Why Heisuis is the perfect pitcher for the ABS era.
In seven games, he's 4-3 with a 3.60 ERA, which is decent for a starter, but not quite up to par. However, managers who have faced him agree that he is “very tricky to catch”.
Kiwoom Heroes' foreign pitcher Heisus is another example. He signed with Kiwoom ahead of this season for a total of $800,000. I didn't have high expectations for his relatively low price, but from what I've seen so far, it looks like Kiwoom has hit the ‘lotto'.
It's hot. There is no such thing as a no-decision. Win or lose. However, it should be noted that even the losses were not bad.
Let's put aside his KBO debut on March 26 against the NC Dinos. 3⅓ innings, 6 hits, 3 walks, 2 strikeouts, 5 runs (4 earned). His pitches were not good at all. He was nervous because he's human, too.
But the next game was a different story. On March 31, he pitched a seven-inning, four-hit shutout against the LG Twins. 바카라사이트 He then won three consecutive games against the Hanwha Eagles and Lotte Giants. Kiwoom was also riding a seven-game winning streak.
His last two losses were against the KT Wiz on April 18 and the KIA Tigers on April 24. However, they were not bad, with three runs in the fifth inning and three runs in the sixth inning. In the KT game, they didn't get any offensive support. The team lost 0-3. The Kia game was a case of not being able to get out of a jam when their pitching faded a bit late in the game. However, both KT manager Lee Kang-cheol and Kia manager Lee Beom-ho said, “He was a tough pitcher to catch. We were lucky that we were able to catch him.”
He pitched 6⅔ innings of three-run ball against Lotte on the 30th, ending the team's seven-game losing streak. Heisus has been the de facto ace of the team, keeping the winning streak alive and breaking the losing streak.
He's a tricky pitcher because he's a lefty with a fastball. He throws over 150 kilometers, but his pitches are ambiguous enough that it's hard to say whether they're good or bad.
After his failed NC debut, Heisus discussed with the Kiwoom coaching staff and made some adjustments to his pitching plate position. They agreed that he shouldn't try to force corners, and that he should look at the center and throw the ball. Rather than ruin the game by trying to corner the ball with a bad pitch, he said, “I have a good pitch, so even if I get hit a little bit, I'll take the middle.
It worked. A little rough, not a true overhand, but a hard fastball with an unusual form that's more like a three-quarter. He also throws a slider, curve, and changeup. As mentioned above, his pitches are not perfect. Even if you just look at the center of the plate, the ball will fly all over the zone. Some pitches are high, some are low, and some are out of the zone, and in the age of human umpires, many pitches that would not be called strikes are called strikes by the ABS system. A 150-kilometer fastball from Hassus is hit into the high corner of the right-hander's face, virtually unhittable. These pitches are often called strikes, and opposing hitters can't get their timing right.
That”s why you get some hits and runs. It's because I'm just looking at the middle. But that's also my strength, because I don't walk a lot of people, so I get a lot of innings. In the six games since my debut, I've had four games without a walk. The minimum is five innings and the maximum is seven, so he can eat up at least six innings. It's a real ‘belly' guy in a team with a weak bullpen.
