Lee Seung-yeop's Doosan 'Light and Shadow' and 'No. 1 bullpen' still harvesting shortstop worries-reliant on veterans
Lee Seung-yeop's Doosan 'Light and Shadow' and 'No. 1 bullpen' still harvesting shortstop worries-reliant on veterans
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The season of the Doosan Bears has come to an end. Looking back at the season, there were certain gains as well as regrets.
Doosan posted 74 wins, 68 losses and two draws, and a winning rate of 0.521. Coincidentally, the performance is the same as last year. However, Doosan elevated its performance by one notch from fifth to fourth.
It was regrettable in the fall baseball season. Compared to the KT Wiz, which had advanced to the fifth place for the first time in its history, it lost for two consecutive games and suffered a setback in its elimination. It became a scapegoat for advancing to the semi-playoff for the first time in its history as a fifth-ranked team, drawing strong public outcry from many fans.
Looking back at the past season, however, Doosan was not just disappointing. Ahead of this season, many teams did not classify Doosan as a strong team. Doosan, which played in the Korean Series for the seventh consecutive year, has entered a new season with no one considering it as a strong team back then.
Raul Alcantara and Brandon Waddell, who were expected to become the strongest foreign pitching duo, began to leave early in the season due to injuries. A total of four foreign pitchers, including substitute players, only had 230 ⅔ innings, 15 wins and 14 losses, and 4.29 ERA. It was definitely the least assisted foreign pitcher among the 10 clubs, and was the biggest cause of Doosan's starting to twist this season.
At a time when bullpen pitchers are increasingly dependent on each other, they have had a great harvest. Kim Taek-yeon (19), the second-ranked rookie in the league, has been reborn as the closing pitcher representing the league since June, when Jung Cheol-won and Hong Geon-hee settled in the closing position where they revealed their anxiety one after another.
In 60 games, 65 innings, 3 wins, 2 losses, 19 saves, 4 holds, ERA 2.08. Kim, who broke the record of most saves (16 saves in the previous year) as a rookie with a high school diploma, is considered the 0th most promising candidate for Rookie of the Year. Furthermore, chances are high that he will play at the World Baseball Softball Confederation Premier 12 next month. As manager Lee Seung-yeop said, he is now a treasure of Doosan, which has grown beyond Doosan Bears' Kim Taek-yeon to Korea's Kim Taek-yeon.
The fruits of Lee Byung-hun (21) and Choi Ji-gang (23), who provided opportunities to Kim Taek-yeon, were also very valuable. Lee played in 77 games (65 ⅓ innings), the most among pitchers in his team, and played 6 wins, 1 loss, 1 save, 22 holds, and ERA 2.89, growing into a left-handed bullpen that will take care of the future of his team.
Despite the injury, Choi Ji-gang also performed like an altoran with 50 innings in 55 games, 3 wins, 1 loss, 1 save, 15 holds, ERA 3.24. With Hong Gun-hee, Lee Young-ha and Kim Kang-ryul firmly behind, Doosan was proudly reborn as the No. 1 team in the bullpen ERA (4.54).
The revival of Doosan's track and field team was also encouraging. Last year, the stealer king, Jeong Su-bin (52 steals), remained strong, and Cho received the most opportunities since his debut, breaking the Bears' steal record and becoming the first title holder with 64 steals.
However, aside from the big aftermath caused by foreign pitchers, it was still a season that left a lot of concerns. 메이저사이트
First of all, the team failed to resolve the shortstop problem that continued from last year. Starting with Park Joon-young, Jeon Min-jae, and Lee Yoo-chan, Kim Jae-ho (39) showed the most stability. During the season, coach Lee Seung-yeop publicly snatched shortstop position, saying, "I am disappointed at those in their 20s, and I have to do my best." However, it was Kim Jae-ho who also kept his position as shortstop in the fall baseball league.