Young Gun Kim (20), a second-year pitcher for the Hanwha Eagles in the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO), plays catch with foreign pitcher Ryan Weiss (28) before games. Kim, who throws up to 160 kilometers per hour on Trackman, bears some resemblance to Weiss. They are both tall, right-handed fastball pitchers with slightly lower arm angles.

Kim, who has had his eye on Weiss since he was in the second team, approached him after he was promoted to the first team on March 30 and asked him a lot of questions. “I’ve been playing catch with him lately, and we have similar arm throws, so I have a lot to learn from him. He’s a fastball pitcher with a good changeup. I’m trying to steal his two-seam changeup and slider. I’m trying to take away his two-seam changeup and slider.”

As much as Weiss has become Young-gun’s new model, he has quickly settled into the KBO. When he signed a six-week, $100,000 contract ($12,000 signing bonus, $48,000 annual salary, $40,000 incentive) with Hanwha on March 17 as an injury replacement for Ricardo Sanchez, who was placed on the disabled list with elbow soreness, no one could have predicted how well he would perform.

Unlike teammate Jaime Barria,

Unlike teammate Jaime Barria, who has 22 career major league wins, Weiss has no big league experience. Until recently, he pitched in the American Independent League, but Hanwha head coach Kim Kyung-moon recognized his desperation. “There are some players who caught the eye of scouts and got a lot of money (for their services), and there are some who didn’t,” Kim said. “It would be nice to win a lot of games, but it’s more important to rotate and make the innings last longer. Then we will be able to give high scores.”

Weiss, who won his debut with six innings of four-hit, two-run ball with seven strikeouts and no walks against Doosan in Daejeon on May 25, 파워볼사이트 추천 has pitched six or more innings in four consecutive games until LG Electronics in Daejeon on May 14, and is clearly showing the innings-eating ability that manager Kim Kyung-moon expected. Against Gochuk Kiwoom on the 9th, he pitched seven innings of quality starts with five hits, two walks, one hit batsman, six strikeouts, and two runs (one earned). Three consecutive quality starts, including one against KT in Daejeon on Feb. 2 (6 innings, 5 hits, 1 HR, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts, 3 runs allowed).

His long innings are good enough, but he’s also excellent in terms of pitch content.

In four games, he’s pitched 25 1/3 innings with a 3.20 ERA. He’s struck out 25 batters and walked just eight. His strikeout-to-walk ratio is ideal, and his batting average (.237) is low and stable.

He suffered his first loss on April 14 against LG in Daejeon, allowing five runs on nine hits and two walks in 6⅓ innings with seven strikeouts. He was unlucky to give up four runs in the seventh inning, as the infield allowed Park Hae-min to steal second base with the bases loaded, and the bullpen gave up another run.

On the day, Weiss topped out at 152 mph by Trackman and averaged 150 mph with his fastball (43), along with an even mix of five pitches: curve (28), slider (18), sweeper (5), and changeup (3). His fastball didn’t falter, and his decisive knuckle curveball hit the top of the ABS and caught hitters off guard. He also had a slider and a sweeper that curved outside to righties.

It’s been a month since the signing.

We can’t make any judgments based on four games, but it’s a performance that has exceeded expectations and is something to look forward to going forward. Weiss has two weeks left on his contract, and the schedule calls for two more starts.

Barring a major collapse in his next two outings, Weiss will likely shed the ‘temporary’ label and become a ‘regular’ for the remainder of the season. His pitching mechanics and stuff are good, but his mental toughness in a crisis is also highly regarded within the organization.

Add to that Sanchez’s slow recovery from injury, and it’s unclear when he will return. With Weiss’s competitive performance, Hanwha doesn’t have to wait for Sanchez to return. After just four games, Weiss has proven his worth and saved Hanwha a lot of trouble.