Kim Seo-hyeon (19), a rookie high school graduate from Hanwha, made her debut against Doosan in Daejeon on the 19th. He got on the mound in the top of the 7th inning against 5-5 and threw a total of 17. Among them, the second pitch thrown against Lee Yu-chan after two deaths recorded 157.9km per hour with the Pitch Tracking System (PTS) of Sports 2I, the official statistics recorder of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO).Kim Seo-hyun’s ball is the 4th highest pitcher in history. On the 12th, Dong-ju Moon (20, Hanwha) recorded 160.1 km in the KIA game, and within a week after crossing the threshold of 160 km for the first time, Kim Seo-hyun surpassed Seung-hyeok Han (Hanwha), who was a member of the KIA in 2016, to record 4th place (157.7 km). . Between the two, there is a record in 2012 by Choi Dae-seong (158.7 km) and 158.4 km by An Woo-jin (24, Kiwoom) taken last year.
Moving into the 2020s, the KBO League had two fastball pitchers representing the starters and bullpen. They are Ahn Woo-jin and Ko Woo-seok (25, LG). Born in the late 1990s, the two expanded the fastball range of domestic pitchers to the latter half of 150 km, establishing themselves as the best starters and finishers in the league. And this season, pitchers born in 2003 and 2004 appeared with faster balls, heralding an era of full-fledged fastball competition. 메이저사이트
Starter Moon Dong-joo and bullpen Kim Seo-hyun have already risen to the top of the highest speed and average speed, respectively. In particular, Kim Seo-hyun threw 17 pitches in just one appearance, and among them, 11 fastballs average speed ranked first this season. All 11 recorded mid-to-late 150km, and the average speed was measured at 155.9km. This year’s average redemption ranked second is Ahn Woo-jin. An Woo-jin’s average speed of 158.2 km this season is 154.3 km.