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| Ponce, who pitched seven scoreless innings at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 20th, is delighted. Daejeon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025..4.20/ |
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| KT-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 15th. Starting pitcher Ko Young-pyo is throwing a changeup. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.15/ |
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| The LG-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd. Lim Chan-kyu, who handled Rojas with a double play in the bottom of the third inning with no outs and runners on the first and second bases, is cheering. Suwon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.3/ |
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Which team will be the strongest this season.
In the early days of the opening, the LG Twins won seven consecutive games with a powerful starting lineup. A month later, he still has a formidable record of 18 wins and 5 losses, and the basis of this performance is a strong starting lineup.
There is a starter who performs better than LG. It is KT Wiz. More quality starts and a lower ERA. In addition, Hanwha, which has been on the rise after washing up its initial slump, has also won seven consecutive games and risen to second place with strong starting power.
KT is the team's No. 1 ERA as of the 21st.
He has a 2.18 ERA in 23 games. Emmanuel de Heysus (1.01), William Cuevas (3.52) - Ko Young-pyo (1.65), So Hyung-jun (1.44) - Oh Won-seok (3.38) have a stable rotation. It is comfortable to manage the mound as three players have an ERA in the one-point range. The number of quality starts is also the highest at 16. In particular, the team's ERA has been only 1.37 in the last two weeks. That's how strong the starting lineup is.
But there is no luck in winning. The starters are only eight wins and four losses in total. This is due to the weak lineup with a team batting average of 244 and an average of 3.7 points.
LG is less than in the beginning, but still maintains its No. 1 position with a good starting lineup. LG, which had a 2.71 ERA in 11 games in the first two weeks, deteriorated to 3.23 in 12 games in the next two weeks.
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| LG starter Chirinos coming down the mound after pitching in the first inning. |
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| The match between SSG Landers and Hanwha Eagles at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 17th. Hanwha Ryu Hyun-jin is pitching hard. Incheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.17/ |
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| The NC-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 9th. Starting pitcher KT Heyesus is pitching. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.9/ |
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The first starter Chirinos has started quality in all five games with four wins, no losses, and a 1.69 ERA, while the Korean ace Lim Chan-kyu is also a winning pitcher in all four games with a 1.30 ERA. Son Joo-young is 3-1 with a 3.81 ERA, and Song Seung-ki, who entered as a starter for the first time since his debut, is also pitching a stable pitching of 1-1 with a 3.18 ERA in four games. The problem is the future. Eliaser Hernandez was out for about six weeks due to a thigh injury after a six-inning no-hitter. In preparation for the Asian quarter, they decided to fill the vacancy by recruiting Coen Win, who trained together as an invited player during the spring camp, as a short-term replacement, but the absence of Hernandez itself is regrettable.
Hanwha is rushing up. Hanwha, which has been evaluated as a good starter since before the season, is stabilizing the starting lineup as the batting lineup explodes. In the first two weeks, Hanwha's starters ranked seventh with a 4.48 ERA in 13 games. However, he posted an ERA of 2.91 in 12 games over the next two weeks, ranking second after KT (1.37). For two weeks, the starting team was able to play as many as 10 wins and 1 loss in starting baseball.
Ace Ryu Hyun-jin (2 wins, 2.54) and Cody Ponce (4 wins, 2.31) and Ryan Weiss (2 wins, 1 loss, 4.91), who were sluggish in the beginning, are leading the strong starting lineup. In addition, Moon Dong-ju (2-1, 3.68) is gradually adding stability. All of them have won starting games in the last seven consecutive wins, but it was the first time in 24 years that Hanwha has won seven consecutive starts.
LG, which was strong in the early stages but met a reef due to Hernandez's injury, KT, which has shown steady performance since the opening, and Hanwha, which is getting stronger. Which team will be recognized as the strongest starting team.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
