Merrill Kelly (35, Arizona Diamondbacks), who was exported back to the U.S. from the KBO League, took her ninth win of the season and rose to the top spot alone in the Major League National League with the most wins.메이저놀이터
Kelly started the away game against the Milwaukee Brewers on the 20th and took the lead in the team’s 9-1 victory with 7 strikeouts, 3 hits and 1 walk, and 1 run through special pitching in 7 innings. He won his 9th win (3rd loss) of the season with the victory that day, and teammates Jack Gallen (28), Mitch Keller (27, Pittsburgh Pirates), Clayton Kershaw (35, LA Dodgers), and Marcus Stroman (32, Chicago). Cubs) and became the single player with the most wins. Currently, the number one win overall in the major leagues is Shane McClanahan (26, 11 wins, 1 loss, ERA 2.12), the ace of the Tampa Bay Rays, the first team in the American League winning percentage. Kelly lowered his ERA back to the 2-point range, moving from 8th to 4th in the National League in this category. At the same pace as now, 20 wins and multiple wins are possible.
Kelly, who started his journey in the big leagues in 2019 after playing four seasons from 2015 to 2018 at SK Wyverns (now SSG) in Korea, opened an era of success with 13 wins and 14 losses (average ERA of 4.42) in his first year. His overall performance has been upgraded with 13 wins and 8 losses and an average ERA of 3.37 in 2022, and he is showing more dazzling skills this year. The speed of the fastball is in the early 150 km/h range, which is normal in the major leagues. However, his breaking ball has become more diverse and sharper, and his control ability to freely use the entire strike zone has improved, so in the major leagues, Kelly is compared to Greg Maddox, who was known as the ‘wizard of the ball’.
After parting ways with SK, he signed a two-year contract with his hometown team, the Diamondbacks, for a total of $6 million, and signed another 2+1 year contract with the team ahead of this season. He’s guaranteed $18 million over two years, triple what it was four years ago.
The Diamondbacks are not a team, but Kelly’s good pitching, which has grown into the league’s top ace, has a record of 44-29 as of the 20th in the Major League National League West Division, San Francisco Giants (39-32) and Los Angeles Dodgers (39-33). Lose) and is running in first place. The Diamondbacks haven’t made it to the postseason stage in the past five seasons since 2017, when they entered the postseason as a wild card.
