“I felt good with the ball”.
Hanwha Eagles right-hander Kim Min-woo, 28, has reignited his bid for a fifth starter. On Feb. 29, he sent a message of recovery in an exhibition game against the KT Wiz at Gochinda Stadium in Okinawa, Japan. He pitched 2⅔ innings, allowing one run on three hits with three strikeouts and no walks. His fastball topped out at 143 mph.
Manager Choi Won-ho noted the velocity: “I didn’t feel it in the (first) Australian camp, but it was good yesterday against KT. The ball had power and it was good. Min-woo (has a good tip of the ball) is hard to hit even if it’s only 143-144 mph. If you don’t have command, you have to have the tip of the ball. Minwoo has a lot of balls that go up the middle. He has to beat the batter with his fastball to be effective.”
“You can see that by the way his fastball is timed. Of course, speed is also important. If you’re getting hit hard, the ball isn’t traveling right. If the timing is fast, 카지노사이트 the ball has no power. That day, I had a lot of foul balls and false swings, and my timing was late, so I was happy with how fast I felt,” he said.
Kim was drafted in the first round of the 2015 second round and was touted as the next ace.
He steadily grew into the role and had a career-best 2021 season, going 14-10 with a 4.00 ERA and 155 innings pitched in 29 games as a starter. In 2022, he won just six games but was still an ace with 163 innings pitched.
However, he developed shoulder pain and his season ended prematurely after only 12 games last year. Since then, he has continued to rehabilitate, even going to a drive-in center in Seattle to throw. Following the Australian camp, he showed his recovery in the Okinawa camp. Kim is on the five-man roster alongside senior Lee Tae-yang and rookie Hwang Jun-seo. He joined the competition after hitting the manager’s desired 143 kilometers in practice pitches.
Ryu Hyun-jin, a 78-win pitcher in the major leagues, returns as the ace to complete the four-man rotation. Add to that the return of Kim Min-woo, who threw 150 innings for the second consecutive year, and Hanwha’s starting rotation becomes even stronger. 메이저사이트 Choi said, “After my shoulder, my command dropped. He spent the winter preparing in the United States at his own expense. He pitched over 100 innings for three years. If he recovers his command, he will compete for the starting role.”