Samsung's shaky 5.8 billion guardian god, Park Jin-man's diagnosis is this... be in dire need of rearrangement for the second half of the year
Samsung's shaky 5.8 billion guardian god, Park Jin-man's diagnosis is this... be in dire need of rearrangement for the second half of the year
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Samsung, which suffered the most come-from-behind loss in the league last year, found an answer in the offseason free agent market. It targeted Kim Jae-yoon (34), a proven closing pitcher and the biggest fish in the bullpen in the FA market, and rushed to the team. Samsung, which went straight to Kim Jae-yoon, strengthened its bullpen by getting signatures from early on.유흥알바
Expectations for Kim Jae-yoon could be read from a fairly large amount of 5.8 billion won (down payment of 2 billion won, annual salary of 2.8 billion won, incentive of 1 billion won) for four years. And there was generally no big disagreement that he is a player who can catch only when he gives this much. Kim Jae-yoon has fully demonstrated his ability by playing as a closing pitcher for KT for a long time. He has made more than 30 saves for three consecutive years, with 32 saves in 2021, 33 saves in 2022, and 32 saves last year.
He has proven himself, and he defended his team's back door by banking on his unique heavy fastballs, with an earned run average of 2.60 in 59 games last year. He had proven his ball power, experience and guts. At one point, critics said he could compete with Oh for the ninth inning.
Kim pitched 40.2 innings in 40 games in the first half, recording four wins, six losses and one save with an ERA of 4.43. He is the team's first setup man who will take the mound prior to closing pitcher Oh Seung-hwan, and has secured as many holds as he can compete with the "big hold king." He has also displayed his unique stamina that he can handle more than one inning. In fact, when his schedule was finished in April, Kim had a good ERA of 2.04 for this season.
However, his ERA soared to the mid-4-point range since mid-June. It was regrettable that he posted an ERA of 10.29 from the game against Kiwoom on June 9 to the game against KIA on July 2, which is considered his last schedule in the first half. Although his overall contribution in the first half was not bad, it is difficult for players and the club to be satisfied with the current ERA. He is not happy with the graph of his deteriorating performance.
Kim Jae-yoon's biggest weapon is a heavy fastball. He boasts a large rotation speed and good vertical movement. When he is in a good condition, hitters often lose their power even if they hit on target. However, as fastball speed drops this year, hits are increasing in frequency. According to the tally by "Trackman," which provides tracking data to nine KBO league teams, Kim's average speed on four-seam fastball speed last year was 145.3 kilometers per hour. However, his speed dropped to 143.8 kilometers this year, dropping to about 1.5 kilometers.
Although the number of rotations and vertical movements are maintained, the overall experience of fastballs felt by batters is showing data such as a shortening of extension. As a result, Kim Jae-yoon's four-seam fastball hit rate rose from the early 20s last year to 0.265 this year. In the same style as Kim Jae-yoon, the decrease in the power of four-seam has a significant impact on overall performance.
Samsung manager Park Jin-man also expressed concern that Kim Jae-yoon is losing confidence little by little as his four-seam's speed has dropped and he has been hit more often recently. Ahead of the match against KIA in Daegu on the 3rd, coach Park said of Kim Jae-yoon, "I think I lost a lot of confidence. There are parts where I couldn't confidently play against my ball, and I think Kim Jae-yoon is in that period," adding, "I have to pressure my opponent, but as his ball is getting out a little, my confidence is low and there is a big difference between ball and strike."
In fact, Kim Jae-yoon has a particularly high walk rate this year. Although the number of homers is expected to increase to some extent as long as he is using Daegu, 1.99 homers per nine innings is a high number for a setup man who has to prevent an urgent situation. Last year, Kim Jae-yoon hit only 0.27 homers per nine innings. In a sense that he is far from a normal performance, Samsung may also have to agonize over various issues.
However, some expect that Kim will be able to rebound as he is not physically ill. Confidence stems from his performance, and some figures show that Kim Jae-yoon is far outperforming his career average. Overall, it is highly likely that he will find the average. If he makes calm maintenance ahead of the second half of the year, he will have plenty of time to make up for it. Kim Jae-yoon has to shoulder the latter half of Samsung.