“It’s my first time in America.”
LG Twins manager Yim Kyung-yup is busy finding new faces at spring training in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
After letting Han go after 29 years last season, Yim is still hungry. He’s confident that LG can build a dynasty.
There are requirements for building a dynasty. The main players need to be good, but the team also needs to have a lot of “depth” so that they can stay healthy and get through a season without any problems. That’s why Yeom has been focusing on his backup hitters, such as Kim Sung-jin and Kim Min-soo, and hopes to turn them into starter-level players. They are called “Yeom’s men.
The third installment of “Yeom’s Men”. This time, it’s pitchers. On the 21st (KST), Yeom saw a pitcher pitch live and was very impressed. “I want to raise him properly,” he declared publicly. Who is the pitcher who received the favor of ‘Yoon Gal-lang’?
The main character is Lee Jong-joon. His name is unfamiliar to baseball fans. He doesn’t even have a first-team pitching record. 안전놀이터 But why did Yoon choose this unknown player?
Lee Jong-joon joined LG from the NC Dinos through the second round of the draft last winter.
He is a young player born in 2001 who graduated from Gunsan Sangho High School and was selected in the ninth round of the 2020 second round. He has no record. He had elbow surgery and focused on rehabilitation.
He pitched two perfect innings against LG in the education league last year. LG didn’t know much about Lee Jong-joon, but they fell in love with him after watching that game. That’s why they drafted him in the second round, much to the chagrin of NC. This means that NC was also preparing to raise a ‘dark horse’.
LG will have to face the new season without the bullpen core of Go Woo-seok, Ham Deok-ju, and Lee Jung-yong. As such, Yeom is focusing on finding a new pitching staff and a bullpen spot. In the meantime, Lee Jong-jun could shake things up. He has never pitched in the first team before, and he thumbs his nose at the way he pitched against Kim Hyun-soo, the designated hitter.
“It’s my first time in the first team camp,” said Lee Jong-jun. It’s my first time working out in such a warm place. It’s also my first time in the United States. It’s so good,” he said and smiled.
“I didn’t know anything about it. I’m a right-handed hitter and the ball curves toward my body. I think he saw that as a strength. I can throw my fastball close to 150 kilometers. I’ve been told that my changeup is also very good,” he said, embarrassed but confident in his ‘appeal’.
Lee Jong-joon is very tall at 1.91 meters.
However, he throws the ball with his arm lowered because of shoulder pain. However, he has a ‘weapon’ that naturally bends the ball with a telephone stomach. It’s literally a phone call. LG had the strongest bullpen in the league. 사설 토토사이트 It was not easy for any player to survive in LG, but as fate would have it, there were many openings in the bullpen. Whether this move to LG will be another lucky break in Lee’s baseball career, it’s a good start.