Cho Sang-woo (KIA Tigers) of the 2024 season had a disappointing year. After the end of the 2021 season, he resolved his military service as a social service worker and returned to the top-tier Korean pro team in 2024. Is it because it has been a long time since he played in the real game? He was not arrested well, and he ended the season early due to his shoulder injury. Despite this, Cho said, "I had income."

Cho Sang-woo met with reporters at Keen Baseball Stadium in Okinawa, Japan on Sunday. He took the mound as a relief pitcher at a practice game against the Hanwha Eagles on Sunday, and allowed two hits and no run in one inning. It is his first real game appearance since moving to Kia.온라인바카라

The maximum speed of his speed was 144 kilometers per hour. "It was a real game after a long time. I think I got the hang of it," Cho said. "It's still mid-February. I think I need to raise my speed a little bit more."

He had a hard time because his speed didn't rise throughout the last season. Last season's average speed was 145.5km/h, with a difference of about 2km from 147.5km/h in 2021. His record was also slightly lower than his name, with no wins, one loss, nine holds, six saves and an ERA of 3.18.

Cho Sang-woo said, "It was a disappointing season because I had an injury while I was going (to get the hang of it). At the beginning of the season, the throwing balance on the mound was not right at all. I was getting used to it a little bit and I was using up my energy, but it got worse."

"If you look at the results, I think I prepared wrong. I was good at sports, but I think I lost my touch because I didn't touch the ball much when it comes to throwing the ball," he said.

Cho will naturally have no choice but to pay attention to his speed this year as well. "I think it will go higher than now. I have no intention of hitting the ball several kilometers. Last year, I threw the ball hard because I couldn't get the speed right in the beginning. So I thought it was bad. I didn't get hurt from that, but I'm going to throw it balanced," Cho said.

Cho is a pitcher who expels batters with fastballs. As his ball speed has declined, he has lessened his ability to overwhelm batters, and tried to solve this problem by increasing his use of breaking balls as a desperate measure. According to Statistics Korea, Cho recorded 60.6 percent of four-seam fastballs and 37.9 percent of sliders in 2024. Except for 2017, when he briefly started, he threw the least number of sliders in his career. On the other hand, his slider ratio is the highest.

Regarding last year's pitching pattern, he said, "Many games took a lot of weight off breaking balls. His ball control is much better than when he originally threw it. It was a bad season last year, but I gained something like that."

Wouldn't it have been frustrating to throw breaking balls? "There is no such thing as that. If you block it, it's too bad," Cho said with a smile.

After the end of the 2024 season, he moved to Kia. Even before Jo joined the team, Kia boasted its strong capability, and when Jo joined the team, the team began to receive evaluation as an "absolute first-round match." "I am strong for sure. I think I need to focus a little more. There are many good pitchers that make me think that I have to work hard if I want to stay healthy. I am a strong team for sure," Cho said of his team's performance.

Chances are high that he will take the mound in the eighth inning right in front of Jung. "Apart from seniors and juniors, middle pitchers should give and receive help to each other," Cho said. "I asked Hae-young to give me a lot of help, too. It would be comfortable for her to let her go as neatly as possible (without successors). I'm going to do that."