LG's strongest closer Vivo cannot play in the semi-PO1 today (5th) amid the father's sadness...
LG's strongest closer Vivo cannot play in the semi-PO1 today (5th) amid the father's sadness...
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Yoo Young-chan (27), who played as the strongest closing pitcher by keeping the back door of the LG Twins this season, will not be able to play in the first round of the semi-playoff. As a result, the performance of the first starting ace Eliaser Hernandez (29), who took over the bullpen position in a surprise move in the semi-playoff, has become even more important.메이저놀이터
LG will play the first round of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO postseason semi-playoff against the KT Wiz at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. It can be said that the importance of winning the first round in the semi-playoff of best-of-five games is indescribably important.
LG and KT had a showdown in the Korean Series last year, but will face off again in the semi-playoff this time. LG finished this year's regular season in third place with 76 wins, 66 losses and two draws. As a result, they arrived at the semi-playoff early on and enjoyed sufficient rest.
After overcoming the SSG in the first five-place match (tiebreaker) in the KBO, KT won both the first and second wild card matches with Doosan. It succeeded in setting up a wild card for the first time in the KBO history, making the semi-playoff stage. KT, which has been running tirelessly, took a day off on Monday and will have a showdown on Tuesday.
Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop, the head coach of the LG Twins, conducted a training session to prepare for the first round of the semi-playoff at Jamsil Stadium on Tuesday. "Yoo Young-chan's father passed away on the 3rd. The coffin will be borne out on the 5th. The coffin will be borne out of the coffin. I think the first round of the semi-playoff should be played without him," Yeom told reporters.
Manager Yeom then said, "Without Yoo Young-chan, Hernandez will have to go further back. Since Young-chan is out, we will open up all possibilities and operate the mound at the moment."
LG has already announced that it will use Hernandez as a bullpen in the postseason as the bullpen has weakened this season. However, as Yoo Young-chan is not available in the first game, Hernandez is expected to play the role of closing pitcher.
In 62 relief appearances this season, Yoo marked seven wins, five losses, 26 saves and one hold with an earned run average of 2.97. During 63 ⅔ innings, he had 61 hits (two homers), 30 walks, 77 strikeouts, 24 runs (21 earned runs), WHIP (allowing on-base allowed per inning) 1.43 and a batting average of 0.246. Of course, he made six blon saves. In his first year in the U.S., however, he took over as the closing pitcher and brilliantly performed his role as the team's strongest closing pitcher.
Just like the starter in the short-term game, the closing pitcher is very important. If the closing pitcher falters and allows a come-from-behind loss, he has no choice but to hand over the entire atmosphere of the series. Yeom mentioned the names of Kim Jin-sung, Ham Deok-ju, Baek Seung-hyun, Lee Jong-joon and Yoo Young-chan as five must-win groups at the end of the season, but only Kim Jin-sung and Yoo Young-chan instilled faith this year. In the end, depending on the situation, Hernandez is likely to make multi-inning saves of more than two innings. Already, Hernandez experienced two innings of three strikeouts and perfect saves in the second game of the doubleheader against Doosan on the 21st.
LG won the title with the strongest bullpen in the Korean Series last year. "There is a high probability that Hernandez will join the team after starting pitcher from the second round of the semi-playoff (when Yoo Young-chan returns). He sees this as the most important replacement point for pitchers. In the meantime, Yoo Young-chan may come up faster than Kim Jin-sung. Hernandez is the strongest team in the bullpen, followed by Yoo Young-chan and Kim Jin-sung. The key is whether (Ham) Deok-ju will join the team," Yeom said.