There are three 155km light-speed spheres a day...Lotte in the third round is different every day. Winnow + Rebuilding at the same time

Jun 28, 2025

There are three 155km light-speed spheres a day...Lotte in the third round is different every day. Winnow Rebuilding at the same time
After a game between Samsung and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 22nd, Lotte Yoon Sung-bin is heading to the dugout after pitching in the top of the seventh inning. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.22/



There are three 155km light-speed spheres a day...Lotte in the third round is different every day. Winnow Rebuilding at the same time
Lotte Hong Min-ki pitching at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 27th. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.27/
There are three 155km light-speed spheres a day...Lotte in the third round is different every day. Winnow Rebuilding at the same time
Lee Min-seok smiles at the game between Samsung and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 20th. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.20/
There were three pitchers a day who threw a 'light speedball' of 155km or more. This is why there is hope even in the midst of a difficult game in the injured ward.

Lotte Giants came from behind to lose 8-11 against KT Wiz in Busan on the 27th. It was an 8-3 lead until the fourth inning, but the bullpen, which I believed, shook and suffered an upset loss.

Although starter Lee Min-seok was shaken by five runs due to repeated infield errors until the third inning, the quick replacement in the stance of dragging the starting pitcher for a long time contained the will to win.




However, in his own victory plan, which led to Hong Min-ki, Kim Kang-hyun, Jung Hyun-soo, and Choi Jun-yong, Choi unexpectedly collapsed greatly and allowed a come-from-behind defeat.

Still, Lotte saw hope for the future by using all of its fastball pitchers.

Starting Lee Min-seok, Hong Min-ki, and Yoon Sung-bin, who took the mound in the ninth inning, all showed off their fastballs over 155km in the game. Choi Jun-yong also used a fastball of up to 153km.




Since taking office, head coach Kim Tae-hyung has been taking a step closer to rebuilding than winning the championship. Last year and this year, he has been using a wide range of players to thicken his depth.

In particular, he suffered repeated injuries this season even though he rose to the third place from the beginning of the season. Yoon Go-na Hwang-son, who was the mainstay of the team's batting lineup last year, all suffered injuries, and four others except Ko Seung-min went down to the rehabilitation team.

There are three 155km light-speed spheres a day...Lotte in the third round is different every day. Winnow Rebuilding at the same time
Lotte and KT held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 27th. Lotte's Choi Jun-yong, who allowed a turnaround in the seventh inning. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.27/
Still, Jeon Joon-woo and Reyes led the team throughout the season by playing their part in the central lineup without major injuries, and they watched the possibility by using infielder Jeon Min-jae, outfielder Jang Doo-sung-Kim Dong-hyuk, and rookie Park Jae-yeop-Han Seung-hyun in the first team.




Pitchers are also using a large number of promising players such as Chung Hyun-soo, Song Jae-young, Kim Kang-hyun, Park Jin, Hong Min-ki, and Yoon Sung-bin, while stabilizing the starting lineup around Park Se-woong and Davidson at the beginning of the season and Gamboa Na Gyunan after the middle. From manager Kim Tae-hyung's point of view, Lotte had many prospects, but it also means that the depth of the first-team squad was that thin.

In particular, pitchers such as Hong Min-ki and Yoon Sung-bin, who were rarely seen in the first division, are active in starting and using them as bullpens, drawing a little bit of potential.

Coach Kim Tae-hyung is dreaming of a plan to maintain the top three until the All-Star break and then leap to the lead in the second half of the year. Will Lotte be able to achieve its long-awaited autumn baseball in eight years.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.