There was a lot of concern about Yoo Hee-kwan's arrest, but in the end, why did he choose to start the opening game? "From the moment he brought me..."

There was a lot of concern about Yoo Hee-kwan's arrest, but in the end, why did he choose to start the opening game? "From the moment he brought me..."

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NC Dinos manager Lee Ho-joon selected Logan Allen as the starting pitcher for the opening game after a long struggle.안전놀이터

Logan will play the opening two consecutive games against KIA at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd.

Lee spent a long period of time agonizing over Logan and Riley Thompson as starters for the opening game. After a long hiatus, Lee has chosen Logan.

Logan started the exhibition game against Changwon Kiwoom on the 8th and allowed two hits, three strikeouts, four walks and one run in three innings. He sprayed up to 146 kilometers. He was scheduled to start against Hanwha in Changwon on the 15th, but was canceled due to rain.

Therefore, Logan replaced him with live pitching. He threw a total of 650 pitches and posted a maximum speed of 138 kilometers.

Given his name value, Logan should be the starting pitcher. Until last year, he played for the Arizona Diamondbacks in the Major League, where he recorded five wins, 11 losses and an earned run average of 5.79 in 124 ⅓ innings in 45 games (15 starts). He has an average fastball speed of mid-140 kilometers, and uses various breaking balls including a splitter, curve, sweeper, slider and change-up.

Riley only used to play in the minor leagues, so Logan is right to play just by looking at his experience.
However, during the spring camp, Logan put coach Lee Ho-joon in trouble. His speed stayed in the mid-130km range until right before the second camp in Tainan. Afterwards, he moved to the Taiwan camp and had a practice game, only to reach 140km range.

Of course, Logan is not the type to beat players with fastballs. He allows batters to hitters with various breaking balls. However, it was not enough compared to the average pitching of mid to late 140 kilometers in the U.S.

Logan confidently told Lee to trust him. Fortunately, he pitched up to 146 kilometers in his first exhibition game, which allowed him to recover his ball power.

"Rogan couldn't throw it in the last game. I was going to decide after seeing him throw it on that day," Lee said. "I thought Logan was the first starter since I brought him here, so I decided to start the opening game."