Is he the same person? 5 points for 2 consecutive years → 0 points, how has he changed this much
May 21, 2025
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SSG Landers held a final score of 5-3 against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 20th. It won three games in a row. On this day, SSG posted Jeon Young-joon as a substitute starter. Jeon Young-joon, who has been on the first team for the first time in three years since 2022, has more than half of his success with three runs in four ⅓ innings, and his joy doubled as he won against foreign starter Jack Rogue.
There was a crisis. SSG, which was leading 4-0 by scoring early points, allowed four and five consecutive runs. After giving up the first score with a ground ball RBI in the bottom of the fourth inning with one out and runners on the first and third bases, the gap narrowed sharply as Jeon Young-joon allowed a two-run home run to Yang Eui-ji in the bottom of the fifth inning.
The first choice on the SSG bench was left-hander Park Si-hoo. It was a choice aimed at left-handed hitter Kim Jae-hwan, but he allowed a hit. And he gave up the second base steal and struck out Yang Seok-hwan swinging. However, when Oh Myung-jin received an infield hit, the bench moved again.
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Lee Rowoon, who continued his pitching in the sixth inning, handled Choo Jae-hyun and Park Gye-beom with consecutive strikeouts, and Jung Soo-bin, who had a good batting sense on the day, handled it neatly with a fly to left field, perfecting his role as an intermediate pitcher with no hits, three strikeouts and no runs in one ⅓. It was a pitch that poured cold water on Doosan's atmosphere that began to heat up.
This is Lee Woon who has definitely changed this season. Lee Rowoon, who joined SSG as a high school graduate rookie in 2023, is the fifth overall pick in the first round of the rookie draft. It was so likely that he was nominated in the top order along with prominent classmates such as Hanwha Kim Seo-hyun and KIA Yoon Young-chul.
In fact, it was in the third year of the first team full-time as luck followed the team's situation at the time, but in fact, the past two years have been as worrying as the possibility. For the second consecutive year, he has a five-point ERA and an up-and-down ball control and pitching results. It was hard to say that it was a clear victory.
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Above all, I regained my confidence. Lee Rowoon, who has been somewhat daunted by repeated bad results, has consistently performed well since this year's exhibition games, recording a record of 2 wins, 1 loss and 6 holds with an ERA of 0.79 in 23 games so far. Among the entire bullpen pitchers in the league who threw 20 innings, he ranks second in the lowest ERA after Hanwha Kim Seo-hyun (0.75).
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Director Lee Soo-yong said, "Lowoon put me through so much trouble last year"It felt like I was testing it, even though I joked about it. The reason I kept using it even though I was criticized was because I drew a picture for this year. In the end, I thought that friends like Lee Woon and Han Doo-sol would become solid only when they got better. Ro Woon was scolded, trained stronger, excluded from the entry, and gave shock therapy. Last year, I sent him down to the second team and made him train hard for his lower body. Fortunately, I worked hard to see if the player felt anything, and those parts are coming out as achievements. As a director, thank you very much."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
