In the end, the finisher for the Tigers is Jeong Hae-young (22).

A familiar face has returned to professional baseball KIA. Jung Hae-young, the first in the franchise and the youngest player in the KBO league, succeeded in making 30 saves for two consecutive seasons and won the built-in closer title.

◆ On the 34th, which was harder than anyone else,

he was invariably in charge of the finishing position, but he suffered from sluggishness due to a sudden drop in both speed and pitch. In the end, on May 29, it was expunged from the first group. However, his Futures performance was also not satisfactory. He posted a 6.75 earned run average (7 earned runs in 9⅓ innings) over six games. Although his walks were low at one, he could not solve the problem of his high batting average. The figure, which was 0.297 in group 1, deteriorated to 0.350 in group 2.

Nevertheless, KIA engraved his name on the entry ahead of the game against LG in Jamsil on the 2nd. Director Kim Jong-guk said, “I received a report that my pitch has improved. He explained that he is a pitcher who can make full use of his pitching and his good operational skills.”

Jung Hae-young, who returned, said, “It was very difficult,” and conveyed her feelings about the call-up after 34 days. Then, he said, “Baseball didn’t work out the way I wanted, and I ate a lot of swearing,” and he said, “His father was very worried. He told me to be comfortable, but he must have had more worries than anyone else.” His father is Dongwon University coach Jeong Hoe-yeol, who was a former Tigers coach and also served as KIA head coach and Futures coach.토토사이트 순위

He raised his voice, saying, “I just thought that I should do well for all the people who warmly supported me,” and “I have prepared with a strong determination.” He continued, “While I was gone, the team had many defeats by one point. The only thing I have is sorry for coming back too late.”

◆Growth blooming in pain

Jeong Hae-young smiles, saying, “It’s awkward since I’m in the first team after a long time.” After the pre-game training was over, Lee Eui-ri, a one-year junior at Gwangju Il High School, eased the tension with a joke saying, “Aren’t I a senior in terms of the number of days I registered for the first team this year?” Yoon Young-chul, Choi Ji-min, and Kim Ki-hoon also laughed together while cleaning up after training.

The only thing left to do is leave the result on the mound. Don’t take the closure right away. The command tower plans to return him to his place through a step-by-step build-up. Jung Hae-young said, “I have been steadily pitching in the 2nd team regardless of the time and situation. So there is nothing awkward about the process. I will do well,” he said, burning his will.

In fact, he was the second pitcher to take the mound in the bottom of the seventh after Sean Anderson on the first day of his return. Then he fired a powerful shot of hope. Shin Min-jae, Hong Chang-ki, and Moon Seong-joo’s difficult batting line were organized into a three-way offense. Only 13 balls were required, and the highest speed was 147 km. It was a perfect comeback.

“Yesterday (the 1st), Jamsil was sold out after joining the team and before being registered for the 1st team. There is nothing to go up, but just looking at it made me nervous. At the same time, I felt happy,” he said, giving the fans the best gift on his first appearance of his thrilling comeback. The season of the KIA closer is back strong again.