This is how difficult it is to find a fifth starter. Yang Chang-seop (24), who seemed to be settling in, completely collapsed. Manager Park Jin-man (47)’s head hurts again.
Samsung suffered a 2-14 defeat in the final game of the midweek series against SSG in the 2023 KBO League regular season at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on April 1.
Both batters failed to make a single effort. A shocking loss. The bats didn’t have a good day either. Two runs on seven hits and two walks. They were 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position, and that one hit wasn’t even a hit.
Here’s another one, but the other one was bigger. The start. Chang-Seop Yang took the loss, allowing 11 runs on 10 hits (four homers) with two walks and two strikeouts in four innings.스포츠토토
He gave up a two-run homer to Guillermo Heredia in the first inning and a three-run shot to Choi Ji-hoon in the second. In the third and fourth innings, he gave up back-to-back homers to Choi.
The early collapse made it difficult to make early substitutions. The team’s mound was not strong. Yang Chang-seop needed to go longer. By the fourth inning, he had thrown 98 pitches, and Kim Dae-woo came on in the fifth.
In his last start, on May 26 against KT, he was solid, allowing three runs on seven hits (one home run) in five innings with one walk and three strikeouts. It was his fifth start, and he looked good.
Therefore, he started again today. Manager Park Jin-man also said on the 31st, “Yang Chang-seop was fine in his last start. That’s why I’m starting him again.”
As it turned out, Yang didn’t live up to expectations at all. His maximum velocity was over 146 kilometers per hour on several occasions. 146.7 kilometers per hour was also seen. The data provided by the home team SSG also showed a top speed of 146 kilometers per hour. The lowest was 141 kilometers per hour.
That means the speed wasn’t bad. The problem was his pitches. His slider wasn’t working, and his forkball felt flat. “I hit a slider for two home runs, but I think I got a bad pitch,” said Choi, who hit back-to-back home runs that day.
This completely ruined the second chance Yang Chang-seop had given him. He was a first-round pick in 2018. His debut was spectacular, but his “career-high” season came in 2018, his rookie season.
He’s been plagued by injuries, he’s been in a slump, and we don’t know what’s next. It would be nice to see someone step up, but it’s not happening. It’s hard to get a starting spot.
Worse, I don’t see much of an alternative. Lee Jae-hee was good, but he’s now a commercial player. Choi Ha-neul was good in the Futures, but not in the first team, and Jang Pil-joon has a 5.76 ERA in the Futures. There is a rookie, Lee Ho-sung, but he is in the process of learning the ropes.
Park Jin-man and the rest of the coaching staff have their work cut out for them. Whoever comes out has to come out. It’s not like they don’t have other problems, such as a sluggish batting lineup, but the fifth spot is a must-find.