Since last year, the coach has continued to believe in him this year. The main character is 40-year-old veteran KT Wiz Woo Kyu-min.카지노사이트
Since the opening, the team has played four games, and Woo Kyu-min has pitched in three of them. This means that the head coach is being used.
His performance is also good. He allowed only one hit (double) during three innings. He struck out one and posted a WHIP of 0.33 and a hit rate of 0.091.
Woo also took the mound at a game against Doosan held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on Sunday. Doosan's offense in the top of the ninth inning when his team was trailing 2-3. Woo, who took the mound as KT's third pitcher, treated leadoff hitter Yang Suk-hwan with a fly ball to right field on the first pitch. He also caught his successor Park Joon-young by fouling out to the first baseman at the first pitch. In an instant, two outs were counted.
He then induced Lee Yoo-chan to ground out to the third base, but allowed him to get on base due to the third baseman's throwing error. Woo Kyu-min, who was on the verge of second and third bases after getting a double from Jung Soo-bin at the first pitch, was on the verge of hitting the second and third bases. It was his first hit this season.
But there was no more crisis. Despite Jeon Da-min's surprise 2 outs on the first pitch, he tried to bunt. Although he could have been embarrassed, Woo Kyu-min calmly ran toward the ball and caught it and sprayed it directly to first base to end the inning.
Ahead of the match, KT coach Lee Kang-chul said, "Good. They are indispensable," expressing satisfaction on Woo Kyu-min. His remarks were highly praised by side-arm legends like "152 wins," which set a new record of 10 consecutive wins and 100 strikeouts for the past 10 years from 1989 to 1998.
After graduating from Seongdong Elementary School, Whimoon Middle School and Whimoon High School, Woo joined the LG Twins as the 19th overall pick in the third round of the second and third round of the 2003 Rookie Draft. However, with the 2017 season just around the corner, he became the first free agent in his career. His new destination was Samsung. He paid a total of 6.5 billion won (6.37 million U.S. dollars). He consistently played his part as a bullpen pitcher at Samsung.
Then, he was nominated by KT Wiz in the first round in the second draft conducted by the KBO (Korea Baseball Organization) in November 2023. The former team, Samsung, excluded Woo Kyu-min from the 35-member protection list and changed its uniform after being selected by KT.
The transfer has become a stroke of genius. In the 2024 season, Woo took the mound as relief pitcher in 45 games, and recorded 4 wins, 1 loss, 1 save, 4 holds and an earned run average of 2.49. In 43 ⅓ innings, he allowed 47 hits, 39 strikeouts, 14 runs (12 earned runs), WHIP (per-inning allowance) of 1.13 and 0.272. Most of all, he had only one homerun and only two walks. This was the minimum record among league pitchers who pitched more than 40 innings in the 2024 season. Eventually, he became a free agent ahead of this season, and stayed with KT for a total of 700 million won (down payment of 200 million won, annual salary of 400 million won, option 100 million won) for two years.
Regarding Woo's strengths, Lee said, "First of all, with a gap of three to four points, Woo has a wide range of pitchers because he does not have a walk. There is no choice but to give points as he is hit while throwing. Things happen when a walk comes out, but (Woo) Kyu-min hardly has a walk. He is making good use of it in that sense." Manager Lee repeatedly smiled and praised him, saying, "He is good at hitting opponents with his ball."