Kwak Do-gyu, who performed the best this year, Ryu Joong-il, who lacks the left-hander bullpen, is a unit rain
Kwak Do-gyu, who performed the best this year, Ryu Joong-il, who lacks the left-hander bullpen, is a unit rain
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The South Korean national baseball team, led by head coach Ryu Joong-il, will depart for Taiwan, where the 2024 World Baseball Softball Association (WBSC) Premier 12 Group B qualifying round will be held at Incheon International Airport on the morning of the 8th.메이저놀이터
In this year's event, Korea, which belongs to Group B, will start its tournament schedule through a match against Taiwan on June 13. It will then face off against Cuba on June 14, Japan on June 15, the Dominican Republic on June 16, and Australia on June 18, and if it ranks in the top two, it can advance to the Super Round.
The Super Round will take place at Tokyo Dome in Japan from Friday. Korea, which was the first champion of the 2015 World Cup, was the runner-up at the second event in 2019. Ryu Joong-il said, "My first goal is to advance to the Super Round.
The Korean team is considered to have made up of iron-clad fighters. The starting lineup is expected to be comprised of right-handers side-arm Ko Young-pyo, right-handers Kwak Bin (Doosan Bears), Lim Chan-kyu (LG Twins), and left-hander Choi Seung-yong (Doosan). Right-handers Yoo Young-chan (LG), Kim Taek-yeon, Lee Young-ha (Dusan), Park Young-hyun, So Hyung-joon (KT), Cho Byung-hyun (SSG Landers), Kim Seo-hyun (Hanwha Eagles), Jeong Hae-young (KIA), left-handers Kwak Do-kyu and Choi Ji-min (KIA) will support them.
The fact that there are only a few left-handed bullpen pitchers is an unsettling factor for the national team. Along with Kwak Do-gyu, Choi Ji-min is everything. Naturally, many expectations are drawn to Kwak Do-gyu's performance, who had the best year this year.
Kwak Do-gyu, who hails from Gongju Middle School and Gong High School, is a left-handed sidearm resource designated by KIA as the 42nd overall in the fifth round in 2023. Last year, when he was in his debut season, he had only 8.49 ERA (11 runs in 11.2 innings) without winning or losing in 14 games.
It was different this year. Playing in 71 games, Kwak has emerged as a must-winner by posting four wins, two losses, two saves and 16 holds and an earned run average of 3.56 (24 runs and 22 earned runs during 55.2 innings). Kwak also led Kia's V12 team by posting two wins and an earned run average of 0.00 in the Korean Series, which it played against the Samsung Lions.
Kwak Do-gyu, who is set to wear the national flag for the first time based on his performance, also showed his presence in an exhibition game against Sangmu on Saturday. As a member of Sangmu in the bottom of the fifth inning, he induced Choi Won-joon, the first batter, to ground out to shortstop. Hong Chang-ki then tied the game with a ground ball to the third baseman, and Yoon Dong-hee, the Lotte Giants, struck out swinging, completing his duties. He displayed strong pitching and control.
There are many left-handed hitters in Japan, Taiwan and the Dominican Republic, which will face off against South Korea in the Premier 12. Kwak, who proved his value, is expected to be the key player in the showdown between them. Will he be able to secure Ryu Joong-il's waist by showing strong performance in the Premier 12.