I don’t envy the 150-mph pitcher. Now, the ‘139km youngest’ is poised to follow in the footsteps of the ‘150km senior’.온라인바카라
KIA’s left-handed rookie Yoon Young-cheol (19) started the second half of the season refreshed with a flawless pitch. Yoon started the game against Lotte in the ‘2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League’ at the Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 29th.
In his first start of the second half, Yoon pitched six innings, allowing just one hit and striking out two. He threw 80 pitches. His fastball topped out at 139 kilometers, but the Lotte batters were unable to get anything going. On the day, Yoon threw an even mix of 38 fastballs, 25 sliders, and 17 changeups. Lotte had a right-handed batting lineup because of his left-handed pitching, but Yoon was unperturbed and pitched to perfection. Yoon’s batting average against right-handed batters was a staggering .199. His batting average against lefties is higher at .304.
Earlier, left-handed fireballer Lee Yi-ri started against the Gwangju Lotte on April 28 and shut down the Lotte bats with a fastball that reached up to 150 kilometers per hour. Yoon’s fastball topped out at 139 km/h, but he held the Lotte batters to one hit with a fearless performance that belied his 19-year-old age. After all, velocity isn’t everything for a pitcher. KIA went on to win 4-1, giving Yoon his sixth win of the season. “I think I was able to keep my pitches down low to a certain extent, and I was lucky that almost all of my pitches went in front of the plate in the early innings,” Yoon said after the game.
If he continues to pitch like this, he’ll have a good shot at winning the Rookie of the Year award. He has a chance to follow in the footsteps of Lee Yi-ri, who won the Rookie of the Year in 2021, and continue the Tigers’ Rookie of the Year tradition.
“I think it’s most important for the team to win. “I’m very focused on the team’s victory,” said Yoon Young-cheol, “because if the team goes to a higher level, I will have more chances to win individual awards.” “I hope I can do well and the team can go to a higher level,” he said.
With six wins already under their belt, the team could be aiming for 10 wins in their debut season. However, Yoon vowed not to be self-conscious about reaching the 10-win mark, saying, “If you look too far ahead, it often doesn’t work out, and the disappointment grows.” “I was aiming for five wins,” he says, “and I’m very satisfied that I’ve already achieved that.
Kia has a long tradition of achieving ‘V11′, including during its predecessor, Haetae, but has only produced two rookie champions (Lee Sun-cheol in 1985 and Lee Yi-ri in 2021). Lee Yi-ri won the rookie championship with four wins, but if Yoon Young-chul can win 10 wins and also win the rookie championship, it will be a new page in the Tigers’ history.