How will Kim Do-young handle the intense scrutiny?
The hottest star in the KBO right now is Kim Do-young, a third-year player for the KIA Tigers. After a quiet March in the exhibition games, he turned things around in April. In the month of April, he hit 10 home runs and stole 14 bases. No other player in KBO history has ever hit 10 home runs and stolen 10 bases in a single month.
Through 30 games against the LG Twins on April 28, he was 3-for-3 with 10 home runs, 26 RBIs, 28 runs scored, and 14 stolen bases. He’s tied for third in home runs, tied for fourth in RBI, tied for second in stolen bases and runs scored, tied for third in hits, and tied for second in on-base percentage. That’s a tremendous pace.
Obviously, you’re going to get a lot of pressure from opposing teams and pitchers. We know he’s good, but it’s not a good idea to go toe-to-toe with him. Now, 토토사이트 other teams have recognized Kim Do-young.
After the three-game weekend series, LG coach Yeom Kyung-yup said, “Our power analysis team found that Kim Do-young’s weakness is fastballs. Instead, slow changeups and fastballs just get caught in her swing line. He is very good at hitting fastballs.” So, in the bottom of the ninth inning of the second game on July 27, Yoo Young-chan relentlessly threw a fast slider at Kim Do-young. Kim couldn’t handle it. The starting pitcher threw five curveballs in a row in the first inning. The curveball is not a fastball, but it is his main weapon.
Kia manager Lee Beom-ho spoke with Kim after the game on Sunday.
“I told him that opposing pitchers will throw a lot of changeups in the future. I explained to him that he’s going to swing at a lot of changeups, and after 10 or 20 at-bats, he’ll know if it’s a strike or a ball. You have to swing at pitches that are low, so the batter can recognize a ball at this height and a strike at this height,” he said. It was a customized one-point lesson for the league’s leading hitter.
“So right now, I’m pretty happy with the way he’s swinging at pitches that are falling. If it’s an infield ground ball, that can be a problem. But if he swings perfectly, it’s fine. Right now, it all looks like fastballs, but as you continue to experience it, your body will get used to it and you’ll be able to differentiate between strikes and balls. Then you’ll be able to make better at-bats,” he said, predicting a bright future for his pupil.
On the 28th, Kim struck out swinging on a forkball from Son Ju-young in his first at-bat for LG Electronics. It was a curve-fork-fork-fork. In his second at-bat in the third inning, he lifted a forkball, but it was a fly ball to right field. 파워볼사이트 추천 Just to confuse things, his third at-bat in the fifth inning was a fly to right field on a fastball that came in after two forks. I was in a hurry to hit the outside pitch.
But in the most crucial at-bat of the seventh inning, he came through with a sensible bunt single, and in the eighth inning, he faced a two-pitch fastball-slider combo from Lee Jong-joon. Whenever a fastball comes, Kim takes it.