"Daejeon Jesus." Weiss is crazy! Houston must-win group seen → Is ERA 1.50 real with long relief

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Ryan Weiss (30, Houston Astros), nicknamed "Daejeon Jesus" for his outstanding performance as a member of the Hanwha Eagles, is scary. The ball power that dominated the KBO league is also working on the Major League Baseball (MLB) stage. He finished his third big league appearance and continued his scoreless streak for two consecutive games.

Weiss pitched as the third pitcher in an away game against the "2026 Major League" Athletics at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California on the 4th (Korea time) and pitched three innings of three hits, two strikeouts and no runs. There was no walk at all.

Weiss' season ERA dropped from 3.00 to 1.50 due to good pitching on the day. With a total of 38 pitches, the four-seam fastball maximum speed shot 97.2 miles (156.4 km), showing off his overwhelming pitching. There were a total of 24 strikes.

Weiss, who took the mound in the bottom of the sixth inning when his team was trailing 1-11, gave up consecutive hits to Jacob Wilson and Lawrence Butler in the early stages, putting him on the verge of first and second bases with no outs. However, after taking a breather by turning the follow-up batter Max Muncy into a double play on the first pitch, Jeff McNeil also grounded out to the third base and did not lose a point.

Weiss, who found stability, struck out two in the seventh inning to create a three-out inning, and in the eighth inning, he also gave up a right-handed hit to Darrell Hernandez after two outs, but blocked the follow-up hit to complete three scoreless innings.

Weiss, who has been the ace of the Hanwha Eagles for the past two years and has a 21-10 record and 3.16 ERA, signed a major league contract with Houston ahead of the 2026 season. It was guaranteed $2.5 million (about 3.8 billion won) in the 2026 season, and it is a 1+1 contract with a team option of $5 million (about 7.6 billion won) in the 2027 season. Weiss, who competed to enter the starting rotation in the spring camp, succeeded in entering the opening entry and seems to be adapting quickly after his position was decided as a bullpen.

Weiss, who made his dream major league debut against the Los Angeles Angels on March 28, had a rather difficult game with two hits (one home run), one walk, two strikeouts, and one run in one inning, and Weiss, who received a vaccination shot, has continued his scoreless streak in two consecutive games since the match against Boston on March 31 (three strikeouts, one walk, and no hit in two innings), building trust in Houston's bench.

Now, he is even trying to enter Houston's must-win group. Now, Weiss seems to be reborn as a key resource that will be responsible for the back door of Houston beyond just a chase group. Weiss is reproducing the nickname "Daejeon Jesus" obtained from Korea, a strange land, on the mound of the United States. A new page in the KBO League reverse export myth is writing splendidly from his fingertips.

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