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SSG Landers coach Kim Won-hyeong (49) has chosen Kim Sang-soo (31) as’April end’.
Coach Won-hyung Kim said, “I asked Kim Sang-soo to finish the season at the beginning of the season,” before the opening match against the Lotte Giants, a professional baseball player, was canceled at Incheon SSG Landers Field on the 3rd. “I plan to finish with Kim Sang-soo until April. I have experience, and I don’t feel a lot of pressure on the finish line,” he said.
Seo Jin-yong (29) was the first finisher Kim picked up from the beginning.
However, Seo Jin-yong was sluggish with an average ERA of 10.13 in three games during the demonstration game.
Director Kim Won-hyung said, “Seo Jin-yong’s position has not been raised. At the beginning of the regular season, we are sending it out as a mid-term rescue,” and said, “From today, our team will finish with Kim Sang-soo. About a month, Kim Sang-soo will appear in the 9th inning.”
Coach Kim, a former ace pitcher who won 134 wins during his active career, said, “I prefer pitchers who play on the pitch rather than in the first pitch.”
“It’s a risky strategy for batters to throw a ball that batters hit when the ball count is unfavorable, so it’s a risky strategy. I have to throw the ball harder even if I walk when the ball count is pushed,” Kim said. He emphasized that,” he said, “especially in the end, we have to compete with the ball. We will watch the process of Seo Jin-yong recovering the ball.”
There is another finalizing candidate.
Jae-hoon Ha, ‘2019 King of Salvation’, who is rehabilitating with right shoulder pain, is speeding up.
Ha Jae-hoon recorded the highest speed of 147 km per hour in the practice game on March 31.
Director Kim Won-hyung said, “Before the spring camp, I told Jae-hoon Ha,’You can return in June.’ It meant that I would give him plenty of time.” “Rehabilitation criteria are fulfilled. I plan to make a final inspection around April 15th and set the point of returning to the first group.”
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