160km/h light speed sidearm, now running with my brother's number...Will the energy of "ERA 0" continue
160km/h light speed sidearm, now running with my brother's number...Will the energy of "ERA 0" continue
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Kim Seo-hyun of Hanwha Eagles changed his jersey number. It is the number his brother used and the number he used in the national team.메이저사이트
The Hanwha Eagles revealed the number of players for the 2025 season on Sunday. Kim Seo-hyun, who used No. 54 in the last season, will play with No. 44 starting this year.
Last season, Kim Seo-hyun played in 37 games, recording one win, two losses and a 3.76 ERA with 10 holds. He only played in seven games in the first half, but started as a must-winner in the second half with full support from manager Kim Kyung-moon.
His ball control, which he held back last season, also improved slightly. Kim Seo-hyun's walk-per-nine-inning ratio (BB/9) in 2024 was very high at 9.27. It decreased to 7.51 this year. In the Futures League, he had five walks and BB/9 3.00 during 15 innings.
His pitching speed remained excellent. According to Statistics Korea, Kim posted an average of 150.2 kilometers per hour during the 2024 season. He is also tied for second with Moon Dong-ju (15.2 kilometers per hour) among pitchers who threw more than 25 innings, and tied for first with native pitchers if limited to native pitchers. (SSG Landers Drew Anderson 151.0 kilometers per hour)
Ryu Joong-il's powerful pitching capability caught the eye of Ryu Joong-il, and he was named to the 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12 national team. Kim Seo-hyun displayed perfect pitching during the first inning by recording the maximum speed of 155 km/h in an exhibition match against Cuba. "He is a great player. If a fastball and a breaking ball are installed, he is the best pitcher," Ryu praised the team.
Kim continued his performance in the Premier 12 finals. Kim Seo-hyun pitched in four games and recorded three hits, three walks and four strikeouts in four innings. Starting with one hit and one walk in one inning against Taiwan, he allowed one hit and two strikeouts in 0.2 innings against Japan, one hit and one walk in 1.1 innings against the Dominican Republic, and one strikeout in one inning against Australia.
Kim Seo-hyun wore the uniform number 44 for the national team. The number 44 was the number that his brother Kim Ji-hyun wore in SSG. Kim Ji-hyun, who graduated from Sorae High School and Inha University, wore the SSG uniform as a nurturing player in 2024. He played one game in the Futures League and was notified of his release after the end of the season.
"I didn't even tell my brother. I only told my mom that I will hang it 44 times," Kim Seo-hyun said in Hanwha Eagles' official YouTube channel "Eagles TV."
Kim Seo-hyun now has his brother's uniform number and the number that he had fond memories of playing for the national team. He boasted his speed of over 160km/h during his baseball career, but he had a hard time being blocked by the wall of a professional baseball team. Will he be able to break his shell in 2025 as he gets the energy from his new uniform number.