Ryu Hyun-jin raised ABS issue, KBO unusual rebuttal, Hanwha received feedback, “As the team suffered consecutive losses…”

[OSEN=대전, 이상학 기자] The baseball world is in an uproar as professional baseball player Ryu Hyun-jin (37) of the Hanwha Eagles publicly criticized ABS (Automatic Pitching Assessment System). The KBO made a direct rebuttal by distributing pitch tracking judgment data provided by ABS operator Sports2I to the media in an unusual manner.

The Hanwha team also received related feedback from the KBO. Hanwha coach Choi Won-ho met with reporters ahead of the Daejeon Doosan game on the 26th and said, “I saw (the KBO data). On the field (coaching staff), we hear about the ABS zone through the players. Perhaps our team is currently sensitive (due to falling performance). “It is also true that it is worn out,” he said.

Coach Choi Won-ho continued, “There are parts where the ABS numbers and the players’ feelings do not match up exactly. Previously, there was talk that the zones were different for each stadium, but (for the Suwon KT game on the 23rd and 24th) it was completely different on the first and second days. As I was talking about it, it was true that the situation became chaotic because of our losing streak, but I think the players were a little more sensitive because it made the game difficult. “I want to,” he explained.

Hanwha, which got off to the best start in the club’s history with 8 wins and 2 losses in the opening 10 games after losing in the opening game, went on a 7-game winning streak, has since fallen into a sharp slump. They fell into a deep hole with 3 wins and 14 losses in the last 17 games, and their ranking fell to 8th place. As the team’s performance has noticeably worsened, the pressure felt by the players has increased, and as a result, they have no choice but to react more sensitively to a single ball decision.

Ryu Hyun-jin is falling short of expectations this season with 1 win, 3 losses, ERA 5.91, and 31 strikeouts in 6 games (32 innings). After reporting his first win since his return against Doosan in Jamsil on the 11th with 1 hit, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts, and no runs in 6 innings, he pitched well against Changwon NC on the 17th with 3 hits (1 home run), 2 walks, 8 strikeouts, and 3 runs in 7 innings, but he pitched well against KT on the 24th. took the loss with 7 hits, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts, and 7 runs (5 earned) in 5 innings. He failed to serve as a stopper for the losing streak as the team was on a three-game losing streak.

In the game against KT, Ryu Hyun-jin held the team scoreless until the second inning, but in the third inning, he gave two walks to Cho Yong-ho and Kim Sang-soo, piling up runners, then hit consecutive hits and gave up three runs. Ryu Hyun-jin tilted his head when the third pitch against leadoff hitter Cho Yong-ho was ruled a ball in the third inning. Then, when the fourth pitch was judged to be a ball, Ryu Hyun-jin’s face hardened with a bewildered expression. Batter Cho Yong-ho did not move at the plate, as if he thought it was a strike. He ran to first base when the umpire called him a walk.

Against Kim Sang-soo with one out and first base, the second pitch, a 128 km outside changeup, seemed to hit the border line, but it was a ball. Ryu Hyun-jin stuck out his lips and expressed his regret. Balls 3 and 4 were high courses in the middle. When the walk decision came out, Ryu Hyun-jin asked something toward the third base dugout. He seemed to be checking, ‘Is it the right ball?’ Starting on the 23rd, an ABS judgment receiver will be placed in the dugout so that ABS calls can be confirmed.

Ryu Hyun-jin, whom we met before the game on the 25th, complained about the ABS zone. Ryu Hyun-jin said passionately, “In the 3rd inning, against Jo Yong-ho, the 3rd ball was ruled low. However, the 3rd ball in the 5th inning went in at almost the same height, but it was ruled a strike. More balls missed in the 5th inning, so it should have been a ball.” . Ryu Hyun-jin struck out Jo Yong-ho on 3 pitches in the 5th inning and shook his head as he came down the mound. He struck out, but showed his dissatisfaction with the ABS zone.

Accordingly, on the 26th, the KBO released the pitch tracking judgment data provided by ABS operator Sports2I and said, “The third pitch of KT Cho Yong-ho’s at-bat at the end of the third inning of the game in which Ryu Hyun-jin took the mound passed the bottom of the ABS middle zone by 0.15 cm, but missed the end of the ABS. “It was ruled a ball because it failed to pass the bottom of the zone by 0.78cm.”

He also added, “We also attached the relevant pitch data so that you can compare and check Cho Yong-ho’s 3 pitches at bat in the bottom of the 5th inning with his 3 pitches in the bottom of the 3rd inning.” KBO said, “The 4 pitches at the plate of KT Cheon Seong-ho at the bottom of the 4th inning pitched by Moon Dong-ju on the 23rd (strike decision), and the 3 pitches at the plate of KT Cheon Seong-ho at the bottom of the 1st inning pitched by Ryu Hyun-jin on the 24th (ball decision) can be confirmed in the graphic. “The position where it was pitched is different,” he said. /[email protected]