2024-04-03 20:29:54
Starting pitchers ranked 10th with an ERA of 10.06.
Benjamin, Go Young-pyo, and Eom Sang-baek, both performing poorly
‘Champion candidate’ KT Wiz fell to the bottom of the leaderboard.
As of the 1st, KT remains in 10th place with 1 win and 7 losses (win rate of 0.125). Although it is still early in the season, the gap with first place Hanwha Eagles (7 wins, 1 loss) has widened to 6 games.
Before the opening, they were classified as one of the top three along with the LG Twins and KIA Tigers, but in reality, they are in last place.
Although this team boasts a solid mound that is enough to be called the ‘Kingdom of Starting Players,’ KT has yet to show its strengths this year.
KT’s starting pitching average ERA is 10.06, ranking 10th, and even that is a big difference from the Samsung Lions, which ranks 9th at 6.08.
Only first starter William Cuevas is doing his part, and Wes Benjamin, Ko Young-pyo, and Eom Sang-baek are all performing poorly.
Benjamin allowed only 15 runs in 8 innings (average ERA 16.88) in 2 games, including 11 runs in 3 innings against Hanwha on the 31st of last month. Ko Young-pyo was battered by allowing 9 runs in 4 innings in the game against the Doosan Bears on the 27th of last month, his first appearance of the season. Eom Sang-baek gave up 9 walks and 8 runs while pitching 7 innings in 2 games.
As the starting team they trusted has collapsed, they are unable to properly compete with their opponents and seem to be falling behind. Guo Guan-jin is also not very good here. Guo Koo-jin’s ERA is also 10th (7.36).
It is not unfamiliar to see the team staying in the bottom half of the season at the beginning of the season. KT is a style that only shows strength after the middle of the season, to the point where it is nicknamed a ‘slow starter.’
Last year, it stayed in 10th place until early June, but then rose to finish the regular season in 2nd place.
But this year is a little different. Last year, KT was unable to form its best team as key players suffered injuries one after another even before the opening. This season, we are playing the season as prepared without any major loss of power, but we are not able to secure a victory.
KT’s schedule this week, which is taking a difficult step, is not easy.
They will face the KIA Tigers in Suwon on the 2nd to 4th, and then go to Jamsil to face the LG Twins on the 5th to 7th.
Last year, KT was particularly weak against KIA and LG. They only recorded 6 wins and 10 losses against KIA and LG, respectively. This season, KIA has 5 wins and 1 loss, and LG has 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. Last season, KT showed a weak showing, losing to two teams with 6 wins and 10 losses each.
KT coach Lee Kang-cheol sighed and said, “We are meeting a team that continues to rise.”
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2024-04-03 20:29:54