"A lucky break." It wasn't a business that lost to KIA, 10G scoreless 'Hanwha Pilseungjo' transformed...Will the trade evaluation change again

"A lucky break." It wasn't a business that lost to KIA, 10G scoreless 'Hanwha Pilseungjo' transformed...Will the trade evaluation change again

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There is a player who is indispensable for the rise of the Hanwha Eagles in the professional baseball league. In front of closing pitcher Kim Seo-hyun, Han Seung-hyuk (32), who is in charge of the eighth inning, has been on an earned run-free streak for 11 consecutive games, becoming a stepping-stone for Hanwha's victory.

Han Seung-hyuk contributed to the 4-3 victory by throwing out three outs, including one strikeout, with nine pitches in the eighth inning with a 4-0 lead against KT in Daejeon on the 27th. He pitched for three consecutive days after throwing 25 pitches in one inning and 7 pitches in ⅓ against KT on the 25th and 26th, respectively, and he was full of stability. The power of the fastball, which shot up to 150 kilometers per hour, remained.
After the game, Han Seung-hyuk said, "The team is in an important situation, so I was preparing for three consecutive games," adding, "The starting pitchers are so good, and there are so many winning games that I have to prepare every day. I think it's been 10 years since I played three consecutive games. I played in both doubleheaders last year, and I played three consecutive games this year, but I think my luck broke."

Han Seung-hyuk's most recent three-day consecutive appearance came in nine years since the match against Hanwha in Daejeon (former) on Sept. 18-19 and the match against Nexen in Gwangju on Sept. 20, 2016, when he was a member of KIA. He played three consecutive games twice that year, and 2016 was the year Han Seung-hyuk won the most nine holds in a single season when he was a KIA player. That's how much the team needed it and threw it well, so I was able to get a call for three consecutive games.

Han Seung-hyuk has a 2.63 ERA with two losses and five holds in 16 games (13 ⅔ innings) this season. Since the game against Doosan in Jamsil on the 8th, he has scored no runs in the last 10 consecutive games. In terms of no runs, it has been 11 consecutive games since the game against Samsung in Daegu on the 6th, and he has been stable with no runs in 9 ⅓ innings during this period.

"It's a record I didn't know well, but I still have a lot of seasons left," Han Seung-hyuk said. "I don't care about such a record, but I'm trying to do what I can," he said. "I think I have to prepare better because I often go to games."

Han, who moved to the must-win group last year by scoring 19 holds in 70 games (62 ⅔ innings), the most by an individual player, had ups and downs with his earned run average (ERA) of five points (5.03). However, he has lost fewer runs this year, and has seen his sense of stability grow in times of crisis. As his batting average (.303 → .167) in scoring has declined significantly, he has emerged as one of the must-win players in the league. 바카라

Han Seung-hyuk said, "In the past, we played too hard in the scoring position, and we had too many ball count. 1B, 2B, 3B-1S In that case, we had to play again anyway, but we put ourselves at a disadvantage. "I think a lot these days that we should throw boldly from the first pitch," he said. "I think my experience from last year's (must-win group) also comes out every moment. As the result comes along, I throw more confidently. Even if the ball is good, if you get a hit or give a score, it can be a contraction, but those parts work well together and I throw more comfortably."

Although he was shaken by two losses and an 8.31 ERA in the first five games of this season, coach Kim Kyung-moon continued to use Han as a must-winner, saying, "Where can a perfect player be? If you trust him, he will come up." As he gained confidence amid the coach's trust, he is not swayed mentally as well.

If you look closely at Han's pitches this year, he has many missed hits. He does not collapse even when things get twisted. "Something like a missed hit is not something I can do," Han said. "I try to do only what I can on the mound. The moment the batter hits, my job (as a pitcher) is over. I am trying not to dwell too much on the results of the batting. I want to throw more pitches that I can control in any situation than the number of holds."

As a promising fireballer with speeds of up to 158 kilometers per hour during his time at Kia, Han received many opportunities, but was not as big as expected due to ups and downs in his ball control. After the 2022 season, he was traded to Hanwha along with pitcher Jang Ji-soo at the benefit of Byun Woo-hyuk, a rising and falling short of expectations. Although Han seemed to be losing ground to KIA as he moved to the starting pitcher in the first year of 2023 and the bullpen session failed to meet expectations, Han has launched counterattack by emerging as a must-winner last year. With Han being seven years older than Byun, he was in a position to display faster performance, but with the current momentum, he is second to none in a win-win trade.