Then, last year's 'Jeon Mir Nightmare' will be repeated... '3 consecutive throws → 2 consecutive throws → 2 consecutive innings' Jung Cheol-won tried to play multiple innings but eventually collapsed
Then, last year's 'Jeon Mir Nightmare' will be repeated... '3 consecutive throws → 2 consecutive throws → 2 consecutive innings' Jung Cheol-won tried to play multiple innings but eventually collapsed
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Jung Cheol-won (26) of the Lotte Giants, who was cruising with a 1-point ERA until his seventh appearance, eventually collapsed once.메이저사이트
Jung Cheol-won, who made his debut in the first division of the 2022 season, instantly secured a place in the Doosan Bears' must-win group with 4 wins, 3 losses, 3 saves, 23 holds, and an ERA of 3.10 in 72 ⅔ innings in 58 games that year. He was honored as the 2022 season's Rookie of the Year by setting a new record for the most holds in his debut season, and he also started the season in a must-win group position the following year.
It was a disappointing second year, however. In the second half of this season, he played as a closing pitcher and posted 7 wins, 6 losses, 13 saves and 11 holds in 67 games, 72 ⅔ innings, not bad on the surface, but he also expressed his anxiety, as his ERA rose to 3.96 and posted nine blon saves.
After playing the second-most innings among his team's bullpen for two years after his debut, Jung lost all of his strength in the 2024 season, which was his third year. He ended up with just 2-1 with six saves and one hold in 36 games, and had a career-low season with his ERA soaring to 6.40. The problem was his pitches, which were noticeably weaker. The number of strikeouts per nine innings increased, but the number of walks he gave also rose sharply, and his POPS rose from 0.675 to 0.919 the previous year.
In November last year, Chung became the star of Doosan`s massive trade with Lotte, marking a turning point in his career. In addition, he met with former coaches Kim Tae-hyung and Kim Sang-jin, hoping to find his past and become a source of hope for Lotte, which has a loose bullpen.
Chung answered the expectations. He pitched in a total of seven games through Saturday, taking charge of five ⅔ innings, recording an earned run average of 1.59 with four holds without losing or losing, and ranking first in the league's hold category alone. He continued to pitch salty water while effectively carrying the back door of Lotte, which had been torn down due to the departure of key bullpen resources such as Koo Seung-min and Choi Jun-yong.
However, he collapsed in his third consecutive pitching of this season. Jung took the mound as the seventh pitcher of his team, which was leading 9-7 in the top of the seventh inning against Doosan on Sunday.
Jeong Cheol-won, who gave consecutive walks to leadoff hitters Park Joon-young and Park Gye-beom in the seventh inning, escaped the crisis by diving and catching Kim In-tae's short ball to lead to a 1-5-6 double play. Since then, Jung Soo-bin's hit and Yang Eui-ji's at-bat have been on the verge of a full base again, but he took a breather by handling Yang Seok-hwan with a fly ball.
Park Joon-woo, Park Se-hyun, and Kim Won-joong were the only pitchers left in Lotte's bullpen. Jung also took the mound in the eighth inning. However, he had consecutive hits by leadoff hitters Kang Seung-ho and Kim Ki-yeon, and allowed an RBI double to Choo Jae-hyun, who he wore during his last trade, before going down the mound.
Park Joon-woo, who took over the mound from Jung Cheol-won, also did not finish the inning easily. Park Joon-woo, who filled the bases by giving up a walk to Kim Jae-hwan as soon as he came up, allowed the next batter, Park Gye-beom, to sweep a triple on the left-field line, and both Jung Cheol-won's two successors and Kim Jae-hwan homered.
Afterwards, the inning ended after Kim In-tae gave up one run and Park Se-hyun, a changed pitcher, allowed Yang Seok-hwan to throw a two-run shot, allowing a whopping seven runs. Lotte lost 12-15 to catch up with the gap.
Jung Cheol-won's official record for the game was four hits, two walks and three runs (three earned runs) in one inning. The batters succeeded in securing the hold by adding three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, but the season's ERA soared to 5.40.
Jung Cheol-won showed off his still pitching by spraying fastballs of up to 150km/h on the same day, but he ended up getting sick while trying to play his first multi-inning of the season. In addition, he has recorded the most consecutive games in the league this year, following three consecutive games (March 27, 28, 29) and two consecutive games (April 2nd and 3rd), and cannot be free from physical burden.
Similar things happened last year. The back door of Lotte was torn down at the beginning of the 2024 season due to the departure of its must-winners such as Koo Seung-min and Choi Jun-yong. Eventually, rookie Jeon Mir, who was a member of the Lotte must-win group, pitched in more and more games, and suffered a sharp decline in skills as the season approached the middle. Jeon Mir, who had not appeared in the second division since the removal of the first division entry in June, was put on the operating table in December last year.
Jeong Cheol-won is not the only pitcher showing signs of overload. Four out of five bullpen pitchers (Jeong Cheol-won, Kim Kang-hyun, Chung Hyun-soo, and Park Jin) who have played three consecutive games in the league this year are Lotte pitchers. Jung Cheol-won, Chung Hyun-soo, and Park Jin-hee have also pitched four times in two consecutive games, tying for first in the league along with Kim Seo-hyun of the Hanwha Eagles.
Meanwhile, Koo Seung-min and Choi Jun-yong, who were in the first division, are expected to return to the first division. Koo Seung-min, who was eliminated from the first division on April 27, took the mound once against the NC Dinos in the Futures League on Monday, and allowed two hits (one homer) and one run in one inning before going down the mound. Choi Jun-yong, who left early due to elbow ligament damage during spring camp, is still rehabilitating.