For Park Se-woong (28, Lotte), the “Ace of Glasses”, the 2023 season seems to be remembered as a “busy” season. Even before the opening, he stood on the stage of the World Baseball Classic (WBC). He played against Japan (bullpen) and Czech Republic (starter), recording 6 scoreless innings. After he finished the first half, he participated in the festival of stars. He came out as a dream team starter. It must have been more meaningful as it was held at Sajik Stadium in Busan, Lotte’s home stadium in 16 years. Making use of the fact that he usually drove in the rain, he appeared wearing a yellow raincoat with the word ‘Rain Man’ engraved on it, bringing joy to the fans.
He went through his own twists and turns in the first half. He got off to a bad start. He did not win a single game in the month of April. He had a 5.12 earned run average with one loss in four games. He also remembers not filling 5 innings on two occasions. He quickly found his place. It has drawn a steep upward curve since May. In 10 games until June, he recorded 4 wins and 1 loss with an ERA of 1.71. From the match against SSG in Busan on May 19th to the match against LG in Jamsil on June 23rd, he also wrote a quality start (QS, 6 or more starting innings and 3 earned or less) in 8 consecutive games. A smile spread across his commander’s face.
What was the driving force that brought us out of the recession so quickly? Park Se-woong mentioned “a change of mind”. When baseball doesn’t go as well as you planned, you have to think a lot. The same goes for Park Se-woong. “I had too many thoughts at the beginning of the season,” he recalled. 토토사이트 He wanted to take it off one by one. Park Se-woong said, “It wasn’t easy, but I tried to keep it simple.” Then he said, “At some point, the bad things were solved one by one. Most of all, I was satisfied with the fact that I increased my innings while continuing QS.”
We will be busy in the second half as well. The leaderboard is tight. In the case of Lotte, it has been fighting for the top 5 throughout the first half. He won 9 consecutive victories and climbed to the top spot, but his pace slowed slightly after June. The 50% win rate (38-39) was broken when they lost to Changwon NC, the last game of the first half. In the case of Park Se-woong, he will also sortie for the Hangzhou Asian Games (AG). Park Se-woong said, “The All-Star Break is not a break, but rather a time to prepare for the second half,” adding, “It is an important time both personally and as a team. Rankings may fluctuate depending on the result of a single match. I will do my best to make the win-loss margin positive again.”