"I threw away my 10-win pitcher and brought him here, but he's got a good reputation for losing two games in a row." You have to shut it down. I think it's going to be like this a bone-chilling joke

Aug 20, 2025

'I threw away my 10-win pitcher and brought him here, but he's got a good reputation for losing two games in a row.' You have to shut it down. I think it's going to be like this a bone-chilling joke
Lotte's starting pitcher Velazquez is pitching hard in a game between Lotte and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 19th.Jamsil= Reporter's book@sportschosun.comm/2025.08.19/



'I threw away my 10-win pitcher and brought him here, but he's got a good reputation for losing two games in a row.' You have to shut it down. I think it's going to be like this a bone-chilling joke
A game between Lotte and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 19th, Velazquez, who overcame the crisis with two outs and runners on first and second bases in the bottom of the first inning, is making a high five with Ko Seung-min. Jamsil= Reporter's book@sportschosun.comm/2025.08.19/
'I threw away my 10-win pitcher and brought him here, but he's got a good reputation for losing two games in a row.' You have to shut it down. I think it's going to be like this a bone-chilling joke
The game between Lotte and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 19th, and Velazquez, who finished the inning in the bottom of the third inning, are worried about Yoo Kang-nam, who was hit by Moon Sung-joo's ball. Jamsil= Reporter's book@sportschosun.comm/2025.08.19/
Aren't we supposed to finish this?' I think it's going to be like this."

The joys and sorrows of the new foreign pitcher's showdown were divided. LG's Tolhurst became the winning pitcher with six scoreless innings, but Lotte's Velazquez became the losing pitcher with three runs in five innings. Lotte has lost nine games in a row.

Velazquez broke up with Davison, who won 10 games (five losses), and recruited him, and can be said to be Lotte's 'winner'.




However, he became a losing pitcher with six hits and five runs in three innings against Hanwha in Daejeon on the 13th, his first appearance, and then he also became a losing pitcher in his second appearance.

In particular, this time, LG also lost the pride match because it lost the showdown with Tolhurst, who kicked Hernandez out and recruited him to win the championship.

With the team losing eight consecutive games, I expected the ace to escape the losing streak, but the result was the opposite.




Nevertheless, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung gave a positive evaluation of Velazquez.

When asked for an evaluation of Velazquez's pitching prior to the game against LG on the 20th, Kim said, `There is a certain sense of stability.'

Davison won 10 games, but the reason he changed it was because of his poor stability. He was not confident and could not play long innings, so he judged that it would be difficult to trust and pitch in the important second half and postseason in the future.




'I threw away my 10-win pitcher and brought him here, but he's got a good reputation for losing two games in a row.' You have to shut it down. I think it's going to be like this a bone-chilling joke
A game between LG and Lotte at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Lotte's Na Seung-yeop, who is training to hit while manager Kim Tae-hyung is watching. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.20/
'I threw away my 10-win pitcher and brought him here, but he's got a good reputation for losing two games in a row.' You have to shut it down. I think it's going to be like this a bone-chilling joke
A game between LG and Lotte at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Manager Kim Tae-hyung is giving batting advice to Lotte's Jeon Min-jae. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.20/
'I threw away my 10-win pitcher and brought him here, but he's got a good reputation for losing two games in a row.' You have to shut it down. I think it's going to be like this a bone-chilling joke
A game between LG and Lotte at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Manager Kim Tae-hyung is watching the players' training. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.20/
Velazquez, on the other hand, lost two games, but showed stability compared to Davison.

Director Kim said "It's really bad, so I think it's because I tried to throw it perfectly," he said, pointing out that Lotte's recent lineup should also be taken into account.

Lotte's batters failed to score even a point in both games while Velazquez threw. I couldn't help Velazquez at all.

Director Kim said "(Belasquez) "What's wrong with you guys? You said you're No. 1 in hitting." Don't you have to shut it down? I think it's going to be like this," he said with a smile.

He jokingly expressed that the starting pitchers have no choice but to throw with a burden because the batting is not that good. Lotte has remained at the bottom of the team batting average among the 10 teams during the same period with a batting average of 211 in 10 games since the 7th, when it recently lost nine consecutive games. It came down to second place after LG, which had a team batting average of 270 percent for the season.

In order for Lotte to escape the losing streak and rebound, recovery of offense is the top priority.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.