Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop set two major directions for the LG Twins this season.
LG finished the exhibition game with four wins and five losses in nine games.
Let's look at the detailed indicators. His team batting average was eighth overall with 0.235, and he was tenth overall with just two homers. His team RBI single was fourth with 37 RBIs.
He ranked seventh overall with 4.26 ERA. He tied for fifth with 62 strikeouts.
It was an exhibition game, but it was not a very good performance. However, coach Yeom Kyung-yeop said, "We don't have to dwell on the record because we tried to distinguish between good and bad players by evenly using players from the first and second teams at this exhibition game.메이저사이트
Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop, however, had some regrets. He called for walks. He allowed 46 walks, the most among the 10 teams. The team had 19 walks at the minimum, which was the Hanwha Eagles. The team had a whopping 27 walks.
Rookie Kim Young-woo gave up five walks, the most. Another bullpen resource, Woo Kang-hoon, also had five. Kim Dae-hyun and Kim Yoo-young recorded three.
Yeom said, "I had no choice. I gave a chance to pitchers who wanted to improve. I tried to give as many innings as possible even if I gave him a walk."
Although there were many walks in the exhibition game, he said it will be different in the regular season.
Yeom said, "The biggest goal of pitchers this season is to reduce walks. Coach Kim Kwang-sam (pitcher) will continue to stress to pitchers. And the batter is at least the first in strikeouts. I plan to bring those two big goals."
If this is not followed, we will continue to talk.
Coach Yeom said, "It may not be easy, but it is right to set a goal and go. I will continue to talk even if I am stressed out."
As for the batters, he said, "We plan to hit completely aggressively until the second strike and hit as much contact-oriented as possible without striking out after the second strike."
LG allowed 529 walks last year, placing it at least in sixth place. It was not a good performance. KT Wiz led the game with 443 walks. LG had 86 differences from LG.
The team's strength in the bullpen has weakened significantly. Some players left the team, including Ko Woo-suk and Lee Jung-yong, but it was painful that players who played in the must-win group, including Baek Seung-hyun and Park Myung-geun, fell into a slump. It is no exaggeration to say that he managed the bullpen with Kim Jin-sung and Yoo Young-chan.
However, it is different this year. Jang Hyun-sik was hired as an FA, and several bullpen pitchers including Kim Kang-ryul and Shim Chang-min were brought in. Baek Seung-hyun and Park Myung-geun, who showed poor performance, recovered their form and are ready to play as a must-win group this year.
If the bullpen, which was a great help in winning the championship, gets back on track, it is not impossible to make the minimum walk that manager Yeom Kyung-yeop aimed for.