"I hate you once again." Will 42-year-old Oh Seung-hwan be able to recover his reputation as a PO player
"I hate you once again." Will 42-year-old Oh Seung-hwan be able to recover his reputation as a PO player
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Will he be given a chance to recover his reputation? Attention is drawn to whether Oh Seung-hwan (42) of the Samsung Lions will play in the playoffs.
Samsung is set to play the first round of the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League playoffs at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on Tuesday. Having advanced to the playoffs for the first time in three years, Samsung will have a showdown with the winner of the semi-playoff between the LG Twins and the KT Wiz in a best-of-five series for a ticket to the Korean Series.
Samsung, which ranked second early after the game against the Kiwoom Heroes on April 22, has been preoccupied with preparing for fall baseball. Since the game against the Kia Tigers on September 23, most of its key players including Won Tae-in and Kim Ji-chan have been absent, and have thus far rested. On the other hand, semi-mainstream players continued to play games from the end of the regular season to the Futures League in early October, and started to distinguish between good and bad. Among them, Oh Seung-hwan, a veteran player, has emerged as the most controversial issue.
Oh was originally a much closer player to the former. However, Oh's shocking pitching in the match against Kiwoom on Tuesday shook his position significantly. With Samsung leading 9-2 at the top of the ninth inning, Oh gave up six runs with a hit-fault, a walk-off, a hit-hitter, and a homerun after the second out to lower his head. Kim Jae-yoon added an out count to his team, putting out the most urgent fire, but the ripple effect was remarkable. Oh ended the season early on the next day when he was notified of his advance to the second division.
Oh recorded three wins, nine losses, two holdsouts, 27 saves, 42 strikeouts and an earned run average of 4.91 (30 earned runs in 55 innings) in 58 games this season. He was considered one of the best finishes in the league by recording one win, three losses and 24 saves with an earned run average of 2.00 in 34 games through June 27, but has since collapsed endlessly since then, recording a career low in ERA in 20 years since his debut.
Samsung, which has a thin base of bullpen players, continued to display faith in Oh even as he watched him falter. However, as his slump dragged on, including an ERA of 12.15 in nine games in July, he ultimately replaced his team with a finishing pitcher and made a strong move to the second team. After his return to the first team, Oh seemed to gain stability by adding two holds through a game between mid-base hits, but collapsed again by allowing nine runs in the last two games in September.
Oh struggled with 7.41 ERA in 21 games in the second half of the season. He cannot afford to assume the role of a must-winner. Nevertheless, he had zero ERA in four games at Futures. He pitched four innings, one hit and three strikeouts, which was not bad. With Samsung having many young players, veteran player has great value. He does not have to be included in the playoff list, 먹튀검증 which features 13 to 14 pitchers.
Oh, who re-signed for a two-year deal worth 2.2 billion won (2.3 million U.S. dollars) after painstaking efforts ahead of this season, has lost a large part of his fans' trust due to sluggish performance in the second half of the year. With one year left to sign, Oh's recovery to some extent is considered the best scenario for Samsung. It remains to be seen whether Oh will get a chance to show a better performance in fall baseball.