Doosan's 'Foreign One, Two Punch' Is Enduring in Difficulties..."Power" to support the starters without Kwak Bin

Doosan's 'Foreign One, Two Punch' Is Enduring in Difficulties..."Power" to support the starters without Kwak Bin

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Doosan Bears' Col Irvin (31) and Jack Rogue (29) are holding up well despite difficulties. This is the strength that supports Doosan's starting lineup without Kwak Bin (26), the "native ace."스포츠토토

Currently, Doosan, ranked ninth, is having difficulties in starting pitchers. It is painful that Kwak Bin left the team just before the opening of the season due to an injury. He pitched well in the exhibition game. He suffered an abdominal muscle injury ahead of the opening. Suddenly, he was excluded from the "most wins."

Kim Yoo-sung, who had been selected as the fifth starter in the already difficult situation, failed to produce a result. After all, it is a blank of the fifth starter. Choi Won-joon and Choi Seung-yong show ups and downs. They rarely give trust.
Fortunately, Irvin and Rogue do their part. Irvin has five wins and two losses and a 2.77 ERA. Rogue has two wins and three losses and a 3.51 ERA. Of course, it's a shame if it's not a perfect performance.

Irvin often faces a crisis by giving a walk even though he throws well. The best example is the game against LG in Jamsil on the 5th. The ball often fell out of his hands from the 4th inning. Eventually, he threw only 76 pitches and came down from the mound after the 6th inning.
Rogue displayed slower pace than Irvin. He still struggled until mid-April. He had an ERA of 5.70 before the match against KIA at Jamsil on April 20. He was especially weak against right-handed hitters. During the same period, the permission rate for hits against right-handed hitters exceeded 30%. The permission rate for slugging is a whopping 0.769.

Still, I'm holding up well in these difficulties. I'm also figuring out why it was difficult. It means you can get better and better. I can actually see that it's gotten better.
As for Irvin, manager Lee Seung-yeop said, "After talking with my pitching coach, he is a pitcher who grabs the ball with great strength." He added, "I told him to relax a little bit," and talked about the direction of improvement.

Rogue has an ERA of 1.44 in four recent games. He has surely rebounded since the game against KIA on Tuesday. He is satisfied with it, too. "I didn't get a start win in recent games, but I was satisfied with the process," Rogue said after the game against LG Electronics on Sunday, when he had his first start win in a month.
While Irvin and Rogue are struggling, Kwak is set to return to the mound. The team held a bullpen session on Tuesday. It will be held once more every Tuesday. Lee plans to throw around 60 pitches on the day. "I think the mood of the team will improve just by setting the date of his return," Lee said.

In any case, Irvin and Rogue should hold out as well as they do now until Kwak Bin returns. Doosan's starter can be stronger if Kwak Bin returns while enduring well.