25S Finishing career → NC release → LG joined the team and turned out to be a 4th FA. Will Kim Jin Sung be the next?
Feb 09, 2025
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For the LG Twins, recruitment of Kim Jin-sung is truly considered a `God's move.' LG, which recruited Kim Jin-sung, who was released from the NC Dinos after the 2022 season, hit a huge hit.
Kim Jin-sung easily revived in 67 games that year, recording 6 wins, 3 losses, 12 holds, and a 3.10 ERA. When Kim Jin-sung, who became a FA after the season, applied for the FA, he asked to negotiate with other clubs sufficiently and signed a contract for a total of 700 million won for two years.
Kim Jin-sung played in 80 games in 2023 and contributed to the team's victory with 5 wins, 1 loss, 4 saves and 21 holds, and took the mound in 71 games and ranked third in the hold ranking with 3 wins, 3 losses, 1 saves and 27 holds.
LG also had a veteran pitcher who was released this year. It is Shim Chang-min (32). Shim Chang-min, who graduated from Gyeongnam High School and joined Samsung as the fourth-ranked player in the first round in 2011, played as a fast-ball side-arm bullpen pitcher. In 2016, he made 25 saves as the closing pitcher. He has 31 wins, 29 losses, 51 saves and 80 holds in his career.
He was traded to NC in 2022, but his performance has not been good since then. In 2022, he remained 1 win and 2 losses in 11 games, and in 2023, he only lost 1 loss in 5 games. Last year, he did not take the mound in a single game and was notified of his release after the season.
The fact that he was released by NC as a bullpen pitcher with finishing experience has something in common with Kim Jin-sung. After the 2022 season, he became a FA, but he did not apply and has remained the same after that, so he is a 4th FA student this year. If he returns with a good performance this year, he may be able to achieve the same result as Seo Geon-chang, who transferred to KIA and succeeded in playing as an FA.
Shim Chang-min said in an interview in January that `My balance is unique. In Samsung, the coaches and frontrunners all knew me for a long time, so they knew my own thing and fixed it if it got bad, but when I moved the team, I became open-minded and started doing data first, and as a result, the unique thing collapsed" He said "After coming out of the NC, I couldn't see the data while building and preparing, so I felt that I was getting better as I focused only on my senses."
If Shim Chang-min, who is sweating in Arizona's first-team camp, becomes the "second Kim Jin-sung," the bullpen will be weak and LG, who is also out with closer Yoo Young-chan, will be a great help.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
