Good. That's it. When the amount of salt is good, take it out and nurture it. For the second consecutive day of the rookie of the 157-kilometer fastball promotion to the must-win group, the hold

Aug 21, 2025

Good. That's it. When the amount of salt is good, take it out and nurture it. For the second consecutive day of the rookie of the 157-kilometer fastball promotion to the must-win group, the hold
The game between LG and Lotte at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. LG Kim Young-woo pitches on the mound in the eighth inning. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.20/



Good. That's it. When the amount of salt is good, take it out and nurture it. For the second consecutive day of the rookie of the 157-kilometer fastball promotion to the must-win group, the hold
The game between LG and Lotte at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. LG Kim Young-woo pitches on the mound in the eighth inning. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.20/
Good. That's it. When the amount of salt is good, take it out and nurture it. For the second consecutive day of the rookie of the 157-kilometer fastball promotion to the must-win group, the hold
Lotte and LG won the game 5-2 at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 19th. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop is welcoming the players. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.19/
Kim Young-woo, a high school graduate in the first round of the LG Twins, is a must-win team raised by the LG bullpen this year. Kim Young-woo threw a fastball of 156km in high school, drawing attention as a pitcher to lead LG's future since his nomination, and has grown by playing in the first team until the regular season, starting with the closing camp, Arizona camp, and exhibition games.

Kim Young-woo, who was mentioned as a temporary closing candidate at the beginning of the season due to Jang Hyun-sik's injury during the Arizona camp, has experienced various trials and errors in the first team as he has been in the chasing group throughout this season, tasting all the wins, losses, holds and saves.

In the second half of the year, the sense of stability increased as the slider was firmly installed, and as Jang Hyun-sik was sluggish in August, Kim Young-woo rose to the must-win group and threw when he led with Kim Jin-sung. Kim Young-woo, who became the third pitcher after Tolhurst Kim Jin-sung in the top of the eighth inning with a 3-0 lead against Lotte on the 19th, struck out Yoo Kang-nam, who had three hits previously, and made both Park Chan-hyung and Jeon Min-jae fly to center field to end the game with three outs. Hold with one strikeout and no run in one inning. There were only 13 pitches.




He also took the mound in a hold situation against Lotte on the 20th. Kim Young-woo took the mound in the top of the eighth inning after turning the game around 4-3 with Austin's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning. However, he gave up a straight walk to No. 4 Reyes, his first opponent. Immediately, pitching coach Kim Kwang-sam came up, stabilized, and came down, and Kim Jin-sung began to warm up in the bullpen.

Kim Yoo-young, who played against Yoo Kang-nam while paying attention to pinch runner Jang Doo-sung's stolen base, then made one out by catching a fly to right field with a 145km slider.

Kim Young-woo, who played against left-handed Roh Jin-hyuk as a pinch-hitter at Kim Min-sung's at-bat, made 2B2S with Roh Jin-hyuk's swing and miss on the fourth pitch in 2B1S, but Jang Doo-sung attempted to steal second base, and the ball fell back and handed over the second base without even trying to win. He applied for a video review to see if it was a foul after being hit by Roh Jin-hyuk's bat, but the result was recognized as a swing, not a foul, so the play continued with one out and second base. Now it's a tie with one hit.




However, Kim Young-woo escaped the crisis by striking out Roh Jin-hyuk with a 142-kilometer slider.

Good. That's it. When the amount of salt is good, take it out and nurture it. For the second consecutive day of the rookie of the 157-kilometer fastball promotion to the must-win group, the hold
LG Kim Young-woo is pitching hard in a game between Lotte and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 19th. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.19/
Good. That's it. When the amount of salt is good, take it out and nurture it. For the second consecutive day of the rookie of the 157-kilometer fastball promotion to the must-win group, the hold
LG Kim Young-woo is pitching hard in a game between Lotte and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 19th. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.19/
Good. That's it. When the amount of salt is good, take it out and nurture it. For the second consecutive day of the rookie of the 157-kilometer fastball promotion to the must-win group, the hold
Kim Young-woo and Park Dong-won, who finished the inning in the top of the eighth inning, are talking at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 19th. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.19/
When Na Seung-yeop settled down at bat, pitching coach Kim Kwang-sam came out once again. This means that they will replace it. Finishing Yoo Young-chan was immediately put in.

Yoo Young-chan struck out Na Seung-yeop with a swing and miss to finish the top of the eighth inning.




Kim Young-woo picked up his third hold of the season with a hold for the first two consecutive days with one walk and one strikeout in ⅔ innings.

Here, we could get a glimpse of director Yeom Kyung-yeop's detailed raising of Kim Young-woo's must-win group.

First, when he gave up the leadoff batter's walk, he warmed up veteran Kim Jin-sung to prepare for the crisis. When Yoo Kang-nam was blocked, Roh Jin-hyuk also played. When Roh struck out Roh Jin-hyuk after being on the verge of second base due to stolen bases, he put in the finishing touches so that he could go down from the mound with a good memory of escaping the crisis.

Of course, I was able to leave it to the match against Na Seung-yeop, asking him to overcome it. However, if the result is not good and the tie is allowed, if he makes a blon save shortly after he became a must-win group, his confidence will inevitably fall, which will inevitably make it difficult for LG to operate the bullpen in the second half of the year.

It was important for Kim Young-woo to be able to throw with confidence even in difficult moments, and as he struck out Noh Jin-hyuk, he was able to grow one step and come down as a must-win group.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.