This is the performance of LG Twins' Lim Chan-kyu this season. It is a remarkable record of Lim Chan-kyu, who started the season as a long relief by delaying the exercise of FA rights a year later due to his sluggish performance last season.
Lim Chan-kyu started the second game of the doubleheader against SSG Landers of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 17th and won his 11th win of the season with five innings, six hits, two outs, four strikeouts and two runs. The 11 wins are tied for fourth in the league's multiple wins, and Lim Chan-kyu's record for most wins in a single season (11 wins in 2018). And along with Ko Young-pyo, it is the number one winning pitcher in Korea.
Although he is still three ⅓ innings short of the prescribed inning, Lim Chan-kyu's ERA is 3.69, ranking second in the team after Flutko (2.41 ERA). This is the league's 14th-largest performance, following Ahn Woo-jin (2.39 ERA), Ko Young-pyo (2.99 ERA), Won Tae-in (3.17) and Park Se-woong (3.42 ERA).
Lim Chan-kyu, who still has three chances to start before the end of the regular season, took the opportunity to set a career high record that exceeded 11 wins (5.77 ERA) in 2018 and 10 wins (4.08 ERA) in 2020.
Lim Chan-gyu's strengths and weaknesses are clear. Lim Chan-kyu is not a pitcher who overpowers batters with overwhelming pitching power. He is a pitcher who steals timing based on various breaking balls and ball control. However, since the second half of the year, his control has been shaken, and he often has a hard game against the unfavorable ball count. Since it is not a ball power that can overwhelm the batter, the number of pitches increases by allowing runs in each game, so he cannot play long innings. Only two games have played more than five innings in 10 games since July. 스포츠토토
On the contrary, not many games are replaced before the fifth inning. Since May, only one of the 18 games has been replaced before five times. He is a pitcher who somehow leads five innings with scoring support from a strong batting line. In other words, he is a starting pitcher with a calculation.
While Choi Won-tae, who was recruited as a winning contractor, is sluggish, Lim Chan-kyu is playing the role of LG's native ace. If Lim Chan-kyu fills the regular innings this season, ranks first in most wins and sets a career high record for domestic pitchers, his value in the FA market will increase this winter. Born in 1992, 30-year-old starters are a valuable resource in the FA market.
Lim Chan-kyu, who chose to be a one-year 're-employed', is now about to graduate from 'senior'.