Kim Seo-hyun, who can't fight "18 walks per 9 innings," said, "Like a pitcher who throws for the first time." We've made a decision to replace the last one [the site of a war]

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Despite being a fastball pitcher representing the league, Kim Seo-hyun (22, Hanwha Eagles) collapsed on his own without playing properly with the batter. Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon (58), who is represented by "Base of Trust," also showed a different attitude this time.

Kim Seo-hyun pitched 46 pitches in the bottom of the eighth inning with two outs and runners on first and second base in the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League home game against the Samsung Lions at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 14th, dedicating his victory to one hit and seven outs.

It was a shocking result. It was the first time in KBO league history that a team gave up 18 walks, and the closer took the mound with two outs in the eighth inning and allowed as many as seven walks, giving up five runs, including a run by the successor.

As many as 46 pitches were thrown, only 18 of them were recorded as strikes, with a strike rate of more than 40%.

He has already raised expectations by throwing balls up to 153 kilometers per hour in high school and proudly wore a Hanwha uniform as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 rookie draft. The down payment amounted to 500 million won, the same as Moon Dong-ju (23), who was a year older. Jung Woo-joo (20), who grew up as a national pitcher wearing a Hanwha uniform as the second-ranked player in the first round in 2025, was the same as the down payment, but he is suffering from a huge ups and downs.

Kim Seo-hyun, who played only 20 games in the first team in his first season after joining the professional league, corrected his pitching form to catch control in the second year, but rather led to a decrease in his arrest and could not find a solution.

The situation changed with manager Kim Kyung-moon's appointment during the season. Yang Sang-moon, the pitching coach, and Kim helped Kim Seo-hyun throw comfortably, and Kim Seo-hyun has grown into the team's must-win group since the middle of the season that year.

Kim Seo-hyun, who gained confidence, started last season with the finish and ranked second in this category with 33 saves. Was it because of the full season season? It was shaken greatly at the end of the season, and the aftermath continued to fall baseball.

Even this season, Kim Seo-hyun has not been able to stabilize. In particular, in the game on the 14th, he failed to play aggressively against not only the core batters but also the lower batting order. He has played six innings in seven games this season, with one loss and one save and an ERA of 9.00.

The hit rate is still not high at 0.227, but the on-base allowed per inning (WHIP) is 2.83, complicating the game on its own. The number of walks is 12, reaching 18 per nine innings. It's a record that I can't believe it's the end.

Coach Kim also gave Kim a chance in the ninth inning to Kim Seo-hyun, who gave up three points with unstable control in the eighth inning. The result was a misjudgment. Coach Kim Kyung-moon met with reporters ahead of the Samsung match on the 15th and said, "If last year was a scene where (Kim) Seo-hyun suffered and overcame enough, he should be at the center this year, but he threw like a pitcher for the first time yesterday," adding, "There will be a little change."

I brought up a more specific story. For the time being, Kim Seo-hyun will hand over the finishing position to Jack Cushing. Manager Kim said, "I was supposed to go to Busan to start the game, but after watching the game yesterday, I thought, 'Oh, I shouldn't go like this,' so I'm going to leave Jack as the last player and solve the game," adding, "Baseball always moves, so I'm going to try that now and think about it next if it works out better."

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