Lotte was completely defeated 0-4 against Changwon NC on the 26th. Despite starter Charlie Barnes' hard pitching of five hits (two homers) and four strikeouts, 11 strikeouts and two runs in six innings, the batting lineup was blocked by opposing starters Kyle Hart, must-win Han Jae-seung and Lee Yong-chan. Seventeen hitters were out with consecutive errors, from Victor Reyes' double play in the third inning to one out in the ninth inning.
After escaping eight consecutive losses, he had a clear rise of 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, but once again the rise could not be continued. He is marking 8 wins, 18 losses and 1 draw, but the margin of victory and defeat rarely decreases from -10.
Rather than the beginning of the opening, the batters are more active and the starters are gradually stabilizing. The bullpen has no choice but to rely on certain players such as Jeon Mir, Choi Joon-yong, and Kim Won-joong, but it is holding the game to catch.
Nevertheless, it is true that Lotte cannot control the mood because it is not a full-fledged team and its players are not strong enough. It is fatal that the players, who have to play key roles right now, are not getting out of the swamp of slump. Perhaps they are the key to the race in early summer.
"13 billion" FA duo Noh Jin-hyuk and Yoo Kang-nam, who are responsible for the center line of the fielders, are still unable to find their pace. After suffering from a severe slump, Noh was removed from the first team entry on last Wednesday. After recovering his senses by hitting a home run in the second team, he returned to the first team on Sunday. However, Noh is still playing as a pinch hitter. The quality and timing of the hits he displayed in the second game were not very good either.
Catcher Yoo Kang-nam is still in the second division. Yoo Ki-nam was canceled from the first division on the 15th. The second division is also adjusting its senses as it has just played two games. He hit a hit against Samsung in Sangdong, the second division, on the 26th. As the main home player, trust is gradually disappearing in pitching and hitting, which is also a problem for manager Kim Tae-hyung.
There is another regrettable presence in the batting lineup. It is Han Dong-hee. Han will join the military athletic unit (Sangju Sangmu) on June 10. Although he has decided to join the military, he personally worked hard to prepare this season. With financial support from "Idol" Lee Dae-ho, he conducted his personal training at Kang Jung-ho Academy in Los Angeles. However, he suffered an internal oblique muscle injury in an exhibition game before getting a meaningful result.
Han Dong-hee, who was called up on the 19th, is still in a tight batting performance. He only has a batting average of 13.3 percent (two hits in 15 times at bat) in five games. He has not been able to pull out cool long balls in batting. The hot corner defense at the third base is also unstable. After returning to Korea, he started several games as he showed disappointing performances in defense and defense, and was replaced by a relatively big defense player. Now, there is about a month left until he joins the military, but if he burns up for the last month, Lotte's batting lineup will inevitably change.
The final puzzle among pitchers is Koo Seung-min. Koo, a league-class setup man who has built a strong career including 20 holds for the second four consecutive years in the league's history and 100 holds for the first time at a Lotte club, has not shown good results since Kim Tae-hyung took the helm. He lost two games and posted an ERA of 21.21. After suffering a slump, he was removed from the first division entry on Tuesday and joined the team as a special entry ahead of a doubleheader against KT on Sunday. He has not gone down again since then.
At the match against SSG on Monday, the first game since his return to the team, he allowed one hit, walked one, struck out one and gave no run during the first ⅓. However, at the match against NC on Sunday, he came up in the eighth inning when his team was losing 0-2, and allowed three hits, one strikeout and two runs during the first ⅔ of the game, before being kicked out. He gave up a wedge score. Rookie Jeon Mir plays this role due to discrepancies in the lineup, which starts with Koo Seung-min, but it is undeniable that the lineup itself is loose.
Kim Tae-hyung has maintained faith in the "players who need to perform" for the time being. However, as his performance has declined and his senses have hardly recovered, he has expressed his willingness to immediately appoint more "players who are doing well."
"I don't think we should expect that he is a good player now," Kim said. "Of course, the players who should be good should be good to him. However, he is not doing well right now, and I think it is more appropriate to use a good player than to expect from them."
He stressed that players who showed good performance and went down to the second team should be reported as having improved. "If there is a good report from the second team, then of course, you will come to the first team. And you have to show your good performance. If you don't do well, you have to go back down," he said.
They are Noh Jin-hyuk, Yoo Gangnam, Han Dong-hee, and Koo Seung-min, who are included in the list of "players who must perform." Perhaps these are the last four key players who will lead Lotte's rebound. Will they be able to respond quickly to manager Kim Tae-hyung's wait.
BY: 토토사이트 추천