It feels stronger than last year.

Adam Plutko, a member of the one-two punch of the LG Twins, made his debut in the demonstration game. Plutko started the demonstration game against the NC Dinos at Changwon NC Park on the 14th and recorded 3 hits, 1 walk, 1 strikeout and no run in 3 innings. 38 pitches in total. The highest speed of the fastball recorded 147km, and the curve, slider, changeup, and cutter were mixed.

He pitched largely impeccably in terms of content. In the bottom of the first inning, Kim Seong-wook walked and Son Ah-seop gave a right-handed hit after one out in the first inning. In the second inning, he gave Kim Joo-won a hit after one kill, but Ahn Joong-yeol was foul-flyed and Han Seok-hyun was grounded. In the 3rd inning, right fielder Moon Seong-joo missed a fly ball from Seo Ho-cheol, the lead batter, and was allowed to go on base, but after that, he caught the three batters with a fly ball, strikeout, and grounder, completing three out counts.

Flutko made his KBO League debut last year when he signed a $800,000 contract with LG. He was sluggish at the beginning of the season, but he managed to bounce back by winning 4 wins and undefeated in 5 matches in the month of June. The final result of the season was 15 wins and 5 losses in 28 games and 162 innings, with an ERA of 2.39. He helped boost LG’s run for second in the regular season and fall baseball by finishing the season tied for second in most wins. In the second game of the playoffs against Kiwoom Heroes, it was a mistake to collapse with 8 hits and 6 runs (4 earned runs) in 1⅔ innings, but LG chose to accompany Plutko this season. 메이저놀이터

Eyes on the second season of Plutko, which signed a contract for a total of $1.4 million, have been mixed. While there are expectations that his ability to win 15 games based on his outstanding command will be more powerful this year, which is the second year of perfect adaptation to the league, concerns coexist that his physical condition will become a variable, such as sluggishness at the beginning of the season and poor physical condition at the end. did. In his first appearance, Plutko threw a scoreless pitch, easily overcoming the crisis based on effective pitch count and excellent command despite sending out runners every inning.

Plutko is expected to play on the mound one or two more times in his remaining exhibition games. It is still necessary to observe the build-up process for the opening series, but the pitches revealed in the first edition were enough to expect a stronger appearance this season in the second year.