“KIA is very good, KT is the most stable”…The “2024 Forecast of the Situation” of Yum Geolliang

LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop, who achieved his wish as a “winning coach,” is expected to compete fiercely with KT Wiz and KIA Tigers in the integrated victory process in 2024. The closing pitcher Ko Woo-seok’s unexpected entry into the Major League caused a bleeding, but he expressed confidence that he could challenge for the top of the KBO League again this year.

“In terms of power, KT is the most stable this season,” manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said in an interview after the LG Twins’ New Year’s greeting ceremony held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 4th. “KT is the most stable player in this season. KIA also has very good power. So far, these two teams are looking good until the start of the (regular league).”

“I think our players’ confidence will overcome the burden. It’s about time, and we had such an experience last year,” he said. “Go Woo-suk is out, but we can start the 2024 season in a stronger condition than the 2023 season.”

Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop released LG’s victory in the 2023 season. Under the leadership of manager Yeom, LG went straight to the Korean Series, ranking first in the pennant race with 86 wins, 56 losses and two draws, and a winning percentage of 0.606.

It was LG’s first win in the regular season in 29 years since the 1994 season that sparked the boom in baseball. It also took 21 years for LG to stage the Korean Series since the runner-up in the 2002 season. 온라인카지노사이트

At the Korean Series against KT, ranking second in the regular season, LG had four wins and one loss overall, as well as grabbed the trophy. At the top of the KBO League for the first time in 29 years, LG has completed its “V3” by ending the long dark ages.

Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop was not welcomed by fans when he took the helm of LG in November 2022. It was a time when his leadership career was slowing down due to poor performance at the SK Wyverns (currently SSG Landers) in the 2020 season and voluntary resignation due to poor health.

However, manager Yeom Kyung-yeop relieved the concern by giving the LG Twins the title that he chose to win. Early in the 2023 season, he overcame disadvantages of key pitching players such as Ko Woo-suk and Oh Ji-hwan by making broad use of backup players.

Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop’s decision also shone in the Korean Series. Adam Plutko, the ace who had 11 wins and one loss with a 2.21 ERA in 17 games in the first half, boldly ruled out Adam Plutko from running the postseason as he showed that he would not be able to take the mound for the rest of the season due to his physical condition after the start of the second half.

Plutko also played in the 2022 season, the first year of the KBO league, with 15 wins and five losses and an earned run average of 2.39, but failed to play his part in the postseason. Plutko did not take the mound for nearly a month, complaining of gallbladder disease at the end of the season. Plutko himself insisted on playing in the fall baseball immediately without physical examination.

In the second playoff game against the Kiwoom Heroes, Plutko was crushed by eight hits and six runs (four earned) in the first ⅔. Even after winning the first playoff, LG failed to advance to the Korean Series as it lost the second, third and fourth playoff games amid the Plutko butterfly effect.

Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop has decided to exclude Plutko from the roster during the camp period compared to the Korean Series. Instead, he has overcome challenges during the Korean Series by maximizing the utilization of solid bullpen sessions, which is his team’s strength. As Cha Myung-seok, general manager of the LG Twins, said, however, “The victory that passed was yesterday’s snow.” Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop is also concentrating on preparing for the 2024 season, saying, “The happiness of winning the championship is over now.”

KT, which is expected to compete with LG for the 2024 season title, is a team that is expected to advance to the postseason this year without difficulties unless its main players are injured. Although the closing pitcher Kim Jae-yoon transferred to the Samsung Lions as an FA, his strengths include a clear winning group leading to Son Dong-hyun and Park Young-hyun, and a stable starting rotation such as William Cuevas, Ko Young-pyo, Wes Benjamin and Um Sang-baek.

KIA failed to advance to the post season by ranking sixth last year amid a series of injuries suffered by its main players, but its strength is its bullpen, which harmonizes the structure and structure of its batters. Analysts say that if only newly recruited foreign pitchers play their part, they can seek to leap to the top ranks.

Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said that the key to the NC Dinos’ playoff run last year by ranking fourth in the regular season is how to fill the void left by MVP Eric Peddy. Peddy dominated the KBO League last year with 30 games, 20 wins and six losses, 2.00 ERA, 209 strikeouts and 21 quality starts. He made a splendid comeback to the Major League after achieving multiple wins, ERA, and strikeout triple crown.

Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop said, “NC thinks that Peddy’s departure to the U.S. is 50% of his power. Peddy played a role in breaking the team’s losing streak and continuing its winning streak, which is amazing.”

Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said, “The key to LG’s 2024 season performance is the development of existing key players rather than the growth of promising players. On the fielders’ side, if “winning captain” Oh Ji-hwan, veterans Kim Hyun-soo, Park Hae-min, Park Dong-won and mound players Lim Chan-kyu and Ham Deok-joo give more strength, young players will be nurtured smoothly.

Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop said, “The biggest step this year is to develop existing players. Fostering is important, but more importantly, if Oh Ji-hwan, Park Hae-min, Kim Hyun-soo, Park Dong-won and Lim Chan-kyu develop further, development will naturally take place.”

“The biggest focus of this season is baseball and ‘Thinking Baseball,'” he said. “Since last year, I have emphasized this to my players. My goal is to make sure four routines for each player are clear: games, training, rest and preparation for spring camp. Some players take the first step now, while others make about 70 percent of the routines. Oh Ji-hwan and Kim Hyun-soo are not perfect yet, and I think this season will be a season to fill in 20-30 percent of what they are lacking.”