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[스포츠서울 장강훈기자] It is spilled water and cannot be picked up. Instead of looking back, you have to look ahead and move forward. Yang Hyeon-jong (33), who had reigned as an immovable ace for many years, announced that he would advance into the US, but KIA is quickly recovering his composure.
Yang Hyeon-jong left, but KIA has to play the season. During the severe IMF days, coach Hae-tae Kim Eung-ryong said, “There is no (sun) Dong-yeol and (this) accessory… As he lamented, coach Matt Williams should lead the team without Yang Hyun-jong this year following An Chi-hong in his first year in office. What is different from the 20-year mark is that the club’s support has been much more abundant, and there are many outstanding young blood. Young pitchers aiming to enter the first team and settle in the starting rotation are expected to rush to fill the gaps caused by Yang’s departure.
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Ace’s vacancy is much bigger than expected. Would you not know if the successor who deserved the back had entered the orbit, or by cold evaluation, the KIA starters are among the weakest. At least two or three seasons have to compete in full-time rotation to gain the know-how to run the season, and even foreign players do not have full-time experience in the KBO league. In order to endure stamina and fights, there is no choice but to endure with martial arts. The shoulders of coach Jung Myung-won, who met KIA pitchers for the first time this year, are bound to be heavy.
First of all, the 4 digits of the starting rotation are somewhat definite. There is no possibility of change through the spring camp and demonstration games, but Aaron Brooks, Daniel Mengden, Lee Min-woo, and Lim Ki-young are preparing for the season as starters. It looks like left-handed Kim Yu-shin Lee Eui-ri and right-handed Kim Hyun-soo Park Gun-woo are competing for the remaining one seat, but more pitchers are likely to fight. KIA General Manager Gye-Hyun Jo has a strong strategy for selection and training since the days of coaching. Existing pitchers are responsible for the 4th start, and the 5th is that young players, including rookies, must rotate to create a healthy starting pitcher.
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Lee Min-woo and Lim Ki-young, including Jang Hyun-sik, and other players with first-team experience, prepare as alternative selections, and the 5th starting resource can be imagined as a painting of new talents such as Kim Yu-shin and Lee Eui-ri. There may be unexpected situations such as trades, but there are not so many teams that will start pitching.
Yang Hyeon-jong, who left the team, steadily started out for about 30 games per year on average. New pitchers usually run out of stamina in a month. A simple calculation comes out that at least six people are needed in one place where Yang Hyeon-jong is missing. Paradoxically, competition becomes more intense when a pitcher who recovers stamina through short-term management, like KT Sohn Joon Joon, appears. Although the grades cannot be guaranteed, it could be a phone call for KIA, who is striving to find a new face throughout the two-tas.
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