The team is chasing the first place by two wins and six losses. It is urgent to go, but the team will play nine consecutive games with six starting players. I'm waiting for my time again

Apr 30, 2025

The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 25th. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop is in thought. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.25/

The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and LG held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 11th. Choi Chae-heung of LG is pitching. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.11/

Coen Win training as an invited player at Arizona camp in February. Photo courtesy = LG Twins

Lost, lost, lost, lost. This is the latest move by the LG Twins. With 18 wins and 4 losses, there is no longer a confident No. 1 ranking in the six-game gap. It has narrowed down to two games with second-place Samsung.

If the losing streak gets longer, it's only a matter of time before it catches up.

The mound is not as strong as it was in the beginning, and the batting is generally in a slump. In the match against the Hanwha Eagles in Daejeon on the 29th, starter Song Seung-ki allowed three runs in five innings, followed by Park Myung-geun, Kim Jin-sung and Kim Kang-ryul, who blocked well without allowing a run, but the batters scored only two points. Austin's two-run homer was all about scoring.

LG will play nine consecutive games in such a crisis situation, and manager Yeom Kyung-yeop seems to put a short-term replacement foreign pitcher on one substitute starter to spare a total of six starting pitchers.

LG, which started its three consecutive games against Hanwha on the 29th, will hold three consecutive home games against SSG Landers in Jamsil from May 2 and three away games against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil from the 5th, Children's Day.

Coach Yeom revealed the starting rotation of the nine consecutive games before the match against Hanwha on the 29th. Manager Yeom said, `Our starting pitchers take four days off this time and don't throw anything. Everyone will take a five-day break and let him throw it."

If the rotation of five starters goes to Song Seung-gi (29th), Chirinos (30th), Son Joo-young (1st), substitute starter (2nd), Lim Chan-kyu (3rd), Song Seung-gi (4th), Chirinos (5th), Son Ju-young (6th) and substitute starter (7th). As many as four pitchers will take a four-day break to start the game.

So manager Yeom has already announced that Choi Chae-heung and Coen Win, a short-term substitute foreign player, will take the mound in this nine-game series and put them in between to give existing starting pitchers time to rest.

The KBO League SSG and LG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 18th. LG Chirinos, who is pitching as a starter. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.18/

The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 25th. LG Son Joo-young is pitching hard. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.25/

The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 27th. LG Lim Chan-kyu is pitching hard. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.27/

First of all, Coen Win will increase the number of pitches by building up his sense of practice in the Futures League game against the Lotte Giants in Icheon on the 30th. "Coen Win is going to throw about 50 pitches," Yeom said. If Coen Win takes the mound in the Futures League on the 30th, he will not be able to take the mound against SSG on the 2nd. There is a calculation that Choi Chae-heung will throw as a starter in that position. And if the starting pitchers take a five-day break, one other starting pitcher will have to enter the match against SSG on the 4th. That is when Koen Win will start the game. In other words, he throws about 50 pitches on the 30th and starts after three days of rest. The pitching on the 30th can be seen as a concept of bullpen pitching. After that, Song Seung-ki, Chirinos Son Joo-young will take the mound one after another in three consecutive games against Doosan on the 5th. If there is a rain forecast on the 1st and there is actually a cancellation of rain, the rotation plan is likely to be restructured. The biggest theme of the nine-game rotation is not to overdo it.

Even though he is being chased by Samsung, Hanwha, and Lotte, manager Yeom makes adjustments to make sure that he does not overdo the starting pitchers as much as possible because he is looking at the season for a long time. In fact, LG's current biggest problem is hitting. With two wins and six losses in the last 10 days, LG's team batting average is in a severe slump of 199.

During this period, Austin Dean is batting .333 (10 hits in 30 at-bats), while all other main players are in a slump. He is suffering from an incredible slump in the early part of the season.

Director Yeom said, `There is a cycle in hitting"I'm waiting for the hitters to improve again." Of course, each player makes an effort to reduce the slump period. Everyone has a slump when they play the season, and the better the player, the more they have their own routines and know-how to reduce the period. But you can't get out of the slump in just a few days. A certain amount of time is needed, and manager Yeom waits for the next time without overdoing the mound so that he doesn't get tired while waiting for that time.

LG has now played 30 games. There are 114 more games left. I have to be in the hot summer when it is physically difficult. To do this, it is essential to arrange the physical strength of the main players and to manage injuries. Coach Yeom and LG are once again realizing how negative the main player's injury is for the team due to the injury of Eliaser Hernandez. In particular, since LG is highly dependent on the main players, it is essential to take care of the main players. Coach Yeom is watching a longer season than a few games in front of him due to his immediate slump.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.