Foreigners throw super precipitation on the 4th turn...I can never give up on the 5th round of the 1G round

Aug 14, 2025

Foreigners throw super precipitation on the 4th turn...I can never give up on the 5th round of the 1G round
NC-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 1st. NC starter Riley is praising catcher Kim Hyung-joon's ball mix. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.1/



Foreigners throw super precipitation on the 4th turn...I can never give up on the 5th round of the 1G round
In the first game of a doubleheader between NC and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 11th, NC starter Logan is pitching hard. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.11/
"Now real foreign pitchers are thinking of a four-day turn."

NC Dinos coach Lee Ho-joon predicted an all-out war in August. As of the 14th, NC ranks seventh with 49 wins, 6 draws, and 49 losses in the season. It is only one game away from the fifth-ranked KIA Tigers. It is also 2.5 games behind the fourth-place SSG Landers. This shows how fierce the fight for the semifinals is this year. This is also the reason why NC can't give up on the 5th round at present.

Here, one super-stronger thrown by head coach Lee is the four-day rest rotation of the foreigners' one-two punch. In the absence of stable five starters throughout the season, there is no choice but to put more calculated starters in order to build more wins.




NC's foreign one-two punch Riley Thompson and Logan Allen are very stable on the mound. Riley is 13-5 in 22 games, 130 innings, 3.53 ERA, and Logan is 6-9 in 23 games, 132 innings, and 3.68 ERA. Shin Min-hyuk, who had the most outstanding performance among domestic starters, recorded 96 ⅔ innings and an ERA of 5.03. This is why NC's dependence on foreign pitchers is bound to increase.

Coach Lee mentioned the possibility of a change in the starting rotation when the match against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil was canceled due to rain on the 13th. Riley, who was a starting pitcher on the 13th, will start against Doosan in Jamsil on the 14th.

Director Lee said there could be some changes. (Shin) Min-hyuk may go back one more day, and now he is thinking of real foreign pitchers on the 4th. Now Riley has gone into the four-day turn. Naturally, today (13th) was canceled one day, and we are going back to the 5th turn. Logan also has a five-day turn if he gets one more behind, but he hasn't decided (the rotation change) yet", he explained.




Riley and Logan agreed to take a four-day rest.

Foreigners throw super precipitation on the 4th turn...I can never give up on the 5th round of the 1G round
The NC-Doosan match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 12th. NC manager Lee Ho-joon is watching the game. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.12/
Coach Lee said, `I think we need to calculate this a little bit whether Logan should go in after four days of turning or take another day off and go in after five days of turning. (Before the start of the second half) it was already talked about with foreign players, and it was also talked about with the training part. In the first half of the year, I played a few four-day turns, and the result was good. So I'm thinking of this way. The U.S. players didn't feel too much pressure because they played four days in the U.S.

NC moved thinking August was a game changer. Of course, not everything goes according to plan, but we need to take as many wins as possible to continue our hopes of the 5th round.




Director Lee said, `I saw August as the game. The matchup in the second half of the year was caught by KIA, KT, Kiwoom, and Lotte, and KT and Kiwoom again. We had good opponents against KT and Kiwoom, so I thought I should overdo it then, but I failed. So I decided not to do that calculation. 'This is the game.' Calculating like this makes me feel urgent. As a result, a week was difficult, and after putting all the pitchers in, I learned one thing because it was hard"I'll just play one game in the right direction."





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.