A year of rehabilitation, 150km straight awayLee Eui-ri, but why did you only throw 58 pitches? What's the problem?

Jul 10, 2025

A year of rehabilitation, 150km straight awayLee Eui-ri, but why did you only throw 58 pitches? What's the problem?
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"I was about to get blisters on my fingers..."

KIA Tigers' Lee Eui-ri played his last practical mock test to return to the first team. However, he originally planned to pitch 75 pitches, but he threw only 58 pitches and finished the game. Was there a problem.

Lee Eui-ri, who underwent elbow surgery last year and worked hard on rehabilitation for more than a year. He played in the Futures match against the NC Dinos at Masan Stadium in Changwon on the 9th and made his final real inspection. Ahead of Lee Eui-ri's appearance, KIA manager Lee Bum-ho said, `We are going to throw 75 pitches from the mound and 15 pitches from the bullpen to fill 90 pitches.'




Lee Eui-ri pitched four hits, one walk, seven strikeouts and no runs in three innings against NC. The maximum speed of his fastball was 150 kilometers. However, he did not come to the mound in the fourth inning.

Coach Lee, who met ahead of the final game of the first half against the Hanwha Eagles at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 10th, said, "Lee threw 58 pitches. I heard you were going to get a little blister on your finger. So I stopped pitching "I saw the pitching video in person and he threw it well. His form was good, too. Since he shot 150 kilometers in the second-tier game, he predicted that he would have more speed in the first-tier game."

A year of rehabilitation, 150km straight awayLee Eui-ri, but why did you only throw 58 pitches? What's the problem?
Sportschosun DB
After yesterday's actual match, the starting pitcher of the four consecutive games against NC was virtually confirmed in the second half. During the All-Star break, he will check his condition with bullpen pitching and play a long-awaited return match. However, since he failed to raise the number of pitches in the NC Futures game on the 9th, he will match the number of pitches around 70 in his first appearance. Manager Lee said, `I think it would be good to throw about 3 to 4 innings. Finger blisters are not a big problem, but they can happen again, so I think it will be of great help to our team in the second half of the year if you say you will maintain the mid-to-late 140km range", he explained.




A year of rehabilitation, 150km straight awayLee Eui-ri, but why did you only throw 58 pitches? What's the problem?
Sportschosun DB
With Lee Eui-ri joining, the starting rotation will also be adjusted. There is no sixth starter. I'm going to go as the fifth starter. It is highly likely to be reorganized into Yang Hyun-jong, Kim Do-hyun and Lee Eui-ri, two foreign pitchers, Nail and Oller. Although coach Lee did not directly mention it, chances are high that Yoon Young-chul, who suffered ups and downs in the first half, will wait in the role of the 'plus 1' concept for now.

Meanwhile, Oler, who complained of a slight abnormality in his elbow at the end of the first half, is unlikely to be able to come forward right away with the opening of the second half. Director Lee believes that the promotion may be delayed a little. You have to pitch once and check, and I think it would be better to throw when foreign pitchers are confident because they are sensitive about their feelings or things like this. First of all, we will decide on the starting rotation through a meeting at the All-Star break."





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.