The 5th starter can't be like this. Throwing better than the 7 billion FA that left him, no-hit and no-hit candidates for the Rookie of the Year Award (SC Focus)

Apr 24, 2025

The 5th starter can't be like this. Throwing better than the 7 billion FA that left him, no-hit and no-hit candidates for the Rookie of the Year Award (SC Focus)
In the game between NC and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 23rd, LG Song Seung-ki, with two outs and runners on first base, is cheering for NC Park Han-gyeol in the top of the sixth inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.23/



The 5th starter can't be like this. Throwing better than the 7 billion FA that left him, no-hit and no-hit candidates for the Rookie of the Year Award (SC Focus)
In a game between NC and LG held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 23rd, LG starter Song Seung-ki is pitching hard. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.23/
The 5th starter can't be like this. Throwing better than the 7 billion FA that left him, no-hit and no-hit candidates for the Rookie of the Year Award (SC Focus)
A game between NC and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 23rd, and LG Song Seung-ki is heading to the dugout after pitching in the top of the fifth inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.23/
While attention is being paid to rookie pitchers this season who throw more than 150 kilometers of fastballs, the LG Twins' outstanding `second-hand rookie" came out. It is Song Seung-ki, LG's fifth starter.

He is a competitor for the Rookie of the Year award who meets the requirements for the Rookie of the Year award.

Song Seung-ki started in a home game against the NC Dinos in Jamsil on the 23rd, allowed only three walks without a hit in six innings, and pitched a scoreless game with seven strikeouts, leading his team to a 3-0 victory. Won his second win (one loss) of the season.




LG, which lost its first two consecutive games of the season by losing 5-6 after a close game the previous day, was in a situation of losing three consecutive games until this day, and it was true that the weight was low in the starting showdown with Song Seung-ki, who started five times, because the opponent was foreign first starter Logan Allen.

But when I opened the lid, the opposite situation unfolded. While Song Seung-ki completely blocked NC's batting line without a hit, Logan struggled with LG's batting line. It was frustrating that LG could not score.

Song Seung-ki, who struck out Seo Ho-cheol with a foul fly and Kim Hyung-joon with a walk and an error in the top of the second inning, gave up a walk in the fourth and sixth innings, but finished without a crisis of scoring rights.




He was better than most ace pitchers.

With Song Seung-ki's no-hit pitching, the LG lineup barely scored the first run with Park Dong-won's infield grounder in the bottom of the fifth inning to create a winning pitcher requirement. And Kim Hyun-soo's two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning led 3-0 to increase the probability of winning. Since then, Park Myung-geun and Kim Jin-sung and Jang Hyun-sik have blocked one inning each, winning 3-0.

The 5th starter can't be like this. Throwing better than the 7 billion FA that left him, no-hit and no-hit candidates for the Rookie of the Year Award (SC Focus)
In the game between NC and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 23rd, LG Song Seung-ki, with two outs and runners on first base, is cheering for NC Park Han-gyeol in the top of the sixth inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.23/
The 5th starter can't be like this. Throwing better than the 7 billion FA that left him, no-hit and no-hit candidates for the Rookie of the Year Award (SC Focus)
In a game between NC and LG held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 23rd, LG starter Song Seung-ki is pitching hard. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.23/
The 5th starter can't be like this. Throwing better than the 7 billion FA that left him, no-hit and no-hit candidates for the Rookie of the Year Award (SC Focus)
In the game between NC and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 23rd, pitching coach Kim Kwang-sam is on the mound and talking as LG Song Seung-ki faces a crisis with two outs and a first base in the top of the sixth inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.23/
If you look at Song Seung-ki's performance, he doesn't look like a fifth starter. The ERA is 2.51, showing the record of issuing most first lines. He has recorded three quality starts in five games. The only defeat on the day he took the mound was the match against Samsung (4 runs in 4 ⅔ innings, 3 to 6 losses) on the 17th, just before he could not withstand 5 innings. LG won all four other games. With the fifth starter holding out so well, it's a game worth trying.

There will be no choice but to talk about the Rookie of the Year. Outstanding rookies this season have come out and are throwing well, and Song Seung-ki, a 'secondary rookie' is also close enough to give his business card.

Song Seung-ki, who joined the team in 2021 and is now in his fifth year, pitched nine ⅓ innings until last year to meet the requirements for the Rookie of the Year (within 5 years of joining and within 30 innings for pitchers).

LG produced a total of six rookies, including Kim Gun-woo (1986), Lee Yong-cheol (1988), Kim Dong-soo (1990), Ryu Ji-hyun (1994), Lee Byung-kyu (1997), and Jung Woo-young (2019). However, all of them were rookie winners of the same year, and they never produced a second-hand rookie award.

If Song Seung-ki continues to take the mound for the rest of the season and performs well, there is a possibility that he will become the first LG player to be named the Rookie of the Year. Will Song Seung-ki, who is filling the vacancy of Choi Won-tae, who left for FA, be able to win the trophy over Naero's rookie candidates. I'm curious about the move of the powerhouse of last year's Futures League Triple Crown.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.