While LG foreign pitcher Casey Kelly reaped a kind of beauty in the last appearance of the first half, coach Yeom Gyeong-yeop showed a smile of relief.카지노

Kelly started the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League Hanwha match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 12th and made a quality start plus pitching with 5 hits, 2 strikeouts and 2 runs in 7 innings. Although he did not become a winning pitcher, his earned run average dropped from 4.57 to 4.44.

Wearing an LG uniform in 2019, Kelly has become a long-lived mercenary for the fifth year. He has played the role of an immovable ace with an average ERA of 2.89 in 114 games for 5 seasons until last year, 58 wins and 31 losses.

But he is a little different this year. She’s showing ups and downs that aren’t like Kelly’s. He has fluctuating grades. In April, he was sluggish with an ERA of 5.66 with 1 win and 2 losses, but seemed to be succeeding in rebounding with an ERA of 2.73 with 4 wins and 1 loss in May. However, he faltered again with an ERA of 4.73 with 1 win and 1 loss in June. He also had a bad start in July. On the 6th, against KT, it collapsed with 5 runs in 5⅔ innings. The majesty of winning 16 wins last year and winning the most wins is nowhere to be found.

So, rumors about Kelly’s replacement circulated, but director Yeom Kyung-yeop said firmly. “I’m going with Kelly until the end of this season,” he dismissed.

Perhaps thanks to the trust of the coaching tower, Kelly finished the last appearance of the first half well. It is the appearance of regaining the ace dignity in 3 games after 8 innings and 1 run (visa book) against Lotte on June 23.

Director Yeom Gyeong-yeop, who met after the cancellation of the rain on the 13th, said, “I’m looking forward to the second half.”

The reason why Kelly’s second half is expected is that he threw well in the last game, but above all, he seems to be trying to share his worries and find a solution.

Kelly immediately jumped into action. When the final game in the first half was canceled due to rain, he directly asked coach Yeom Gyeong-yeop for a meeting.

Director Yeom explained, “I’m waiting because he asked me to have a tea time. Kelly made the request. Originally, I wanted to do it first (laughs), but he said he would come first.”

Director Yeom was waiting for the words he wanted to say to Kelly. So he was pulling out Kelly’s data one by one.

He said, “I think the pitching design needs to be changed in the second half. The pitching design and pitching pattern were different from when I got hit a lot in the first inning and from the third inning. I’m going to talk about this. , I’m trying to talk about why the swing rate doesn’t come out and why the hit rate is high after the 2nd strike.”

Also, “The changeup is (Kelly’s) deciding ball, and the changeup has the highest hit rate after the ball count is 0-2. Then, the changeup is not a deciding ball. “I’ll tell you if you should take it and how to use your changeup to be effective.”

It is Kelly who must have had a meaningful tea time with director Yeom Gyeong-yeop. In the second half, attention is focused on whether he will be able to continue his ace-like pitching with changes.