Samsung Sidearm Choi Ha-neul, who changed uniforms with Lee Hak-joo (Lotte) in January of last year, will make his first appearance of the season. Choi Ha-neul will be on the starting mound for the Changwon NC game on the 20th.
Samsung’s 5th selection has been a competitive structure ever since the opening. Yang Chang-seop, Jang Pil-jun, Lee Jae-hee, and Heo Yun-dong got opportunities, but failed to achieve satisfactory results. As a result, an opportunity came to Ha-neul Choi.
Choi Ha-neul, who took the mound in 14 games last year and recorded 1 win, 4 losses and 1 hold (average ERA of 6.15), will be on the first team stage this season. The start was delayed due to injury. He showed off his perfect pitch in the Futures League. He is 2-0 with a 1.02 earned run average in 4 games. On the 10th, his last appearance, against Icheon LG, he won his second win of the season with 6 innings, 5 hits, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts and no runs.
Choi Ha-neul played an outstanding role on the Futures stage, but was not called up to the first team because he did not have enough restraint. Manager Park Jin-man said, “The pitching coach said that when you come to the first team, your speed increases by about 2 km. If the average speed exceeds the mid-130 km, the circle changeup, which is an advantage, is enough speed to work.” 메이저놀이터
Against this, NC puts Eric Peddy, who has the most wins and ERA, as a starting pitcher. Pedi, who made his debut on the domestic stage this season, is recording 6 wins and 1 loss with an ERA of 1.26 in 8 games. Since the match against KIA on the 25th of last month, 4 wins in a row.
In the regular season opener against Samsung on the 1st of last month, which was his first appearance of the season, he reported his first win with 5 innings, 4 hits, 3 walks, 6 strikeouts and no runs.
Samsung defeated NC 5-4 on the 19th and came out of the swamp of 4 consecutive losses since the Daegu LG match on the 13th. If you catch NC on this day, you will secure the winning series. Choi Ha-neul and Peddy’s David and Goliath fight. Attention is focusing on whether it will unfold as expected or if unexpected results will come out.