The best starter is Ahn Woojin?Pedi? 'QS Master' Ko Young-pyo's attitude toward underestimating

The public's view of the league's best starting pitcher this season is a little mixed, but it is certain that two players are mentioned as the most likely candidates. Ahn Woo-jin (Kiem), who was the best pitcher in the KBO League last year, and Eric Pedi (NC), who is showing his power as a starting pitcher in the Major League.

As of the 1st, Pedi has thrown 103⅓ innings in 17 games of the season, recording 14 wins, 2 losses, and a 1.74 ERA. He has already won against all teams, and at the current pace, he can challenge 20 wins. Ahn Woo-jin recorded 7 wins, 6 losses and a 2.31 ERA in 19 games. Although he has a slightly lower number of wins and ERA than Feddy, he is appealing with more innings (121 innings) and more strikeouts (146). Overall team contribution is second only to Pedi.

What the two players have in common is that they are refreshing. Its strength is power pitching that opens people's hearts. Ahn Woo-jin boasts the fastest ball among KBO League starting pitchers. The main weapon is a powerful four-seam fastball in the late 150km/h range and a command-good slider. Pedi also threw a fast ball in the mid-150km range, and recently became a hit with a major league trend, Sweeper. In other words, they are the two players who have all the elements that can catch people's eyes.

However, there are other players who have recorded more quality starts (more than six innings and less than three earned runs) than the two players. Pedi's quality start ratio is 70.6% and Ahn Woo-jin is 68.4%. If the range is narrowed down to quality start plus (more than seven innings and less than three earned runs), Ahn Woo-jin will be 42.1% and Pedi will be 23.5%. This is also an excellent figure, but it is not up to Ko Young-pyo (32 kt).

Ko Young-pyo, one of the league's best starting pitchers and close to the national team's ace, threw 118⅔ innings in 19 games this year, recording 9 wins, 5 losses, and a 2.50 ERA. What is surprising is the quality start ratio. He recorded 15 quality starts (83.3%) in 18 starts. And 13 of them (72.2%) were Quality Start Plus. Except for Ko Young-pyo, no pitcher in the league has achieved more than nine quality start plus innings.

Ko Young-pyo's characteristic is that he can easily eat six and seven innings as he gets more momentum if he goes over well at the beginning of the game. It is a horror object for the opposing team's players and fans. I know but I can't play. However, Ko Young-pyo's impression of Korea tends to be undervalued than Ahn Woo-jin or Pedi. Perhaps Ko Young-pyo has something to do with not being a fireballer. When simply looking at the game, you may feel that the overwhelming taste is less than that of Ahn Woo-jin or Pedi.

Fast balls and powerful breaking balls in the mid-150km range are also a tool to produce "results" in the end. And the tools for the results vary from player to player. For Ko Young-pyo, who has an overwhelming quality start ratio, it may not be pleasant to have some underestimation that follows just because the ball is slow.

When asked, "Have you ever felt undervalued due to slow arrest?" Ko Young-pyo also honestly confessed, "I always listen to it." "People's evaluation is not an area where I can be involved. "I humbly accept that you evaluate like that," he said. "The more I do, the more I have to consistently pitch like this." It also stimulates. Right now, if you throw a fast ball, you will receive an evaluation that will increase compared to your performance. "I'm slow in ball speed and get such an evaluation because I'm a sidearm pitcher, but anyway, what I have to do is prove it," he stressed.

So Ko Young-pyo brought up the word "challenge" even though he was at the top. Ko Young-pyo said, "There is an area I want to challenge as a player," and vowed to continue to make such achievements in the future. That's why I take care of my body more thoroughly. Usually, there is a view that side-type pitchers cannot start long runs. This is because injuries to the waist, knees, and pelvis are frequent. Ko Young-pyo also knows this well. That's why I think I'm going to break through head-on. 스포츠토토

Ko Young-pyo said, "After two to three years of experience, fatigue builds up in the mobility of the hip joint and narrows (the rotation range), and the power transmission does not work well." I thought these would be obstacles to me, he said. "So I thought maintaining the range of joints a little more than weight training was a part that I could run for a long time as a pitcher." I'm also worried about the training part, and they care a lot about it. I followed along and the performance came out. "I will acknowledge my age to some extent and go," he said. The "stimulus" of evaluation may rather be a fuel for Ko Young-pyo to run long.