KT Wiz right-hander Joey-hyeon (30) has ordinary qualifications. After graduating from Jego High School, he joined the Hanwha Eagles in 2014 as the 47th ranking member in the second round of the fifth round. After playing for the SK Wyverns, he joined the KT Wiz in the 2023 season. It is a valuable baseball career that continues after being tested in Suwon. Although he had only six earned runs in the past two years, manager Lee Kang-chul gave him another chance in the match against the Suwon KIA Tigers on Tuesday.먹튀검증
Originally, it was the right-hander Cho Hyung-joon's turn to take the mound at KT on the day. However, Cho will spend the full-time starting season for the first time in three years in the aftermath of Tommy John surgery and rehabilitation. He saw that he needed to take care of himself, and the timing was that day. Joey-hyun was notified of his pitching last week and prepared hard.
He is not a pitcher who is competitive in speed with his four-seam fastball of 142 kilometers. He mixed a fork ball, a slider and a curveball. A slow pitcher needs to throw slower to survive. He dropped the curve to 86 kilometers. He threw an 89-km curve to Kim Do-young in the first inning, and made an 86-km curve to Han Jun-su in the fifth inning.
Batters are prepared to respond to a fastball that is 140 kilometers or longer. Usually, a fastball needs to be prepared to hit a slower breaking ball with medium timing. However, if the breaking ball is too slow, batters will be embarrassed.
You need to properly prepare for a slow curveball. If he fails to control his ball, there is a high risk of being hit hard by a long shot at that moment. Through Woo Kyu-min's advice, Jo has been practicing slower throwing in the Futures League. In the Futures League, the outcome is important, but the pitching content and process are important.
In the end, Joey gave up five hits, three strikeouts and one run with four outs during 5.1 innings on the day, and won his first win of the season. It was the best pitching in recent years. Even if the power of Kia's batters was lower than that of last year, it was a victory of Joey's preparation. With such performance, it seems that Joey can take the turn as a substitute for another starting pitcher.
Joey-hyun said, "I also had a power analysis meeting, and I threw it comfortably because (Jang) Sung-woo led me in a good direction. I throw slow curves once in a while, but Kyu-min said it's not bad to throw slower and have a timing fight."
Still, he was Kia's defending champion. "It bothered me a lot. Last year's first game was not very good. I was more nervous than usual. I just went to the mound thinking that he was the first pitcher to go up. I tried to make the pitchers in the background comfortable."
There is another way to survive an adverse effect. Leaders do not recommend competition of the borderline to pitchers who are not good at controlling the ball. They tell them to throw various balls in the middle to induce a bump or weak hit with timing. However, Je Chun-mo, the pitching coach, instructed Jo to pitch the borderline.
Joey-hyun said, "He orders me to throw accurately after looking at the borderline. Rather than throwing it to the center not to give a walk and getting hit in the center, I try to throw it after looking at the borderline even if I give a walk. He said, "I'm not quick on the ball speed, so they tell me to make a weak hit." If you throw it to the center and give a score due to a long hit, sometimes a walk can be okay.
Joey-hyun said, "I'm so happy and fun at KT. I'm grateful that I can play baseball again. I don't know when I'll have another chance, so I'll prepare well by exercising as usual."