The Samsung Lions have been agonizing over the past few years about pitchers' arrest. Whenever a fireballer appeared, they were always caught up in ball control problems, or psychological factors caused them to fail to grow as expected. In the meantime, there has been a vicious cycle in which many prospective fireballers are forgotten with their arrest. Fireballers were especially thirsty. 안전놀이터
However, two of them made surprise appearances this season. Coincidentally, there are multiple types of left-handed and right-handed pitchers. He has good control and has heavy guts. Left-handed fire bowler Bae Chan-seung and right-handed fastball pitcher Lee Jae-hee, who returned from the military athletic unit, are drawing smiles from Samsung coach Park Jin-man.
The debut of Bae Chan-seung, a rookie for the first round in 2025, was truly a shock. Bae Chan-seung, who took the mound as a bullpen pitcher against the Kiwoom Heroes in Daegu on the 23rd, showed off his strong pitching by breaking the leadoff batter's bat in two pitches, and overwhelmed the atmosphere by putting a 155km/h fastball in the middle against Yasiel Puig, a batter from the U.S. Major League Baseball. He finished the first inning without losing a point in eight pitches, raising expectations for the new season.
Despite sluggish performance due to two hits and a walk in ⅔ innings against the Daegu NC Dinos on Tuesday, his pitching was not bad overall with fastballs with speeds of up to 153 kilometers per hour. He has developed excellent nutrition by facing many crises of getting hit in professional baseball early on.
It was Lee Jae-hee who overcame the crisis with Bae Chan-seung. Taking the mound with the bases loaded with two outs and a tying score of 5 to 5, Lee made a ball count with a slider that skimmed around the strike zone and overcame the crisis with a fly to the left field. Although she was a little out on the outside, the 150-km fastball also shone.
Lee Jae-hee, who also took the mound in the sixth inning, faced NC batters well with a fastball in the late 140km/h range. He allowed a triple to Do Tae-hoon, but Koo Ja-wook momentarily missed a ball that could have been a line drive to the left field, leading to a long hit. Eventually, he became a losing pitcher by losing a point, but he threw his ball vigorously with fastballs and sharp sliders, raising expectations for his performance in the new season.
The appearance of the two pitchers led to the smiles of Samsung manager Park Jin-man. Park Jin-man said their presence was "a great boost." "In the meantime, when starting pitchers (fast ball) go down and start bullpen session, it has become our weakness as we have pitchers who are less restricted," Park said. "Lee Jae-hee, Bae Chan-seung, and Lee Ho-seong have seen a lot of pitching capabilities. I think it will be of great help if these players gain experience early in the season and play their part enough. I think it will help us advance to the position that we need."
Coincidentally, as existing bullpen pitchers have been somewhat sluggish recently, expectations of these fire bowlers are growing. Attention is focusing on whether those who will have more experience will be able to properly quench Samsung's thirst for fire bowlers in the future.
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