Right-hander Park Se-woong of the Lotte Giants is experiencing difficulties in his performance this year. He is struggling as he failed to reduce the number of ups and downs. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung pointed out the cause but did not let down expectations.
Park Se-woong pitched in a total of 22 games and 123 innings this year, recording six wins and eight losses and an ERA of 5.34. He only posted six wins and six losses and an ERA of 5.36 in 17 games and 94 innings in the first half, and also faltered in the second half with two losses and an ERA of 5.28 in 29 innings in five games.메이저놀이터
The same was true of the game against the KT Wiz on the 9th, which was the previous game. I couldn’t control my ball from the beginning. I was hit hard by KT hitters. He retired with 12 hits (one homer), five walks, one strikeout, eight runs (seven earned runs) and 79 pitches left. He lost the game 6-10, making him a losing pitcher.
Manager Kim Tae-hyung even took the mound in person at the bottom of the second inning and scolded Park Se-woong. The next day, Kim said, “I told Park to throw it straight. I think he is the most frustrated. I think he has a weak heart.” “I’m going into the game as I want, but I don’t think he is doing well. I try to trick the batter when the ball count is in my favor, but it doesn’t work,” Kim said. “I kept throwing balls and going in to catch the count, but all the balls were rolled in. That’s why I’m right.”
“For sure, he just needs to throw his own ball, but (this kind of situation) continues. He needs to overcome it by himself. If a starting pitcher shows such pitching, the team’s mood will inevitably be subdued,” he added.
Afterwards, Kim recalled Park Se-woong while talking with reporters on the spot about starting pitchers Charlie Barnes and Aaron Wilkerson. “I don’t want to talk about Barnes and Wilkerson. I think Park Se-woong is the most problematic,” he said with a smile.
“I’m just going to say, ‘Whether you throw well or not, I won’t look at you. I’ll just look somewhere else.’ He kept glancing at me while pitching,” Kim said. “I said something about him twice. Of course, if you look at it in a way, it could bother (Park) Se-woong.”
“There’s something I always say. They tell me not to tilt my head even if I can’t throw it,” he said. “I keep kicking the dirt (from the mound) and blaming the dirt. I told them not to do that.”
There is a reason. “If a starting pitcher does that, he will already lose and enter the mound. I think he is showing ‘I’m nervous,'” Kim said. “Even if he is beaten by an opponent, he should play confidently on the mound. Park Se-woong is good enough for his ball power. He has the ball that can overwhelm batters.”
“By the way, why do you keep tilting your head, making your face bigger, and blaming the mound? I can be wary of the manager, but I can’t help but smile,” Kim said. “I clapped my hands and said, ‘It’s okay, it’s okay,’ but I couldn’t smile. I feel anxious inside because I’m a human being, too. I can’t help it.”
On the surface, he seemed to scold Park, but he also felt affection for her. “Park Se-woong is really good at counting when he likes him. The ball just goes in and then drops again. That’s why batters are fooled,” Kim said. “If you throw (a ball) after running away, the batter will not fall for it. I think he is trying not to throw it from the next time if the ball hits him. You can just throw it.”
“He will throw it well,” Kim said in short but bold words. Now Park Se-woong has to answer.