NC, Overloaded with Competition for Third Place at the End of the Season... KT Forces 9 Games While Resting Well

Kim Joo-won, Kim Young-gyu, and Kim Hyeong-jun were put in immediately after AG... Contrast with KT Park Young-hyun

The reason NC Dinos suffers from fatigue problems is not only because they played 4 more postseason games (wild card game and semi-playoff games 1 to 3) than KT Wiz.

NC finished the regular season a week later than KT and had to give their best until the end of the regular season due to fierce competition for rankings.

Athletes who attended the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games also jumped straight into practice without rest. https://www.casinositetop.com

On the 10th of last month, KT was the first among 10 clubs to complete the regular season, confirmed second place, and advanced directly to the playoffs (PO).

NC's final game of the regular season was against the KIA Tigers on the 17th, a week later.

When NC played the wild card match against Doosan on the 19th, KT was already on its 9th day of rest.

Afterwards, NC defeated Doosan and went on to the PO stage after going through the 1st to 3rd semi-playoff games against SSG Landers.

While KT rested 19 days until the first PO game on the 30th, NC played 5 regular season games and 4 postseason games.

In addition, NC was competing fiercely with SSG and Doosan for third place, so they had to put all their effort into each game at the end of the regular season.

With 9 games left until the completion of the regular season on October 5, NC suffered 6 consecutive losses, giving up 3rd place to Doosan and tied for 4th place with SSG. https://www.geogebra.org/p/QPFptEzRkr

For the next 12 days, a fierce battle took place between the three teams to gain an advantage in fall baseball.

In the end, NC lost third place to SSG and had to play in the wild card game, the first game of the postseason.

In this situation, infielder Kim Joo-won, catcher Kim Hyeong-jun, and left-handed pitcher Kim Young-gyu, who returned from the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, were registered in the first team immediately after returning to Korea on October 8.

After returning to Korea, Kim Joo-won had 27 at-bats in 7 games, Kim Hyeong-jun had 18 at-bats in 6 games, and Kim Young-gyu pitched 5 innings in 4 games and faced 18 batters.

This is in contrast to the fact that KT bullpen Park Young-hyun, who returned from Hangzhou, had a sufficient rest period and only pitched in the final game of the season on the 10th.

As a result, it is not surprising that NC suffers from extreme fatigue problems.

Kim Young-gyu showed signs of decreased velocity in the 3rd PO game, hit a home run, and was shut out in ⅔ innings.

It was his first loss in six postseason games.

Kim Joo-won, who had styes in both eyes, played the 4th PO game with swollen eyes, and veterans Son A-seop and Park Geon-woo had large cupping marks that were caught on broadcast. https://textup.fr/755498Hn

Meanwhile, the dark cloud grew thicker as news broke that ace Eric Peddy would not be able to start Game 5 on the 5th due to poor condition.

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Pub: 14 Jan 2024 03:52 UTC
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