Cho Sang-woo (31) is a bullpen pitcher representing the KBO League. He was once considered to throw the strongest fastball in the league. A heavy fastball over 150 kilometers per hour was so powerful that batters were pushed by the power even if he kept throwing it.온라인바카라

Jo, who is wearing Kia uniform as a trade before this season, is sweating to find his ball power. After completely escaping from shoulder injury last year, Jo worked out in the U.S. during the off-season, and analysts say that his accomplishments are largely visible. Even after joining Kia, he has pitched well and is slowly boosting his body ahead of the opening game. The club also has high expectations for Jo's ball power to dominate at the end of the game.

However, Cho Sang-woo came to KIA and was surprised to see his teammates' pitching. I originally thought it was good, but when I saw it up close, I was throwing a better pitch. "Everyone was so good from the first pitching of the camp," Cho said. "I thought there were certainly many pitchers and a lot of good pitchers."

In an era of fastballs revolution that started in the U.S., passed through Japan, and has reached Korea now, Kia does not have more pitchers who throw more than 150 kilometers per hour than other teams. However, it is not regrettable that much. Players who throw mid to late 140 kilometers per hour have very good pitching capabilities. According to tracking data, there are many players who are good at rotation speed and vertical movement, although they are not special speed. When looking at the bullpen, it looks like everyone is throwing cannonballs.

In addition to Jo Sang-woo, finishing pitcher Jung Hae-young is a powerful fastball bowler. Jeon Sang-hyun is not a player who always hits over 150 kilometers, but he catches batters with overwhelming vertical movements and ball ends. Jung Hae-young and Jeon Sang-hyun's fastball constraints do not seem to be special, but this is why opposing batters keep losing their bats.

Still, many pitchers have potential and have not shone enough. Kim Ki-hoon and Yoo Seung-cheol are remarkably outstanding players in the movement of fastballs. Again, you should not just look at them with your fastballs. Young players also have outstanding fastball pitching capabilities. Choi Ji-man and Kwak Do-gyu are also dark horses for Hong Won-bin, who threw fastballs with different charms and hit fastballs up to 154 kilometers in this camp. Officials from the Futures team say that "KIA has many talented fastball players in the second division as well," which does not come as a pretense. Moreover, Lee Eui-ri, one of the strongest players in fastball pitching, will come back from elbow surgery.

The composition of the bullpen pitcher's entry also gives a headache. There are many good players, but we cannot take all of them. KIA manager Lee Bum-ho took the initial pitcher's entry with 14 players, instead of the usual 13. The move is aimed at reducing the load on its players and testing the possibilities of new faces. As it was fun last year, chances are high that the team will take at least 14 pitcher's entry at the beginning this year as well.

Excluding the five starters, nine remain, and if one of Kim Do-hyun and Hwang Dong-ha, who are in the race for the fifth starter, comes to the bullpen and throws a long relief ball, eight will remain. Three must-win teams (Jeong Hae-young, Jo Sang-woo, Jeon Sang-hyun) are certain, and Kwak Do-gyu, Choi Ji-min, and Lee Joon-young are likely to join the left-hander's team. If so, several players, including Lim Ki-young, Kim Dae-yu, Kim Ki-hoon, Yoo Seung-cheol, and Kim Tae-hyung, will compete for the remaining two seats. There will be no choice but to be eliminated. This is Kia's happy dilemma.

Jo is also working hard to keep up with him. His physical condition is gradually improving. His physical condition and sense of play in the field were not perfect last year because it was the first season after resolving military issues, but he is confident that his performance will be different this year. Some say that he will be able to digest 60-70 innings in high-leverage situations. If Jo returns to his old form and becomes the "finisher" of Kia's bullpen, he will be able to have a relaxing evening.