"ERA 5.42" Left Seung-hyun blamed himself, "If you can't show it in the professional league, there's no place for me → This season is different.""

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Lee Seung-hyun (24), a left-hander from the Samsung Lions' "first designation," hit Bae Soo-jin by applying a cold standard to himself. Leaving behind the disappointment of the highest average earned run in his career last season, he is in the midst of tempering to become a "real starting pitcher."

According to the Samsung club, Lee Seung-hyun pitched his fifth bullpen session at a spring camp site in Guam on the 6th. Lee Seung-hyun, who threw 60 pitches in the previous pitch, adjusted his condition to enter the starting rotation by throwing 63 pitches.

After pitching on the day, Lee Seung-hyun said, "I'm satisfied. "I threw 60 pitches last time, and I'm taking a lot of balls today by playing 63 pitches," he said, explaining his current condition himself.

Lee Seung-hyun is competing for the fifth starter. Lee Seung-hyun, who graduated from Daegu Sangwon High School and wore a Samsung uniform as the first designation of a rookie in 2021, coexisted with his name and cancer in the 2025 season. The fire extinguishing innings recorded the highest number of personal innings with 101 ⅓ innings, but the performance was not good. He went 4-9 with a 5.42 ERA in 25 games. This is because he had the highest ERA in his career after playing five seasons. It was the season with the most home runs with 10.

Just before leaving for the camp site on January 23, even coach Park Jin-man (50) said, "The best picture is for left-hander Lee Seung-hyun to take charge of the fifth starter, but he should take his place in terms of skills. "Since there are many players who have shown good performances, such as Yang Chang-seop and Lee Seung-min, I think we should find the fifth starter at the camp site," he said.

Lee Seung-hyun is also aware of this. "Now, rather than just throwing the ball hard with my arms, I am practicing to send the power of my whole body to the ball as efficiently as possible and throw it," he said. As a starting pitcher who has to play long innings, this seems to be a choice to reduce physical exhaustion and maximize the power of the pitch.

Finally, he even blamed himself. Lee Seung-hyun said, "We didn't show as much performance as you expected in the 2025 season. I don't think there's any place for me if I can't show it. We have to compete constantly. We are preparing harder than ever this season. I prepared harder as much as the club expected and supported me, and I am confident that I will do well," he said, vowing to rebound.

Attention is focusing on how Lee Seung-hyun, who engraved his heartbreaking report card for the 2025 season, and his sweat under the hot sun of Guam will make a difference to Samsung's mound this season.

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