Hanwha, the lowest ranked team for three consecutive years, starts this year in an unusual atmosphere.
As of the 10th, Hanwha is at the bottom with 1 win and 6 losses. In this season, when the number of injured players is particularly high, there are many teams that are starting without the right power and many teams are losing consecutively.
The biggest change for Hanwha this year is the existence of Moon Dong-ju (20, Hanwha). Moon Dong-ju, who was expected as a high school graduate rookie last year but could not play properly due to injury, joined the rotation in earnest with the opening and started his career as a starting pitcher. Just a glimpse of his appearance in the second half of last year raised high expectations for this season, and his pitching against Samsung on the 6th, his first appearance after the opening, heralded the birth of a new ace.
Moon Dong-ju threw a fastball with a maximum speed of 159 km/h, filling 5 innings with 70, recording 1 hit, 4 strikeouts and no runs. He was a strong pitcher. Hanwha, the only team that failed to report their first win, won 8-1 that day. Hanwha’s only victory in seven games until the 10th, this game was also the only game in which Hanwha’s mound allowed less than two runs.
Hanwha has 1 win after 3 losses in a row, and is losing again 3 times in a row. In a three-game series against SSG on the 7th to 9th, after two consecutive overtime defeats, they lost 3 hits and no points on the 9th. In the off-season, they made an effort to change by recruiting a free agent (FA) from outside for the first time in seven years, but the performance and atmosphere after the opening did not change much. Criticism of manager Carlos Subero and his coaching staff has already begun pouring in.
Moon Dong-ju is a valuable resource that has reappeared in Hanwha 10 years after Ryu Hyun-jin (Toronto) left. Even if it stays at the bottom again, it has been a long time since Hanwha has shown the ace potential and star quality that can raise expectations on that day. 토토사이트
I can’t help but recall the past of Hanwha, where there was one ‘boy head’.
Even in the early days when Ryu Hyun-jin joined, Hanwha was a team that played fall baseball. However, from 2009, it fell completely to the bottom of the list. Ryu Hyun-jin, who was strong, competed for the best in the league with double-digit multipliers every year, but was a lonely “loss stopper” for Hanwha. In 2012, he pitched 182.2 innings, struck out 210, and posted an ERA of 2.66, but finished his last season in the KBO League with a record of 9 wins and 9 losses and 10 unanswered wins.
Moon Dong-ju, who pitched only 28.2 innings last season, is qualified for rookie of the year this season. In order to be the rookie of the year, you need health to keep your spot until the end of the season and grades and records that will overwhelm your competitors. It is possible to beat competitors with an overwhelming pitch that surpasses the value of the record, but a young pitcher needs help and luck from the team to win the Rookie of the Year title by throwing full-time without mental exhaustion. However, Hanwha is starting as if Moon Dong-ju needs to be protected.
There are still many games left, but Hanwha’s departure has created a question mark. Can Hanhwa protect Moon Dong-ju?