"I should be comfortable," SUN and Lim Chang-yong couldn't do it...KIA 22-year-old closer 'self-criticism'

 KIA closer Jung Hae-young (22) set another Tigers' first record. On the 8th, he pitched 1 inning of 1 hit and 1 walk against Gwangju Samsung Electronics to earn his 20th save of the season. It was his third consecutive 20-save season, following 34 saves in 2021 and 32 saves in 2022.

It is the first record for a pure Tiger. Chang-yong Lim (retired) had 26 saves in 1997, 34 in 1998, 38 in 1999 and 30 in 2000. He had 20 saves four years in a row and 30 saves three years in a row. However, he was traded to Samsung in 1999, so he is the only Tigers closer with two straight 20-save seasons.

Jung had the Tigers' first back-to-back 30-save seasons last year, and through eight games, the Tigers have at least three consecutive 20-save seasons. This year, the Tigers have struggled throughout the first half of the year, so the first three consecutive 30-save seasons are out of the question. However, three consecutive 20-save seasons is still significant. It's not every day that a closer saves 20 saves in three consecutive years with a different organization.

Former manager Sun Dong-yeol has a strong image of being the best closer in the game, but surprisingly, he didn't make 20 saves in back-to-back years. Aside from 31 and 33 saves in 1993 and 1995, he never had a 20-save season. Instead, he had three 20-win seasons and a whopping five 0-0 ERAs. 카지노사이트원 

Jung had a title that even the greatest pitchers of the Tigers' legendary era didn't have, but he wasn't one of them. Instead, she was self-critical. "I didn't finish cleanly today and ended up with an error. But the defense helped me. I'm not satisfied. I don't have many satisfying saves this year," she said.

For Jung, it's all about the pitching. In fact, of her 20 saves this season, nine have come without leaving a runner on base. In the other 11, he allowed at least one runner to reach base on a hit or walk and then closed out the game without allowing the tying or winning runs to score. Eight games had two runners on base.

A save is a save is a save. However, Jung said, "I should be relaxed, but I'm not. I recently talked to my dad (former KIA head coach Chung Ho-yeol). He said, "You have to keep this season well and start anew from next year. I think I need to change myself, from the big picture to planning for next year.

The KBO is also seeing an increase in fastball pitchers in the low 150s. Jeong Jung-young, who competes with vertical movement and ball rotation in the low 140s, tends to get a lot of foul cuts from hitters. However, if he can't increase his velocity, he needs to improve his survivability by adding more pitches. Currently, Jung mixes his fastball with a splitter and a slider.