The World Baseball Classic (WBC), which will be held in March, has a pitch limit. Up to 65 in the first round, 80 in the quarterfinals, and 95 thereafter. If a pitcher throws more than 30 pitches, he must take a day off, and if he throws more than 50 pitches, he must rest for four days.  

National team coach Lee Kang-cheol predicted the destruction of the mound position. It is also contemplating an operation in which young pitchers block the front and put veteran pitchers such as Yang Hyeon-jong and Kim Gwang-hyun in the game. In fact, only 10 pitchers who performed the starting mission for the 2022 season were selected. The professional finishing pitchers are Ko Woo-seok (LG Twins), Kim Won-joong (Lotte Giants), and Lee Yong-chan (NC Dinos). The setup man is Jung Woo-young (LG) and Jung Cheol-won (Doosan Bears). Relatively few relief pitchers. 

Episodes 7-9 have a lot of pressure. It is dangerous to leave it to a young pitcher who is not accustomed to relief pitching. Joon Sohn (KT Wiz) Eui-Ri Lee (KIA Tigers) each had a hard experience as a relief in the 2020 playoffs and 2022 wild card match. 

In the second half of the game, there is a high possibility that a league closer or setup man will come out. Attention is focusing on how director Lee Kang-cheol will make the order. 

As for the pitch, the 2022 season save king (42) Ko Woo-seok is the best. However, if you keep an eye on the peculiarities identified in the national team selection list, there is a possibility that it will be operated in a different order than expected. 

In the 2022 season, 2nd place (33 saves) Kim Jae-yoon (KT) and 3rd place (32 saves) Jeong Hae-young KIA were not selected for the national team. Lee Yong-chan (22) and Kim Won-joong (17), who had far fewer records, were selected instead. Kim Won-joong’s ERA (3.98) is also rather high. 

Coach Kang-Cheol Lee noted that the main weapon of the two pitchers was the forkball. He predicted that it would be effective against non-Asian hitters. Lee Yong-chan recorded a forkball usage rate of 47.2% in the 2022 season, and Kim Won-joong recorded 46.6%. 

Coach Lee Kang-cheol is as wary of his first game, Australia as he is of his ‘enemies’ Japan. As a result of analyzing the swing trajectories of opponent hitters, it was predicted that pitchers who are good at breaking balls that fall from the top to the bottom, such as curveballs and forkballs, will demonstrate their power. On the premise that the difference in pitch is not large, the degree of completeness of the main weapon was used as the evaluation criterion. Of course, the same was true for the selection of starting pitchers.  파라오카지노

Head coach Lee Kang-chul said to his national team players, “Please take responsibility and build a good body.” In the end, the individual condition at the time of the imminent competition will be the most important criterion in determining the position and number. What if the conditions are similar? It’s hard to say who will be the closer. Ko Woo-seok uses a slider that attracts attention from MLB scouts. Keeping an eye on the competitiveness of the national team’s pitchers’ main weapons is also expected to arouse interest in baseball fans.