[breaking news] "Why on earth" decided the opponent of the Korean quarterfinals, the second place in the ML Cy Young Award, 159km left-hander! The 'ML average of 20 home runs' is not the only problem

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It's in the middle of a mountain. The Korean national baseball team, led by head coach Ryu Ji-hyun (55), will face the strongest lineup and even the ace.

Elden Gonzalez of ESPN said on his SNS on the 12th (Korea Standard Time), "The Dominican Republic will send Christopher Sanchez (30, Philadelphia Phillies) to against South Korea / vs. Korea. Venezuela, which meets Japan, will send Ranger Suarez as a starter, he said.

Earlier, the Dominican Republic defeated Venezuela 7-5 in the final Group D match of the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) round 1 at Rondipo Park in Miami, Florida.

Of the team's 11 hits, four home runs bombed the Venezuelan mound with overwhelming firepower. the anticipated sea. The weakest player in the lineup was catcher Austin Wells (New York Yankees), who hit 21 home runs last year, and Dominica competed for first and second place in this tournament in terms of firepower. All nine starting batters have an average of 20 home runs experience in a season.

In particular, Fernando Tatis Jr. (San Diego Padres), Ketel Marte (Arizona Diamondbacks), Juan Soto (New York Mets), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Toronto Blue Jays) and Manny Machado (San Diego) are fear itself. Against such Dominica, South Korea also had strengths in hitting rather than the mound, so he might prove the adage that "the ball is round" if he goes to a slugfest while holding out as much as possible.

However, the mound is not easy. Sanchez, predicted by Dominica, is the ace who ranked second in the National League Cy Young Award last year with 13 wins and 5 losses with a 2.50 ERA and 212 strikeouts in 202 innings in Philadelphia.

The main weapon is a high-speed sinker with a maximum speed of 99 miles per hour (about 159.3 kilometers) and an average of 95.4 miles (about 153.5 kilometers), and the change-up against the right-handed batter is also a left-hander with a swing and miss rate of 45.1%.

It was expected that right-handed pitchers such as Luis Severino (32, Athletics) and Sandy Alcantara (31, Miami Marlins) would be available against South Korea, where right-handed hitters are okay, but they made the best card that they can play regardless of left and right.

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