Shim Joon-seok (20. Miami Marlins) pitched well for the first time in a long time. This significantly reduced his ERA from 33.00 to 24.75.
Shim Joon-seok, who has been playing in the Arizona Fall League (AFL) since the middle of last month since the end of the minor league regular season, pitched one scoreless inning in a home game held at Peoria Sports Complex in Arizona on the 8th (Korea time).
The AFL is known as a stage where only minor league players from 30 major league teams can play. Sometimes, players like Shim Joon-seok who did not have the opportunity to play during the regular season due to injury participate in the AFL for rehabilitation purposes.
Players who are dispatched to the AFL will play a league with five teams. So there are a total of six teams in the AFL. Shim Jun-seok’s Peoria Havelinas has a team of players from Atlanta, Miami, Milwaukee, San Diego, and Seattle.
Shim Jun-seok, who took the mound as the team’s third pitcher in defense in the top of the sixth inning, struck out the first batter Robert Hasel by throwing a four-pitch, 93.2 miles (about 150 kilometers) four-pitch fastball.
Shim Joon-seok, who started well against the leadoff hitter, also struck out Kalai Rosario, who came out as the second batter, throwing four pitches and 73.3 miles (about 118 kilometers) of curves in one ball and two strikes.
Shim Joon-seok, who welcomed the third batter Ben Ross, threw a four-pitch, 91.7 miles (about 148km) four-pitch fastball in a two-ball, one strike, and the ball Ross hit was thrown out by a fly ball to center field.
Shim Jun-seok, who handled three batters neatly, pitched one scoreless inning and then got off the mound. He did not give up a single walk and a hit, and his control was good enough to allow eight of the 12 pitches he threw through the strike zone. This is in contrast to the record of allowing four walks while allowing two hits and five runs in just 1/3 innings in the mound on the 3rd. At that time, Shim Jun-seok threw a total of 25 pitches, and only seven of them were judged to be strikes.
One regrettable thing is that Shim Jun-seok, who recorded 97.7 miles (about 157 kilometers) with the highest speed limit in his last pitching, only posted a maximum of 93.1 miles (about 150 kilometers) on the day. Excluding these, however, Shim’s pitching was flawless and perfect. 스포츠토토
Shim Jun-seok, a graduate of Deoksu High School, entered the U.S. market last year after signing a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the Major League. However, he pitched in only four games in the rookie league due to his injury since his first year as a pro. Due to his injury suffered during the spring camp, Shim was not allowed to pitch in even a single game during the regular season this year. He pitched in only eight innings for the past two years. This is why many fans sarcastically ask him, “Did you come to the U.S. for medical tourism?”
Still, Miami believes in Shim Jun-seok’s potential and sends him to the AFL, continuing to give him opportunities. However, if he fails to make good use of this, the future will become unstable.
Attention is focusing on whether Shim Jun-seok, who pitched one scoreless inning in the game on Sunday, will be able to continue his stellar performance until the end of the season. The AFL will end on March 16.
