“In a corner of my heart,” KBO Monster Ace will forever remember
Eric Peddy (30) seems likely to leave the KBO League due to the circumstances. Recently, Jim Borden of The Athletic said that the four clubs targeting Peddie as a free agent are the Washington Nationals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, and Minnesota Twins.
There have been a lot of rumors about Peddie returning to the major leagues since the middle of this season. Considering the monster performance this season and the current status of collecting only 5 trophies, will there be a sense of purpose in the KBO League next year? To say that it is a win in the Korean Series is somewhat unrealistic for a foreign player.
It won't be a good feeling if NC Dinos part ways with Peddie like this, but they will still remember Peddie forever. Although Peddie is leaving, he will remain on the NC mound next year. This is because there is right-hander Shin Min-hyuk (24), who hit the jackpot by benching Peddie in the postseason.
Shin Min-hyuk graduated from Yatap High School and joined with the 49th pick in the 2nd 5th round in 2018. However, he has 20 wins, 23 losses, and an average ERA of 4.46 in 102 games for the first team in the regular season. He did not perform very well. His speed was not overwhelmingly fast, and his control was not precise or his game management ability was outstanding.
As Shin Min-hyuk played this season, the problem was that his upper body fell forward faster than his lower body, and to some extent he compensated for his weakness of not moving his center of gravity properly. Just before leaving for the Asian Professional Baseball Championship, he said that he was still in the process of mastering the game, but coach Kang In-kwon gave a favorable review, saying that he had improved a lot.
The measure of placing the rosin in line with the stepping foot and preventing the foot from going over the rosin was successful. Here, benchmarking Peddie’s pitching posture worked. The appearance of the upper body crouching in the wind-up position is almost identical. The two changes combined to make a dramatic difference in the postseason.
In 1 semi-playoff game against SSG Landers, 5⅔ innings, 4 hits, 3 strikeouts, and no runs, and in 2 playoff games against KT Wiz, 10.2 innings, 4 hits, 3 strikeouts, 1 walk, 2 runs, and ERA 1.69. He hit the ground running with one win and an ERA of 1.10 in three postseason games.
Peddie only pitched in one game in the postseason due to poor condition, but he watched every pitch of Shin Min-hyuk from the dugout. At the KBO League awards ceremony on the 27th, he said of Shin Min-hyuk, “He is a player who will forever be remembered in a corner of my heart.” 토토사이트랭크
Specifically, Peddie said, “Shin Min-hyuk’s mechanics have been lacking in repeatability.” In short, the pitching mechanism was unstable. Peddie said, “I gave him advice on that, and he accepted it very well. If it weren't for Shin Min-hyuk in the postseason, NC would have done differently. “It’s amazing.”