After Won Tae-in, the second-ranked ERA left-hander elbow hurts, and there is no selection of left-handers for the national team
After Won Tae-in, the second-ranked ERA left-hander elbow hurts, and there is no selection of left-handers for the national team
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The Premier 12 national team, led by head coach Ryu Joong-il, is considered to be a left-hander. This is because it is unclear whether Son Joo-young, a left-hander of the LG Twins in professional baseball, will join the Premier 12 national team due to an elbow injury.메이저사이트
"He was diagnosed with a left elbow flexor and a left internal muscle after an MRI and a hospital examination. We will discuss with the national team whether he will participate in the Premier 12 or not," the LG team said on Sunday. Son was hurt as he took a short break between starting pitchers and bullpen sessions in the postseason.
The Korean national team will play five matches in the Premier 12 tournament from Nov. 13 to Nov. 18. It will face Taiwan on Nov. 14, Cuba on Nov. 15, the Dominican Republic on Nov. 16, and Australia on Nov. 18. It has one day off on Thursday and five matches for six days. It should have at least four to five starting pitchers. If it goes with four starting pitchers, the starting pitcher against Taiwan on Nov. 13 will have to take the mound against Australia on Nov. 18 after four days off.
The roster for the Premier 12 national team does not have many starting pitchers. Other than Son Joo-young are Ko Young-pyo, Um Sang-baek, So Hyung-joon (KT), Kwak Bin (Doosan), and Won Tae-in (Samsung). So Hyung-joon completed rehabilitation from elbow surgery and returned to the mound at the last minute of this season. He pitched one to two innings as a relief pitcher instead of starting in the postseason. He cannot afford to start in the Premier 12. Most importantly, he is all right-handed.
Choi Seung-yong (Doosan), a left-hander who has at least experience as a starter in the national team entry, is a pitcher. Choi underwent long-term rehabilitation due to elbow fatigue fracture after the 2023 season, and had to rest until the first half of this year as he underwent appendicitis surgery ahead of his return. In 12 games (six starts), he pitched and recorded an ERA of 6.00 with two wins and one hold. As a starting pitcher in the second game of the wild card game, he pitched and recorded no run in four ⅔.
It is regrettable for the national team that Son Joo-young, who throws up to 150km fast balls and high-quality breaking balls, has grown rapidly this season.
Son spent his first full-time season as a starting pitcher this year. He recorded an ERA of 3.79 with 9 wins, 10 losses and one hold in 28 games during the regular season. He pitched 144 ⅔ innings to fill the regular innings for the first time since his debut. In terms of ERA, he ranked eighth in the league, followed by Samsung's Won Tae-in (3.66 ERA) among Korean pitchers.
Son Joo-young pitched well in the postseason with five runs (four earned runs) and an ERA of 2.70 in 13 ⅓ innings in four games.
He took the mound as a relief pitcher in the semi-playoff game with the KT Wiz. Due to weak bullpen conditions, he was on standby in the bullpen. Following Choi Won-tae, the starting pitcher for Game 3 (August 8), Choi took the mound at two outs in the third inning and recorded a relief win by allowing two hits (64 pitches) and seven strikeouts in five ⅓ innings. After resting for two days, he took the mound in Game 5 (August 11) and starting pitcher Lim Chan-kyu in the seventh inning, recording a hold by allowing one walk and four strikeouts in two innings (29 pitches).
In the playoffs with Samsung, Son took the mound as a starter in the second game (15th). Son was originally in the order of starting in the third game. However, as the second game was canceled due to rain on Wednesday and postponed for a day, Son took only three days off and started the game earlier. In the second game, he became the losing pitcher with five hits, one homer, two walks, five strikeouts and four runs (three earned) during four ⅓ innings.
With one win and two losses in the fourth round of the playoffs on Wednesday, Son rested for three more days and stood by as a relief pitcher again. As Hernandez failed to take the mound in the fourth round, Son took over the role.
Son took the mound in the seventh inning, when Game 4 was tied 0-0, and was hit by a solo home run by leadoff hitter Kang Min-ho in the eighth inning. After the eighth inning, he felt uncomfortable with his elbow, so he sent a signal by lifting his arm toward the dugout and voluntarily left the mound. After the game, manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said, "Son Joo-young was a little uncomfortable (inconvenient), so I replaced him to prevent injury." According to the hospital examination results, it will be difficult to participate in the national team due to damage to flexor and rotor muscles.