Участник:SSG rookies Song Youngjin and Lee Ro Woon are growing silently

Even if you're one step away from the Rookie of the Year competition...SSG rookies Song Youngjin and Lee Ro Woon are growing silently

SSG suffered a series of injuries to starting pitchers early this season. Foreign pitcher Annie Romero failed to make the opening entry due to an off-season injury, and "native ace" Kim Kwang-hyun was out of power due to inflammation in his left shoulder in two games. At that time, Song Young-jin (19), a high school graduate, appeared like a comet in the SSG starting lineup.

Song Young-jin, who had made a strong impression on SSG coach Kim Won-hyung since the spring camp, entered the opening entry as a relief pitcher from the rookie season. He took the mound after the ace, who collapsed with five runs in three innings against Hanwha in Daejeon on April 8, when Kim Kwang-hyun felt shoulder pain, and blocked three scoreless innings without hitting. SSG's batters repaid the ambitious rookie's pitch with hot scoring support, and SSG came from behind to win 7-5.

Instead of Kim Kwang-hyun, who took 10 days off due to injury, he took the mound as an "alternative starter" against Incheon NC on the 14th of the same month and led his team to a 2-1 victory with five innings, no hits, seven strikeouts, and no runs. Song Young-jin took the mound a total of five times, including three starts in the opening month, and led the team's rise with two wins and a 1.93 ERA. The average fastball speed is in the mid-140km range, which is not very fast, but he overpowered his opponents one by one with a messy ball end and a hard mentality that is not his age.

Song Young-jin, however, began to falter due to poor control in May. After recording one win, one loss, and an 11.81 ERA in three games he started in May, he eventually went down to the second division and is undergoing adjustment.

Head coach Kim expected Song Young-jin to play a role in the first division in the second half. Head coach Kim also had Song Young-jin in mind as one of the candidates to fill the starting rotation gap created by underhand pitcher Park Jong-hoon's recent descent to the second division. Head coach Kim, who met at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 23rd, said, "It is rising little by little in the second division, and I pitched live here yesterday (22nd) because I wanted to see the ball thrown in person."

Among the SSG high school graduates who are growing silently is Lee Ro-woon (19). Lee Ro-woon, who joined the opening entry with Song Young-jin, has been doing his part as a first-tier bullpen except for 10 days from May 2 to 11. Lee Ro-woon is not the team's must-win group this season, but he has 3 wins and 5 holds of an ERA of 6.69 in 32 games with the heavyness of the fast ball in the late 140km/h. Although there is a deviation in performance, head coach Kim, along with Noh Kyung-eun, Choi Min-joon, and Lee Gun-wook, is sending Lee Ro-woon unchanged as a right-handed bullpen agent.

The two are clearly one step away from the Rookie of the Year race, where Moon Dong-joo (Hanwha) took the lead, but they are having a smooth rookie season at their own pace. 먹튀검증