When it's really important, I'll upload it. As manager Kim Tae-hyung said, the fastball returned after taking the mound at second base. Lotte's bullpen has become stronger

May 25, 2025

When it's really important, I'll upload it. As manager Kim Tae-hyung said, the fastball returned after taking the mound at second base. Lotte's bullpen has become stronger
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Lotte Choi Jun-yong is pitching hard. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.24/



When it's really important, I'll upload it. As manager Kim Tae-hyung said, the fastball returned after taking the mound at second base. Lotte's bullpen has become stronger
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Lotte Choi Jun-yong is catching his breath. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.24/
When it's really important, I'll upload it. As manager Kim Tae-hyung said, the fastball returned after taking the mound at second base. Lotte's bullpen has become stronger
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Lotte Choi Jun-yong is pitching hard. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.24/
"It's great to be back."

The more pitchers there are, the better. In particular, it is true that bullpen pitchers are truly multi-faceted.

That's how manager Kim Tae-hyung feels about Lotte Giants' Choi Jun-yong. Being back healthy regardless of throwing well and bad itself is a great help to Lotte's bullpen. If the number of must-win pitchers increases by one, it can be easier to run the game. Lotte is throwing Jung Chul-won, Kim Sang-soo, Chung Hyun-soo, and Song Jae-young as a must-win group, with Choi Jun-yong joining the team, allowing more aggressive bullpen operations as more pitchers can be put in depending on the situation.




Besides, he's throwing well.

Choi Jun-yong, who had been active in Lotte's must-win group, came to the first team only on the 17th after being diagnosed with micro-damage to his right elbow ligament during spring camp in February.

As soon as the call-up was made on the 17th, he took the mound in the top of the sixth inning with a 7-6 lead in the second doubleheader against the Samsung Lions, allowing no hits and no runs in one inning and winning the hold. On the 18th of the next day, he caught only one out count and recorded two hits, one walk, and two runs, creating an up-and-down appearance.




However, Choi Jun-yong, who took the mound in the top of the 10th inning of extra time, when the score was 7-7 against the Busan LG Twins on the 21st, showed a stable performance by allowing no hits, walking, and striking out two innings, and became the top contributor to the victory by saving the team from the crisis against the Hanwha Eagles in Daejeon on the 24th.

When it's really important, I'll upload it. As manager Kim Tae-hyung said, the fastball returned after taking the mound at second base. Lotte's bullpen has become stronger
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 21st. Lotte Choi Jun-yong is pitching. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.21/
When it's really important, I'll upload it. As manager Kim Tae-hyung said, the fastball returned after taking the mound at second base. Lotte's bullpen has become stronger
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 21st. Lotte's Choi Jun-yong, who blocked 11 innings without losing a point. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.21/
When it's really important, I'll upload it. As manager Kim Tae-hyung said, the fastball returned after taking the mound at second base. Lotte's bullpen has become stronger
KBO League Lotte and LG match held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 21st. Lotte Choi Jun-yong is pitching. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.05.21/
After trailing 3-6 to make it 6-6 by scoring three runs in the top of the seventh inning, Choi Jun-yong took the mound and prevented the crisis when Jung Hyun-soo allowed Moon Hyun-bin to double to left-center after one out in the bottom of the seventh inning. The first opponent, No. 4, was handled with a ground ball in front of the shortstop with a 149km fastball, and No. 5 Kim In-hwan made a full count by scoring two strikes after throwing three balls in a row, and struck out swinging with a fastball of 149km with six pitches.

Choi Jun-yong, who also reached the bottom of the eighth inning, caught Kim Tae-yeon on a fly to center field, allowed Choi In-ho to walk after a full count match, and was replaced by Jeong Cheol-won.




Lotte then blocked Jung Chul-won in the eighth inning, Kim Won-joong blocked the ninth and 10th innings, and Son Ho-young hit a two-run timely hit in the top of the 10th inning to make an 8-6 come-from-behind victory.

Lotte regained second place with the victory on the day and narrowed it down to two games with No. 1 LG.

When asked about Choi Jun-yong's pitching in the game on the 21st ahead of the LG match on the 22nd, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `It is a great help to the team's power, regardless of whether Choi Jun-yong came back or not"If possible, I try to throw it when there is no runner, but I think I should throw it even when there is a runner when it is really important because I am a pitcher with strikeout ability. " And in the match against Hanwha on the 24th, he raised Choi Jun-yong in a really important crisis moment, and Choi gave the team a chance to win with pitching that met expectations.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.