Doosan Bears Kwak Bin started the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League SSG Landers and team 9th home match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 25th. He pitched 102 pitches in 8 innings this year, giving up 4 hits, 3 walks, and 5 strikeouts. Kwak Bin, who received a lot of attention with Ahn Woo-jin (Kiwoom Heroes) in high school, started his professional life after receiving the first nomination from Doosan in the 2018 rookie draft. His start wasn't very good. Kwak Bin took the mound in 32 games (31 innings) and collected 3 wins, 1 loss, 4 holds and 1 save, but his ERA was 7.55, which was disappointing. Additionally, he underwent Tommy John surgery after the season.
Tommy John surgery is a major surgery that will take more than a year to return, and Kwak Bin, who underwent surgery at a young age, missed the entire 2019 season and the entire 2020 season. In the first season of his debut, Kwak Bin, who played as a bullpen pitcher, transformed into a starter through a hiatus and began to show his potential by appearing in 21 games, recording 4 wins and 7 losses with an ERA of 4.10. At the beginning of his debut, Kwak Bin's biggest weakness was his control. He had very many walks with 79 while pitching 98⅔ innings. However, from the 2022 season, it has completely changed. Kwak Bin appeared in 27 games and played 147⅔ innings, filling the first regular innings of his debut, recording 8-9 and an average ERA of 3.78, becoming a 'local ace' and experiencing the joy of boarding the World Baseball Classic (WBC) national team. , the potential is in full bloom this year.
The season started very well. Kwak Bin broke off the start of the 'masterpiece' with an average ERA of 0.88 with 3 wins and 1 loss in 5 appearances in April. In May, he had a hiatus due to a back injury, leaving regret, but after returning to the mound in June, he ran 5 individual wins in a row until the All-Star break, and vomited his spirit to board the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games (AG) team. Despite being eliminated from the first team twice in the first half due to back problems, Kwak Bin, who left a huge 'impact', struggled a bit at the start of the second half. After taking the loss with 4 runs in 5 innings (4 earned) in his first appearance, he fought back with 1 run in 7 innings (1 earned) in his first appearance in August. However, in the later appearances, he was unable to receive support from the other line and fell into a swamp of three consecutive losses, including two 4-run games, and took 'nine'. However, he cut off the bad flow on the mound that day.
On this day, Kwak Bin threw a slider (26 pitches), curve (18 pitches), and changeup (13 pitches) based on a fastball (45 pitches) of up to 153km, and recorded a dominant start (8 innings, 1 earned run or less) and SSG batting line perfectly tied together. As a result, he tasted the joy of his first 10 wins in his debut in the 4th period before 3rd. It was a bonus that he broke the most innings since his debut (previous 7⅓ innings). How do you feel about winning your 10th win in 4 games after winning 9 games? Kwak Bin said, “I think it will come out, it will come out, but I think I was a little shaken by myself, but yesterday (Choi) Won-jun said, ‘If you do it, it will come out’, so I went into the game with a little peace of mind.” There was a game, and there was a crisis in the 8th inning, so I did my best to deal with the batter without greed.”
Continuing, Kwak Bin said, "It's the first 10 wins, so I feel good. But I have a lot of days left to play baseball, so next year and the year after that, I want to become a better player." I didn't know if I would be in the first team until I was 23, but I think I did it at the right time." He played the most innings against '156 wins' Kim Gwang-hyun (SSG), who is called the best pitcher in the KBO League, and his joy doubled as he won his first 10 wins. 안전놀이터 Gwak Bin said, “It was a real honor to play against the best left-handed pitcher (Kim Gwang-hyun) in Korea. I thought that I would have to do well because the brothers’ hitting feel was so good, but I think winning will be an opportunity to develop one step further. "he was delighted.
On this day, Kwak-bin received a lot of help from 'Bae Myung-go senior' Kim Tae-geun. Kim Tae-geun gave Kwak Bin the first point, and in the third inning, he fired a timely hit to support. In addition, Kim Tae-geun firmly supported Gwak Bin by catching Kim Kang-min, who was digging into the groove, with a 'laser throw' when Hanyu Island (SSG) hit in the second out and second base in the top of the 7th inning. Kwak Bin said, "(Kim) Tae-geun said 'I threw well' before I said thank you first. Tae-geun believed in him." When I get hit, the way I blame myself before blaming myself makes me think, 'I have to throw harder.' I'm so grateful," he raised his thumb.
Doosan's advance into the postseason is of course important, but Kwak Bin, who won his first 10 wins in his debut, now turns to the Asian Games. To the word 'ace', he said, "Even if I throw like this in the Asian Games, the aces are (Park) Se-woong and (Moon) Dong-ju. I am absolutely not. I told Dong-ju, 'You have to do it.' Of course, you have to do well. I think that if we work hard together, good results will come out. His first 10 wins in 6 years, amidst twists and turns, including undergoing Tommy John surgery right after joining the club. Kwak Bin is growing beyond Doosan and becoming an 'ace' pitcher representing the KBO League.
