There's a 157-kilometer fastball, but it's a full count and a slider game. Kim Young-woo's card has been created for his efforts to coach Kim Kwang-sam, a high school graduate rookie who has grown up in Pilseungjo

Aug 22, 2025

There's a 157-kilometer fastball, but it's a full count and a slider game. Kim Young-woo's card has been created for his efforts to coach Kim Kwang-sam, a high school graduate rookie who has grown up in Pilseungjo
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/



There's a 157-kilometer fastball, but it's a full count and a slider game. Kim Young-woo's card has been created for his efforts to coach Kim Kwang-sam, a high school graduate rookie who has grown up in Pilseungjo
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/
There's a 157-kilometer fastball, but it's a full count and a slider game. Kim Young-woo's card has been created for his efforts to coach Kim Kwang-sam, a high school graduate rookie who has grown up in Pilseungjo
A game between the LG Twins and the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 13th. Coach Kim Kwang-sam is watching LG Kim Young-woo's practice pitching. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.13/
"Growing up is not easy without the coach's efforts."

The LG Twins are having a successful season this year as well. Song Seung-ki, the fifth starter, has already won nine games even though it is his first starting rotation, and Koo Bon-hyuk, a major defense agent, has now grown into a main player. And this season's first-round rookie Kim Young-woo steadily pitched in the first division, rising to the must-win group.

On the 19th, he caught the top of the eighth inning with a 3-0 lead against Lotte with three outs, and on the 20th, he took the mound in the top of the eighth inning with a 4-3 lead and scored one walk and no runs in ⅔ innings to win the hold for two consecutive days.




While setup man Jang Hyun-sik has been sluggish in August, Kim Young-woo has newly joined the must-win group, providing a new boost to LG's bullpen. Kim Young-woo has a good record of 1 win, 2 losses, 1 save, 3 holds, and a 2.22 ERA in 49 games this season.

Among LG bullpen pitchers, he took the second-most appearances after Kim Jin-sung, who took the mound in 64 games.

LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop praised pitching coach Kim Kwang-sam greatly as Kim Young-woo steadily grew in the first team and rose to the must-win group. Coach Yeom said "Coach Kim Kwang-sam played the biggest role in improving (Kim) Young-woo" and "What I want to praise the most is that he made a good slider."




There's a 157-kilometer fastball, but it's a full count and a slider game. Kim Young-woo's card has been created for his efforts to coach Kim Kwang-sam, a high school graduate rookie who has grown up in Pilseungjo
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/
There's a 157-kilometer fastball, but it's a full count and a slider game. Kim Young-woo's card has been created for his efforts to coach Kim Kwang-sam, a high school graduate rookie who has grown up in Pilseungjo
A game between the Doosan Bears and the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on the 25th. LG Kim Young-woo is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.25/
There's a 157-kilometer fastball, but it's a full count and a slider game. Kim Young-woo's card has been created for his efforts to coach Kim Kwang-sam, a high school graduate rookie who has grown up in Pilseungjo
A match between the Samsung Lions and the LG Twins at Daegu Lions Park on the 4th. LG Kim Young-woo is pitching hard. Daegu=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.04/
Recently, Kim Young-woo's main weapon is sliders. At the beginning of the season, folk balls were used as the crystal ball, but from the end of the first half, the slider was changed to the main weapon instead of the fork ball, which was still poor in completion, which led to a much more stable pitching.

Manager Yeom said, `The slider is controlled and the completeness is increased, so it becomes good pitchingHe also threw a slider at the full count (Park Chan-hyung at-bat) on the 19th and caught it with a mistake. Being able to throw a slider in that situation means that you are confident in your slider control. It's a part that can be highly appreciated in Young-woo's pitching, and coach Kim Kwang-sam taught me this.

Coach Yeom said, `After the game, I set the schedule for an hour and kept the basic skill program from the spring camp to the present. No matter how much I say it, I don't think it's without the coach's efforts to grow a player in the end. Coach Kim's hard work created a card called Kim Young-woo"The coach should take special time. There is a big difference between playing alone and playing one-on-one with a coach."




Coach Yeom said, `It's the same for hitting. The coaches are all helping young players and players in slumps for an hour before and after the game"Coach Mo Chang-min had a lot of trouble when hitters were in bad shape in May and June, but I think there was a reversal in the second half by holding out and waiting with one mind and trying hard."





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.