The Main Phenomenon Of Life Reversal
The batter with a career batting average of 212 has stood out as the league's top bullpen with a one-run average 1.96 in his fourth year as a pitcher. For Joo Hyun-sang 31, who used to be an ordinary infielder, changing his position to a pitcher is truly a stroke of God, a life-changing turnaround.
Hanwha was able to finish last in four years, except for the main phenomenon. He played 59 ⅔ innings in 55 games this season, spending his career high season with two wins, two losses, 12 holds, an ERA of 1.96 strikeouts and 45 WHIPs of 0.84. LG's Ham Deok-ju 1.62 and Joo Hyun-sang have only one earned run average among 105 pitchers who threw more than 50 innings.
Joo Hyun-sang said, “It's a new feeling because I've never had an ERA in the one-point range. “It's a record that I couldn't think of even when I was a pitcher for the first time,” he said. “There were times when it was bad at the beginning of the season, but going back to the beginning and abandoning my greed seems to have been a stepping stone to a good performance. He said, “I followed a lot of luck and prepared hard, so I got good results.”
The start of the season was not good. On April 2, he went down to the second division after three games, giving up a walk to push a walk in the ninth inning against Kiwoom in Gocheok. He returned to the first division in mid-May, but he had to go down after three games again. It was the first time since 2021, when he became a first-team pitcher, not once but twice. He could have been frustrated by repeated sluggishness, but he did not give up and reorganized.
In the Futures team, the main phenomenon focused on increasing the extension and putting strength on the tip of the ball. After returning to the first division on June 15, he became a completely different pitcher with 13 consecutive scoreless innings. He pitched well for five consecutive months in June 0.00, July 0.930, August 2.84, September 2.03, and October 0.00, lowering his ERA to one point. He has become a must-win group and bullpen ace that is indispensable to the team.
Joo Hyun-sang said, “I had a lot of walks at the beginning of the season. The game went on for a long time because I was too greedy to catch the batter perfectly. “After coming back to the first team, I tried to throw my ball away from the result and enter a quick game,” he explained. Average fastball speed is also on the rise every year for 2021 141.9 km, 2022 143.2 km and this year 144.km . He showed off his ball power by shooting a maximum speed of 151 kilometers several times.
Joo Hyun-sang said, “My arm speed is maintained well because I threw a lot of balls.” In his fourth year of pitching conversion, he has become a pitcher's arm, and his ball speed is increasing. As his fastball power got better, he developed to a level where he overwhelmed his opponent with his fastball and slider two-pitch. The main phenomenon, which reduced the proportion of changeups, said, “I throw a lot of sliders regardless of left and right hitters. “I think batters are having a hard time because there is also a cutter success,” he said.
The main phenomenon was not originally a pitcher. After going through Cheonggo High School and Dong-A University, he was nominated as an infielder by Hanwha with the 64th overall ranking in the second and seventh rounds in 2015. In recognition of his stable third base defense, he played 103 games in the first division in his first year of debut. When he was in a hurry, he also wore a catcher mask twice, making headlines. However, the following year, the proportion decreased due to 15 games, and he was away for a while due to military enlistment. In the meantime, a prominent prospect named Noh Si-hwan joined Hanwha's third base, and Joo Hyun-sang's position in the team, who returned in August 2019, also narrowed.
At that time, he put down his bat and took the mound at the recommendation of pitching coach Jung Min-tae, who noticed Joo Hyun-sang's strong shoulders. Coach Jung Min-tae, a current SPOTV commentator, said, “When I threw from third base to first base, the flying ball was fast and powerful. I thought that if it was that fast, I would be able to do it even if I was a pitcher, I could do it. “As a fielder, I could have been in a situation where I had to quit because of my competitiveness was low,” he recalled. Joo Hyun-sang had a weak bat with a batting average of 212 47 hits in 222 times at bat and 12 RBIs in 118 games in the first division.
Pitcher Joo Hyun-sang, who appeared in the first division from 2021 after trimming as a pitcher in the Futures League in his first year of 2020, has been reborn as a main bullpen by throwing 40 games and more than 50 innings for three consecutive years. Joo Hyun-sang laughed, saying, “I'm glad I became a pitcher,” and then said, “Coach Jung Min-tae said, 'I'd like to be a pitcher' even before going to the military.” These days, I still greet you whenever you come to commentate,” he said, thank you.
Although he did not see the light as a fielder, it is also an unforgettable memory that he received a harsh defensive funk during his time as manager Kim Sung-geun. Joo Hyun-sang, who came up with “I had a hard time then,” said, “I liked to throw the ball even when I was playing the fielder. As he repeatedly threw hard and hard to the first base after receiving a pungo from the third base, the speed also came out fast. All of those things seem to have an impact so far,” he said. 스포츠토토
Joo Hyun-sang, who gave himself 95 points this season despite his one-point ERA, said, “I feel sorry for the bad part in the beginning. Next year, I want to continue my good performance from the start of the season. I will build my body well off-season so that I can do better than this year, he said.