"The roles of Son Joo-young and Yoo Young-chan were big." Director Yeom Kyung-yeop...LG Choi Won-tae and others will compete in the second half of the year

"The roles of Son Joo-young and Yoo Young-chan were big." Director Yeom Kyung-yeop...LG Choi Won-tae and others will compete in the second half of the year

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LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop (56) has emphasized "toughness" since the opening of this season. The depth of the bullpen has weakened compared to the previous season, when he achieved an overall championship, and the starting pitchers have shown signs of ups and downs. Key resources suffered injuries and sluggishness in the fielding as well. That's how he spent half of the regular season.

"Actually, we lost a lot of games, but we still want to thank the players who managed to make it through," Yeom said. Manager Yeom believes that the second half, which starts after the All-Star game break, is a proper showdown. LG will start its second half schedule with three consecutive home games against the KIA Tigers. 메이저놀이터

Referring to the situation in which LG is competing among the top ranks while enduring as much as possible, Yeom said left-hander starting pitchers Son Joo-young (26) and closing pitcher Yoo Young-chan (27) are among the top players. Son took the role of the fifth starting pitcher in this season's starting rotation, and posted a decent performance of five wins and five losses and 3.83 ERA in 16 games. Yoo took the heavy responsibility as a closing pitcher for the first time this season, drawing criticism that he successfully settled down. He had 5 wins and three losses, 17 saves and one hold and ERA 1.89 in 36 games through Saturday.

"We had a hard time in early and mid-June when Lim Chan-kyu (32) and Choi Won-tae (27) were injured at the same time. I was able to endure it thanks to Son Joo-young's performance in the starting rotation without skipping the rotation. Regardless of the pitching content and results, just throwing the ball well helped the team greatly," Yeom said. On Yoo Young-chan, "He is the closing pitcher, but he was responsible for many multi-inning games. One of the secrets of building wins as we caught the game is that he is in the top ranks. The bullpen did not go back to the counter, but Yoo Young-chan was a big presence."

LG has competitive edge to return to the mound in the second half of the year. Choi Won-tae will return to the mound as soon as the start of the second half of the year. Ham Deok-ju (29), a key resource in the bullpen, has recently started preparing to return to the mound, while Park Myung-geun (20) will also be able to operate normally in the second half of the year. Oh Ji-hwan (34), who is suffering from hamstring injury, needs some time, but LG will likely gradually approach its normal capacity. "We will prepare to have a proper ranking fight in the second half of the year," manager Yeom said.