LG Twins' fastball prospect Heo Yong-joo showed stability in his first Futures League appearance this season.바카라사이트
At the Futures League game against the Hanwha Eagles held at LG Champions Park in Icheon on Sunday, Ryu took the mound in the top of the eighth inning and allowed three strikeouts to keep the game clean. All of them were impressive in that they faced off each other with left-handed batters.
Hur Young-joo, who faced Song Ho-jeong, the first runner at No. 8, had fastballs from the first pitch. He threw three fastballs in a row, induced two fouls, and set an advantageous count of 1B2S. A 130-kilometer curve ball turned into a one-bound ball, before inducing a ground ball to the front of the first baseman by banking on his 1,446 fastball.
For No. 9 Jung An-seok, a fastball of 147km at the first pitch became a high strike in the middle, and Heo Yong-ju, who got one ball for a pitch clock violation when he tried to throw the third ball of 2S. with a 146km body ball and released his foot, caught it with a ground ball in front of the second base with a fast ball of 147km at the fourth pitch.
The match against Lee Sang-hyuk, who had two hits on the day, was interesting. Lee Sang-hyuk was showing a good batting performance of .500 with 10 hits in 20 at-bats until the previous at-bat.
Heo Yong-joo also confidently joined Lee Sang-hyuk. Hur Young-joo, who garnered a strike by hitting a fastball of 147 kilometers at the first pitch in the middle, induced a ground ball in front of the third baseman with a fastball of 145 kilometers at the third pitch in the 1B1S to end the inning. He pitched 12 pitches, of which eight were strikes.
After graduating from Yongma High School, Heo Yong-ju is a tall pitcher with a height of 1m94 who joined the team as the 67th member in the seventh round in 2023, and is a promising player who spreads more than 150km of fastballs. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop called Heo Yong-ju to Jamsil whenever there was a home game from the middle of last season with his pitching coach Kim Kwang-sam to provide intensive guidance. In order to stabilize his ball control, he trained to make his form concisely and increase the sense of his fingertips.
At the last minute, the number of walks decreased in the Futures League, and the ball speed was up to 154km. He expected to grow into a promising player by sending a finishing camp to the Junichi Dragons in Japan.
Heo Yong-ju, who was included in the first-team camp and trained in Arizona for the first time, pitched for the first time in the Blue and White match on February 20, and allowed three hits, one strikeout, and two runs in one inning. He recorded a maximum of 152km and received positive reviews just for not having a walk.
However, the process so far has been broken down in the Okinawa practice game. He showed difficulty in controlling the ball again in a practice game against KT Wiz on the 2nd. Hur Young-joo, who took the mound in the top of the ninth inning when his team was losing 0-2, allowed Kang Hyun-woo and Oh Jae-il to walk straight after receiving a hit by Yoo Jun-kyu. The problem was that few of the balls went near the strike zone. He also threw two wild pitches. He hit a maximum speed of 150 kilometers, but the ball that he couldn't control was of no use. Manager Yeom even said, "I'm worried that my efforts so far will come to nothing."
Afterwards, Heo Yong-ju, who moved down to the second division, started basic skills training again. He aims to throw the ball about once a week in the actual game to check the condition and wear the basic skills to the actual game.
On the day, Ryu had a maximum speed of 147 kilometers per hour. It could be because of chilly weather, or he might have lowered his ball speed to control the ball. If he continues to display stable pitching in the second division, his goal this season is unlikely to be that he will be able to pitch in the first division.