KIA's fate-traded trade, but I can't believe I got a home run from the first game
Jul 30, 2025
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The KIA Tigers made a trade with their fate this season. It is called a preliminary FA, but it sent national outfielder Choi Won-joon to the NC Dinos. Lee Woo-sung and infield multiplayer Hong Jong-pyo, who are capable of 30%, have also left.
There was only one reason. It was to bring in a pitcher. In the second half of the year, Jung Hae-young and Cho Sang-woo showed signs of bullpen collapse due to sluggish performance, so he urgently transfused blood.
We're at war, and there's no team that's going to give us good resources to use right now. He matched the cards with Kim Si-hoon and Han Jae-seung, who were excluded from the NC 1st team plan. Kim Si-hoon, a former first-place name, has plenty of experience in the first team, and Han Jae-seung has noted that he can throw more than 150 kilometers of fastballs.
Kim Si-hoon was the key. All-weather pitchers who had 11 holds for the 2022 season and 12 holds for the 2023 season. According to the theory, he is a player who can win a must-win group right away.
But there was a fatal problem. In his early debut days, he threw more than 150 kilometers of fastballs. But as the years went by, the restraint began to fall. If I was sick or had a problem, I would rather have been cured. I just need to solve the problem. But it didn't hurt either. Even to dismiss it as a balance problem, there was enough time to correct it.
Pitchers don't live only by restraint, but it's certainly right that the fast ball is advantageous. And if the ball is not fast, you should have excellent ball control, breaking ball skills, and game management. Like Lim Chan-kyu of LG Twins. Lim Chan-kyu also made a name for himself as a fireballer when he was young, but he couldn't speed up at some point and chose to change to live. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the best in the league in the current game management.
As soon as Kim Si-hoon transferred, he was put into the bullpen against the Doosan Bears on the 29th. In any case, any player who was traded needed to make a clear impression in the first game. But it made an impression on the bad side. A home run. Kim Jae-hwan allowed a two-run shot.
The maximum speed of his fastball on the day was 142 kilometers. It didn't seem easy to exceed 140 kilometers. After the home run, there was only a breaking ball to throw. He stopped one inning, but no one could deny that the ball was too flat to work in the first team.
As mentioned above, Kia's trade can be evaluated as a success if Kim Si-hoon does well. What will happen to KIA and Kim Si-hoon's fate.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
