KBO's new history → Ponce to start management, changing the order of playing due to cold...Hanwha, it could be better. Why?

Aug 18, 2025

KBO's new history → Ponce to start management, changing the order of playing due to cold...Hanwha, it could be better. Why?
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 12th. Hanwha starter Ponce pitched seven scoreless innings. Ponce coming down the mound after pitching in the seventh inning. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.12/



KBO's new history → Ponce to start management, changing the order of playing due to cold...Hanwha, it could be better. Why?
The match between the Hanwha Eagles and the Samsung Lions at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 30th. Hanwha Ponce is pitching hard. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.30/
Hanwha Eagles' Cody Ponce (31) will take an additional rest.

Hanwha announced Ryan Weiss as the starting pitcher for the Doosan Bears at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 19th.

According to the rotation, it's time for Ponce to go out. Hanwha said on the 18th that it needs to adjust conditions due to Ponce's cold. Weiss will go out as the starting pitcher on the 19th."




Ponce has 15 wins, no losses and an ERA of 1.61 in 23 games this season. On the 12th, he recorded seven scoreless innings against the Lotte Giants in Daejeon, setting a record of 15 consecutive wins in the KBO League.

Ponce has been consistently showing good performance, but Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon said, `If I take the mound on Tuesday, I will not let him play on Sunday. After a four-day break, the pitching result was not good, so I thought it would be good to take a good rest and throw it," he said, expressing his intention of management. Ponce, who took the mound on the 12th, did not play on the 17th. Hwang Jun-seo came out as the starting pitcher against the Changwon NC Dinos on the 17th.

According to the rotation, he is scheduled to take the mound on the 19th, but the order with Weiss has changed due to conditioning.




Weiss left 13 wins, 3 losses and a 2.84 ERA this season, and also showed good performance against Doosan with two wins, no losses and a 1.23 ERA in two games.

KBO's new history → Ponce to start management, changing the order of playing due to cold...Hanwha, it could be better. Why?
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon on the 13th. Hanwha Weiss, who is pitching as a starter. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.13/
'Ace' does not come out in the first game of the week, but it's not a bad decision for Hanwha either. If Ponce takes the mound on the 19th, he needs another substitute starter against Daejeon SSG Landers on the 24th.

Currently, Hanwha's fifth starting position is also blank. Um Sang-baek came out in the first half and Hwang Jun-seo in the second half, but all of them did not meet expectations.




Kim Ki-joong came out as a substitute starter against NC on the 15th and showed not bad performance with six hits, two walks, three strikeouts and two runs in four innings, but was canceled from the entry the next day (16th).

If Ponce starts on Tuesday, he will have to continue his worries over the two starting positions, but once he changes the order, he puts out the urgent fire.

KBO's new history → Ponce to start management, changing the order of playing due to cold...Hanwha, it could be better. Why?
A game between the LG Twins and the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 6th. Doosan's Colerbin is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.06/
Meanwhile, Doosan foreshadowed Colerbin as its starting pitcher. Colervin went 7-9 with a 4.15 ERA in 21 games this season. He took the mound twice and lost two games against Hanwha, but pitched not bad with a 2.25 ERA in 12 innings.

Vince Velazquez (Lotte) and Anders Tolhurst (LG) will face off as starters for the Lotte and LG Twins games at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, while Ariel Furado (Samsung) and Riley Thompson (NC) will start with the Samsung Lions and NC at Changwon NC Park. SSG Landers and KT Wiz, who will play three consecutive games at Suwon KT Wiz Park, will have Kim Kwang-hyun (SSG) and Oh Won-seok (KT) as starters, while Kiwoom Heroes and KIA Tigers, who will play at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, have announced Park Joo-sung (Kium) and Adam Oler (KIA) as starters.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.