"I learned from your nails"…Ha Young-min, the 'self-study' slider, has revived his 'second choice' form

"I learned from your nails"…Ha Young-min, the 'self-study' slider, has revived his 'second choice' form

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Ha Young-min (30, Keum Heroes) found a way out of the slump. He took a solution with a slider grip over his shoulder.메이저놀이터

Ha Young-min started the game against the Doosan Bears in Gocheok on the 22nd and pitched seven scoreless innings with three hits, no outs, and no strikeouts. Kiwoom won 5-4 thanks to his long innings without a single hit or losing a point. Ha Young-min earned his third win (three losses) of the season.

Ha Young-min's pitching pattern this season is a rollercoaster ride. After winning two consecutive games in his second and third appearances of this season, he had two consecutive wins and two consecutive losses in the next two games. He allowed six runs on 10 hits (one homer) in four innings against the LG Twins on Thursday, and collapsed in the game against the Lotte Giants on Friday by allowing 12 hits and six runs in 4 2/3 innings.

The problem I analyzed by myself was that my cutter pitching was not smooth. Ha Young-min said after the game on the 22nd, "The cutter was not good for two games. So I didn't throw any cutters today. Instead, I threw sliders and curves, and I think that worked well."

The slider is Ha Young-min's new ball ahead of the game. "I happened to see the sweeper grip thrown by James Nail (KIA Tigers). So I grabbed it and threw it, but it was okay, so I threw it at today's game," he said. "My ball is not changing to a sweeper level, but the angle is better than I thought, so I used it well in today's game."

Ha Young-min has been trying to install sliders that have large lateral changes. Fork balls and curves, which are the main weapons, are all long-changing balls. When pitching, a breaking ball was needed to run away in the direction of the glove (outside the right-handed batter based on the right-handed pitcher), but the existing slider did not change much. "Before, I tried to throw sliders hard (by changing the grip) but used them as cutters," Ha Young-min said. "The slider was flat, but I used a new slider with a large angle today."

Ha Young-min should serve as a de facto foreign pitcher for Kiwoom. In order to strengthen its lineup this year, Kiwoom has signed two foreign hitters (Ruben Cadiz and Yasiel Puig) and hired only one foreign pitcher (Kenny Rosenberg). Rosenberg is showing ups and downs, and pitchers under the third starting pitcher Kim Yoon-ha and Chung Hyeon-woo are suffering from growing pains. As of Tuesday, his team is at the bottom of the list, and his starting ERA (5.67) is only ninth.

It's time for Ha Young-min to remain at the center. "The team's atmosphere is good. I think we can win if the starting pitchers give us a little less points," he said. "I hope the pitchers confidently throw the ball. I have to trust my ball. I will change it first."