Lotte Giants’ mound was sluggish in its worst form, with the team’s ERA at the bottom twice in the past five years and tied for 8th once.
However, Lotte’s mound was transformed into third place (3.83 ERA) last year. When looking into detailed records, the team showed excellent performance.
Lotte also ranked second in the league with 769 innings in the 23-year team selection innings category. With 66 quality starts (more than six innings and less than three earned runs), the second-largest number in the league, Lotte has fulfilled its starting duties properly.
Of course, it is true that Lotte’s starting lineup last year was comparable to Doosan, which recorded the best team ERA of 3.64 in the league, or KT, which had the most number of QS+ (less than three earned runs in seven innings) with 38 innings.
However, foreign ace Charlie Barnes took the center stage with 11 wins, 10 losses and 3.28 ERA, and Aaron Wilkerson, who joined during the season, showed a good performance with 7 wins, 2 losses and 2.26 ERA, showing the possibility of becoming the strongest in the league.
In addition, Park Se-woong (9-7, 3.45 ERA) and Na Kyun-an (6-8, 3.80), the starting right-hander duo, also played their part in variables such as Asian Games and injuries, respectively. There were many variables throughout the season, with the two players leaving the starting rotation due to AG transfer and injury. Nevertheless, the starting lineup, which has been the team’s weakness for years, has clearly shown a clear possibility through improved performance.
In fact, the Lotte mound has been very sluggish in the past five years, ranking the lowest in the team’s ERA twice and tying for 8th once. It ranked 10th in 2019 (4.83), 6th in 2020 (4.64), 10th in 2021 (5.37) and tied for 8th in 2022 (4.45), except for one time, all of which were only the lowest in the league. Considering that Lotte’s team’s ERA (5.37) was only eighth in the league in 2018, the team’s mound’s sluggishness was very long.
Of course, there were times when Lotte’s mound was good. In 2017, Lotte ranked third in the league with a team ERA of 4.56, which was a tremendous season for both pitchers. The LG Twins, which ranked first in the league, posted an ERA of 4.30, and the Doosan Bears, ranking second, posted an ERA of 4.38, while the five teams, or half of the teams in the league, had a ERA of around five. Considering that, the recent season when Lotte had the best pitching staff was worth evaluating as 2017 before 2023.
Even earlier than that, Lotte ranked seventh with 5.63 in 2016 and eighth with 5.07 in 2015, and its mound power was close to dark ages. 랭크카지노주소
Of course, there were times when mounding was a strength before that. In 2014, Lotte ranked fourth with a 5.19 ERA, which was not bad compared to the intense pitching and pitching season.
Prior to that, the mound was a solid strength in 2012 and 2013. At that time, Lotte had a 3.48 and 3.93 ERA, respectively, building the team’s mound strength that ranks second in the league. Along with the Samsung Lions (3.39) in 2012 and the LG Twins (3.72) in 2013, the mound was considered the most solid team in the league.