The 2025 season of SSG Landers pitcher Lee Woon is in a serious situation. He has played in 23 games (22 ⅔ innings), and is thus far displaying robust performance with two wins, one loss and six holds average of 0.79 per ERA.토토사이트
In a game against the Doosan Bears held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Tuesday, Lee displayed good pitching, adding to his team's victory. Lee took the mound as the team's third pitcher after Jeon Young-joon and Park Si-hoo at the bottom of the fifth inning with two outs and runners on the first and second bases when his team was leading 4-3. He used sliders to strike out Kang Seung-ho, a tricky hitter.
Taking the mound in the sixth inning as well, Lee treated Choo Jae-hyun and Park Gye-beom as swing and miss by using changeup, while Jeong Su-bin handled it with a fly ball to the left field by banking on his powerful fastball of 148 kilometers. His joy doubled as he secured his second win in this season.
Lee Woon is a native of kyeongbuk middle - Daegu high school and wore the SSG uniform as the fifth pick in the first round of the 2023 rookie draft. As the nomination ranking indicates, SSG was the first player to be selected in that year's draft.
Although he received many opportunities over the past two years, his performance was not necessarily good. He recorded six wins, one loss and five holds for 50 games (57 ⅔ innings) in the 2023 season, 5.62 ERA with six wins, one loss and five holds, and 5.95 ERA with one save and nine holds for 63 games (56 innings) in the 2024 season.
This year, he got off to a good start. He recorded one save and 1.93 ERA in four ⅔ innings in four exhibition games. He has also displayed impressive performances since the regular season, adding strength to the must-win group line that leads to Kim Min, Noh Kyung-eun and Cho Byung-hyun.
His earned run average in four games in March was zero. He played in 10 games in April, but lost only one run (two hits in two ⅔ innings) he recorded in the match against the Hanwha Eagles in Incheon on April 17. He also played in nine games in May, but had no run except for one run in one inning against the Gwangju KIA Tigers on May 10. He is currently in a slump for five consecutive games. Among bullpen pitchers who have played in more than 20 games, Kim Seo-hyun of the Hanwha Eagles has a lower ERA than Lee.
"I think I got better from last year's experience. I think I got better from my experience," SSG coach Lee Soo-yong said late last month. Last year, I used a lot of them when I was in tight situations. I increased my slider ball type. I heard that I learned from (Kim) Kwang-hyun. Then, I changed the grip on my fastball a little bit, and it became easier to control my ball. After joining the second team last year, I trained my lower body a lot, and I think I got the result of my hard work. I think I am a pitcher who can beat me in the group."
If this trend continues, it is not a dream for Lee to achieve the goal he set this season. In the early days of the season, Lee said, "Our team has a very good must-win group. I will do my best as I play my part and try to seize the opportunity if I get a good chance. I will do my best what my team tells me to do," and added, "I want to reduce the number of walks per nine innings. My goal is to reduce the number of walks per nine innings to three. I also want to play 20 holds, and try 70-70 innings once."
The number of walks per nine innings is still 5.16 so that should be reduced further, but holds, games and innings are sufficiently achievable.
Lee Woon, who has spent the last two years growing up and transformed into a reliable pitcher. Let's look forward to his performance this season.