Solid starters Jin An Woo-jin and Choi Won-tae, who became the key to the rebound, made great strides in one-two punches, and Hura-do, Jeong Chan-heon, and Jang Jae-young also felt stable until the joining of foreign pitcher McKinney, with an average ERA of 2 points in June and competition in the top 5. Professional baseball Kiwoom is having a season different from calculations .스포츠토토
. . Even before the season, it was expected from the inside of the team that it would be easy to advance to the top 5. As an off-season move to recruit from outside, it was a trend to achieve better results than last year. Kiwoom advanced to the Korean Series by finishing third in the regular season last year.
Kiwoom didn’t run as well as he thought. After moving heavy steps since the opening, it is only recently finding the pace little by little. However, there is one indicator that is producing results as calculated before the season even during the march of hardship. These are the records related to the starters who were expected to compete for the strongest in the league.
As of the 20th, Kiwoom is ranked first with a starting average ERA of 3.20, and it is also standing tall in various detailed indicators such as the starting team’s WHIP per inning (WHIP) of 1.18. While playing 67 games in the season, the season team quality start (QS, 6 innings or less) is already 42 times, far exceeding the average of 10 clubs (25 times). SSG and LG, who are fighting for the lead, only record 24 QS each.
It is not that there were no unexpected variables in the starting lineup. Foreign pitcher Eric Yokishi, who recently left the team due to an injury, recorded 5 wins, 3 losses and an average ERA of 4.39, below the average of all starting pitchers. Looking back, the performances of other starting pitchers shone just as much.
When asked about the team race, which has been sluggish since last May, coach Hong Won-ki Kiwoom said, “The basic starting pitchers (of the long race) are doing well. The point where I can go up will definitely come.”
Maybe that point is coming. As the sweaty summer entered, Kiwoom started a rather cool move.
Kiwoom is still in 7th place with a win rate of 0.462 (30 wins, 2 draws and 35 losses), but is catching up with Doosan in 5th place by two games. Above all, it is hopeful that they are on an upward trend with 9 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in June. Kiwoom is fighting more powerfully in the early stages of each game with a starting ERA of 2.65 in June.
The key to the next step is held by new foreign pitcher Ian McKinney. While Kiwoom puts forward Ahn Woo-jin (4-4, 1.77 ERA), who is competing for the league’s best selection, Choi Won-tae (6-3, 2.71 ERA), who is the league’s best pitcher this season, has no regrets as a domestic starter. On top of that, the fact that foreign pitcher Ariel Furado (4-7, 2.86 ERA) has recently stabilized is also a plus factor. The 5 starting resources, such as Jeong Chan-heon and Jang Jae-young, are also competitive.
As for Kiwoom, if McKinney, who will take the place of Yokishi, performs above a certain level, it seems that he will continue an unmatched season in terms of starting indicators. These are elements that are expected to be gradually incorporated into the leaderboard.