He's flustered. He's stuck on the ground. Strike? The pitcher was also surprised. Rediscover ABS Curve Bowler This Is Lower
Mar 15, 2025
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The exhibition game between KIA and Samsung took place at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 15th. In the top of the third inning, Samsung's leader Lee Jae-hyun struck out a rookie by KIA Sunnal Kim Do-hyun.
He let the 127km curve flow at 0B2S. It seemed inevitable. Kim Do-hyun's big curve fell sharply, and when catcher Han Jun-su caught it, the mitt touched the ground. Lee Jae-hyun thought he picked out a manned ball, but ABS ruled it a strike. As of last year, it was a ball in a position where a strike call could never be made.
A situation in which a strike call cannot be made unless it was an ABS decision. However, there were no exceptions to ABS, which makes mechanical decisions as set. The trajectory passing through the 3D strike zone was shown on the broadcast screen. Obviously, the ball came all over the front and back zones.
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In an interview after the game, Kim Do-hyun said, `I was a little embarrassed, but I think it was good to have that kind of luck," he said with a humbling smile. "Now, I think I have to throw such a curve ball well (to get caught by ABS)," he said.
When it was said that the ABS zone was lowered by about 1 cm, the first thing that came out of the field was the prediction of the advantage of the curveballer. That scene proved to be a curveball strike call falling to the ground of Kim Do-hyun.
If the use of low curves for new zones increases and batters are generally aware of it, the power of falling curves will inevitably increase. There is a high possibility that he will try to cut the ball, which he did not touch because he judged it to be a manned ball in the past, especially after the two-strike. It is not easy to distinguish between a real manned ball and a low zone curve strike.
For hitters, confusion is expected to be inevitable, especially early in the season.
The pitchers who throw high pitches in the KBO League include Doosan's Kwak Bin, SSG Kim Kwang-hyun, Lotte's Park Se-woong, and Kiwoom's Ha Young-min. Among the foreign pitchers are Samsung Furado, KT Cuevas and KIA's new foreign Oler. Doosan's new foreigners Irvin, Hanwha Ponce, and NC Riley are also pitchers who use good curves.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
