Son Joo-young will be selected for the opening game next year in the first round of the dream of Yumnyang, and Son Joo-young Kim Young-woo in the second round, wouldn't LG be stronger?

Mar 09, 2025

The KBO League KT Wiz and LG Twins exhibition game held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 8th. LG Kim Young-woo is pitching hard. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.08/

"I also imagine that LG will become a much stronger team if it's left-handed Son Joo-young and right-handed Kim Young-woo in about three years."

LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop's second starting project has already begun. Rookie Kim Young-woo is the main character. Now, he is in the spotlight as a temporary closing candidate, but manager Yeom sees it as a talent who can lead LG as a starting pitcher after gaining experience in the bullpen.

Yeom's first selection project is Son Joo-young. He started as a fifth starter last year and became one of the pillars of LG's selection. He pitched 144 ⅔ innings in 28 games (27 starts) last year, recording 9 wins, 10 losses and a 3.79 ERA with one hold. He became LG's left-handed ace at once, ranking 8th overall in ERA and 2nd in Korea.

He became a fixed starter as a fourth starter this season, but he will start as the second pitcher in order. He will play in the second game of the opening two consecutive games against the Lotte Giants on March 23 at Jamsil. The pitcher rotation that manager Yeom and pitching coaches made in consideration of the game schedule and the pitchers' opponents' records. It also means that head coach Yeom is trying to raise Son Joo-young as an ace. Coach Yeom said, `If I continue to show good performance this season, I want to make Son Joo-young as the starting player for the opening game next yearIt also revealed its plan ".

The last time LG's domestic pitcher started the opening game was when Cha Woo-chan came out in Jamsil's opening match against the Doosan Bears on May 5th. Before that, it was Kim Sun-woo in 2014. Since 2010, there have been only two starts for domestic pitchers in the opening game.

LG Son Joo-young is pitching hard in a practice game between LG and Samsung at Akama Stadium in Okinawa, Japan, on the 1st. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.03.01/

Coach Yeom saw Kim Young-woo, who came into Son Joo-young this time, and wanted to raise him as a starter.

Kim Young-woo will play as a bullpen pitcher this season. Coach Yeom guaranteed him an entry for the opening game early on. As he is a highly likely pitcher, he hoped to grow by experiencing it in the first team.

Manager Yeom said he will wait as a closing pitcher in the exhibition game as well, saying, `I think it will be helpful for me to use it as a closing pitcher like this, so I'm going to give him some press until the season comes. If you have that experience, you can go into the season and use it as a winning team, and you will become a player who will challenge for the Rookie of the Year in our team. "He is a player who has a lot of strengths. I think it'll be okay to have a good experience in the middle of this year, be a middle pitcher until next year, and start in the third year."

Manager Yeom said "He is a good pitcher to throw as a starter because he has a good Mecanic. Then, I imagine that LG will become a much stronger team if it is selected as left-handed Son Joo-young and right-handed Kim Young-woo.

Kim Young-woo saw both the joy of his save and the bitterness of his defeat in two practice games in Japan. In the opening game of the exhibition game against KT Wiz in Suwon on the 8th, he took the mound in the bottom of the eighth inning, trailing 1-5, and allowed no hits, one walk, and one strikeout.

By striking out the first batter, Chun Sung-ho, with a fork ball, he increased the possibility of the real game of the fork ball, which is being practiced as a decision ball.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.