was the repeated sluggishness. Manager Lee Seung-yeop said, "We don't have a game next week. We will start with the first starter on Friday (18th), so I think Kim Yu-sung will come in time for the game against Kiwoom."
When asked what he ordered from Kim, the coach sent a rather strong message. "I have nothing more to say," coach Lee Seung-yeop said, "I have the ball power to overwhelm the opponent, but I can't use it in games. This is why viewers tend to become looser. (Kwak) Bin will come in from May, so I have to hold on until then, but I need the strength of young pitchers."
In the end, the task given to Kim is to increase the strike rate through adjustments in the second division. Even if you spray a fastball mid-150km, it would be useless if it doesn't work. Considering Kim's performance in the Miyazaki Education League and exhibition games last year, it is clear that he has enough talent to do so.
"We need to increase the strike ratio. We need the strength of veterans, but we also need the strength of young players," coach Lee Seung-yeop said. "I hope you have strong thoughts. I hope you don't think at all that you don't have to throw because you're young." If Kim Yu-seong does not improve even after making adjustments in the second division, his position will inevitably weaken. This is why Kwak Bin, the "Native ace," will return from May. Even if he is beaten by a batter, he needs the ability to proactively face off by throwing strikes.