Samsung believes in a '150km left-hander' all-time rookie... The emergence of a 'Three-strike Pitcher' that will work even in Lapak
Samsung believes in a '150km left-hander' all-time rookie... The emergence of a 'Three-strike Pitcher' that will work even in Lapak
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The Samsung Lions, which needed to strengthen their bullpen, caught infielder Ryu Ji-hyuk and outfielder Kim Heon-gon and recruited starting pitcher Choi Won-tae. News of reinforcing the bullpen, which was most needed, is quiet.
I tried, but it didn't go as I wanted. One of the reasons is the burden of pitchers on the home ground of Daegu Samsung Lions Park, where home runs are pouring out.
There was no reinforcement, but there is something to look forward to. There is Bae Chan-seung (18), who is considered one of the best rookies of all time. "Bringing him back to hell" is a resource that Samsung's bullpen used.
In the rookie draft in September, Samsung named Bae Chan-seung as the third overall pick. It seemed likely that he would choose between Gwangju Il High School left-hander Kim Tae-hyun (Lotte) and Deoksu High School right-hander Kim Tae-hyung (KIA), who were classified as the "Top 4" along with Chung Hyun-woo (Kium) and Jung Woo-joo (Hanwha), whose first and second rankings were originally a fact, but Samsung made an unexpected pick.
Although he is a local boy from Daegu High School, this was a side issue. Lee Jong-yeol, the general manager, recently explained, "It was so nice to see him at the Taiwan International Championship in person."
Bae Chan-seung, who has a solid physique of 180 centimeters in height and 80 kilograms in weight, is evaluated as having a fast fastball of up to 150 kilometers per hour and a high-quality breaking ball ability. Bae Chan-seung was a resource who won the Baseball Star Award at the Futures Star Awards last year as a second grader in high school, but this season fell into a slump in the early and mid-term, and was ranked down by scouts.
Having played 133 innings in his high school career of 50 games with 12 wins, 7 losses and 2.91 ERA, he completely reversed his assessment at the Asian Youth Championship in September. He left a strong impression against Japan and Taiwan by showing perfect performance of ERA 0 with five hits, seven strikeouts and six ⅔ innings. It was an opportunity to catch the eyes of General Manager Lee Jong-yeol.
Lee explained that he considered Bae Chan-seung as a resource for left-handed bullpen from the beginning. Samsung does not have enough left-handed pitchers to win. Lee Sang-min showed great performance this season, but his use was limited as he only played ⅔ innings in one game in the playoffs against the LG Twins, which has many left-handed hitters.
In particular, Lions Park is one of the most home runs in nine stadiums nationwide, which is very burdensome for pitchers. It seems that it was more difficult to find a pitcher suitable for Samsung than Bae Chan-seung, given that he is a pitcher who does not allow home runs as much as possible while using Rafak as a home run and is especially easy to deal with left-handed hitters.
The expectation came as a down payment. Samsung signed a rookie contract with Bae Chan-seung for 400 million won, the second-highest ever among all-time recruits, following Lee Jung-ho (530 million won) who was the first nominee in 2001. It also topped 350 million won for Choi Chae-heung (LG) in 2018, Won Tae-in in 2019, and left-hander Lee Seung-hyun in 2021.
Samsung brought Choi Wontae, a free agent, for a total of up to 7 billion won (6.37 million U.S. dollars) for four years, but the key reason was that Choi used two-seam fastballs as his main weapon to induce grounders. However, the best way to suppress long balls at stadiums where home runs are mass-produced is to strike out. Bae also received high praise from Samsung for being such a "three-strikeout pitcher." 토토사이트
Lee Jong-yeol, the general manager of the rookie draft, called the strategy "power" not just because he swept all the big hitters. This also applies to Bae Chan-seung. "My strategy was to select a fastball pitcher and a batter who can hit far away," Lee said. "I showed weakness to left-handed hitters of the top teams because there was no bullpen to throw fastballs, but I think Bae Chan-seung will be able to make up for his weaknesses in the future."
Choi was the only one who had more strikeouts than innings in the bullpen this season. He played 36 ⅓ innings in 35 games, recording three wins, two losses and seven holds and ERA of 2.23, while striking out 38. This was the main reason he was able to emerge as a must-winner for Samsung in the second half of the year.
Bae had 157 strikeouts and just 49 walks during 133 innings in his high school career. He also showed monstrous performance at the Asian Youth Championship, with seven strikeouts during six ⅔ innings.
It is expected that it will be able to satisfy the thirst for left-handed pitchers who will face left-handed hitters and make Samsung fans happy with a hot strikeout show.