Let the director hit you hard…5 candidates in the 3rd year. Now we have to show them

Mar 11, 2025

Let the director hit you hard…5 candidates in the 3rd year. Now we have to show them
An exhibition game between SSG Landers and Hanwha Eagles at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 10th. SSG Song Young-jin is struggling. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.10/



Let the director hit you hard…5 candidates in the 3rd year. Now we have to show them
An exhibition game between SSG Landers and Hanwha Eagles at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 10th. SSG Song Young-jin is struggling. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.10/
"Please make me think that I should use Song Young-jin no matter what."

Song Young-jin (21, SSG Landers) took the mound as a starter in an exhibition game against the Hanwha Eagles at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 10th and recorded five hits, four outs, two strikeouts, and three runs in three innings.

Song Young-jin, who joined SSG in the second round (15th overall) of the rookie draft in 2023, played in 17 games and 47 ⅓ innings, recording 3 wins, 3 losses and an ERA of 5.70.




He showed the possibility of settling for the first team, pitched 99 ⅓ innings in 26 games last year, increasing his playing time to 5-10 with a 5.80 ERA.

This season, Song Young-jin is competing for the fifth starting pitcher. In two spring camp games, he pitched well with one hit and six strikeouts in five innings and was selected as MVP.

But the first game of the exhibition game. He gave up three runs while struggling with Hanwha's batting lineup. The maximum fastball speed was 144km, and he mixed curves (12), sliders (11) and forks (2). Even the sand dune appeared to be shaking.




Let the director hit you hard…5 candidates in the 3rd year. Now we have to show them
SSG Landers' team held spring camp training at Kochinda Stadium in Okinawa, Japan, on the 24th. Song Young-jin is warming up. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.02.24/
SSG coach Lee Sung-yong could not hide his regret on the 11th, the next day. Director Lee said, "(Song) Young-jin, let him stick to the director. I said, 'Please make me think that I should use Song Young-jin unconditionally.'"

Director Lee believes that as he has been steadily given opportunities, he should break his eggs little by little. Director Lee said, `It's my third year now, but I think it should come up a little this year. I've been giving this opportunity for three years, and I'm looking forward to it a lot. But I don't think it's that high yet"I made a cold diagnosis.

Meanwhile, he gave praise to Kim Gun-woo (23), who took the mound following Song Young-jin and recorded two hits, one strikeout and no runs in three innings.




"On the other hand, (Kim) Gun-woo seems to have come up faster than expected," Lee said. I was worried because I had no experience, but when I asked, I was a little nervous at first, but when I threw it, it became loose. That's why he said he was able to pitch actively."

Manager Lee said, `Kim Gun-woo threw near perfection in bullpen or practice games. At the game, I wondered what the picture would be like, but it was an exhibition game, but he pitched aggressively as he wanted and showed the maximum performance he could"I looked forward to his future performance.

Let the director hit you hard…5 candidates in the 3rd year. Now we have to show them
An exhibition game between SSG Landers and Hanwha Eagles at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 10th. SSG Song Young-jin is struggling. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.10/


This article was translated by Naver AI translator.