"ERA 4.88" Um Sang-baek's pledge, "Change-up ups and downs this year...Reset it. Good pitching."

"ERA 4.88" Um Sang-baek's pledge, "Change-up ups and downs this year...Reset it. Good pitching."

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Right-handed pitcher Um Sang-baek (28), who is treated warmly and wears a Hanwha Eagles uniform, will enter the "changeup correction" this winter.

Um Sang-baek, who became a free agent (FA) after the end of the 2024 season, moved to Hanwha on the 8th for a total of 7.8 billion won for four years. Hanwha quickly dominated him, who was the biggest among the stove league pitchers.

It is true that he was the biggest fish as a starting pitcher in the FA market, but Um's performance was not exceptional. After finishing his military service, he returned to his then KT Wiz team in 2021, and was given the opportunity to start for three years on a regular basis. However, he ended up with 13 wins and 10 losses and a 4.88 ERA this year. He lost a lot of points to be called an ace player.

Hanwha does not want Um to be the first starter immediately. It first expects him to keep his starting rotation with Ryu Hyun-jin and Moon Dong-ju in good health. The club also judged that Um's 2024 ERA, which is higher than that of 2022 (2.95) and 2023 (3.63), also has room for recovery.

However, improving his ERA is not his priority. "My first goal is to achieve good results next year so that my team can go to fall baseball," he told this newspaper over the phone. "I don't care about my individual performance, but just think about ways to contribute to my team's victory. I will not prioritize starting wins or ERA."

Hanwha expects Um Sang-baek, who took charge of 156 and 2/3 innings this year, to continue pitching starting next year. "I want to become a better pitcher every year," Um said. "The team gave me a good contract. I want to perform better than expected over the past four years so that my team and I can feel that we have won-win. My goal for next year is to play more than 160 innings."

In order to achieve his goal, he needs to improve his changeup, said Um. His fastball speed is fast enough to record 144 kilometers per hour in 2023 and 142.9 kilometers per hour in 2022 (based on statistics). Um used changeup in a similar proportion to increase his fastball power. His changeup usage rate stood at 35.7 percent this year, similar to that of his fastball (35.8 percent). 카지노사이트

The problem is the power of changeups. The batting average of pitches soared from 0.259 last year to 0.361 this year, and the batting average of pitches soared from 0.375 to 0.629. "We had ups and downs in our changeups this year. We will renew our pitching during the winter season," Eom said. "We had a lot of long balls in our changeups, and if we supplement those parts, we will be able to make better pitches next year."