It was the biggest fish for an FA pitcher…It's already too early to evaluate the "failed work" because the 3G was defeated less than 5 times
It was the biggest fish for an FA pitcher…It's already too early to evaluate the "failed work" because the 3G was defeated less than 5 times
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Eom Sang-baek (29), a transferring pitcher of the Hanwha Eagles in the Korean pro baseball league, has lost three consecutive games. He failed to pass the fifth inning, which was regrettable.
In the home game against the Kiwoom Heroes of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on Sunday, Um was substituted early on after allowing five hits, three walks, four strikeouts and three runs in three innings. The Hanwha Eagles lost 2-6, and Um also lost in his third game of this season. It was his third loss. His ERA also rose from 5.87 to 6.75.
It wasn't so good from the start of the first inning, perhaps because of bad weather that rained even before the game. He sent out No. 1 hitter Song Sung-moon with a straight walk to the first base, and struck out Yasiel Puig with a swing and miss, but allowed Choi to walk again. He handled Kim Woong-bin with a catcher's foul fly with runners on the first and second bases with one out, but allowed Park Joo-hong to take the first run after hitting an RBI timely hit to the left field. As the slightly eaten ball became a hit that fell in front of the left field, his luck didn't follow.
He allowed one more run in the second inning. After striking out Jeon Tae-hyun with a slider, he had two outs with a fly ball to right field, but lost another point after Kim Tae-jin had a double to center on the right and Song Sung-moon had an RBI double to directly hit Monster Wall on the right side of 8 meters. Both doubles were hit by fastballs.
Crisis continued in the third inning. He allowed Choi Joo-hwan to get on base with a walk after a game of seven pitches, and Kim Woong-bin's missed ground ball in front of the pitcher became an infield hit. After handling Park Chu-hong with a fly ball to the left field, he struck out Lim Byung-wook and Jeon Tae-hyun with back-to-back swing and miss by using change-up as his main weapon to end the inning. He passed the third inning without losing a point, but threw 31 pitches to slow down. His ball power and control were not sharp enough to cause him to suffer six foul cuts even after he caught the two strike.
At the end of the third inning, the number of pitches reached 71, and eventually he could not endure the fourth inning. In the fourth inning, he was hit by a second fastball by leadoff hitter Kim Gun-hee and hit a double to the left-center, and went down from the crisis of second base with no outs. Eom Sang-baek's run was added as relief pitcher Lee Sang-kyu was hit by Kim Tae-jin and Song Sung-moon, respectively, right-handed hits.
With a total of 73 pitches, he threw 46 strikes and 27 balls. He threw changeups (31), curves (7), and cutters (6), as well as fastballs (29) with a maximum speed of 148 kilometers per hour and an average of 144 kilometers per hour. Although he gained speed compared to the previous game, he was heavily targeted at fastballs, and his overall control was not very good.
Um Sang-baek started the game against LG in Jamsil on April 26, his first appearance of the season, by allowing six hits (one homer) with two walks, one strikeout and two runs in four ⅔ innings. After allowing five hits, three walks, three strikeouts and three runs in three innings against Samsung in Daegu on Wednesday, he went down below the fifth inning in three consecutive games until the game against Kiwoom on the same day. The number of runs lost in all three games did not collapse to less than three points, but he failed to lead long innings due to increased number of pitches. He tends to give points to players who can take long innings, but in Hanwha, the timing of replacement is rather quick.
Regardless of the reason, his record of three losses and 6.75 ERA in three games does not match his record of 7.8 billion won (6.37 million U.S. dollars) as a pitcher for four years last winter. He struck out 12 during 10 ⅔ innings, but is regrettable that he gave up eight walks. The number of 6.8 walks per nine innings is a sharp increase compared to last year's (2.4) as well as his career (3.6).
Some say it is an FA failure, but it is still in the early days of the season 스포츠토토. Um Sang-baek also had a bad start to the season at KT last year. He lost all three of his first games, and failed to pass two or five innings. He lost 11 runs and an earned run average of 8.25. However, starting with his first win in the fourth game, he stabilized afterwards with 12 wins and 6 losses and 4.61 ERA in 24 games (134 ⅔ innings). He pitched so well that only two of his 24 games failed to pass the fifth inning.
Of course, he has shifted his team this year unlike last year, and as a high-priced free agent contractor, he has mounting pressure to meet his high expectations. As he had high expectations, his pitches in the first three games are disappointing. There is no excuse, but there are many seasons left. Starting with his fourth game, Um Sang-baek must also find a clue to rebound.