I’m second in line… I want to hear that it’s a waste to go to Hanwha”

“I wondered if I could be nominated so quickly.”

Pitcher Lee Sang-gyu (27), who became a new member of Hanwha, was surprised when he heard the results of the KBO second round draft on November 22 last year. Hanwha selected LG right-hander Lee Sang-gyu with the second overall pick in the first round. The transfer fee for the first round in the second draft is 400 million won, which is not small. Hanwha invested a lot of money to bring in Lee Sang-gyu.

Lee Sang-gyu said, “When I first heard the news of the nomination, I thought, ‘I’m the second choice?’ I had this thought. I wondered if I could have been nominated so quickly. I was puzzled and surprised. “I don’t know if LG coach and coaches helped me,” he recalled.

After being selected in the second draft, Hanwha coach Choi Won-ho said, “With the introduction of ABS (Automatic Ball Assessment System), pitchers with good velocity or ball movement will have an advantage. It would be even better if there was a breaking ball that fell as a bell. Lee Sang-gyu can throw in the mid-140km range and has good ball movement. “He mainly throws a slider, but he also has a forkball,” he said, and saw him as a pitcher who could work in a robot umpire system.

Lee Sang-gyu, a graduate of Cheongwon High School, was nominated by LG with the 70th overall pick in the 2nd 7th round in 2015. Since his first-team debut in 2019, he has played a total of 44 games (45 innings) over 4 seasons, 2 wins, 3 losses, 4 saves, 1 hold, an ERA of 6.20, and 28 strikeouts. recorded. Although his performance was not outstanding, he was recognized enough to serve as LG's temporary closer when Go Woo-seok was out with a knee injury early in the 2020 season. He was shot with a speed gun up to 153km.

Lee Sang-gyu, who left a strong impression in the month of May 2020 with 12 games (12⅓ innings), 2 wins, 4 saves, and 1 hold, and an ERA of 1.46, however, fell to the closing position after June due to poor ball control, and has since spent more time in the second team than in the first team. There were more. Last year, he pitched well in the Futures League with 27 games (25⅔ innings), 2 wins, 1 loss, 2 saves, 3 holds, and an ERA of 1.75, but he appeared in only 8 games (7⅔ innings) in the first team. There weren't many opportunities in LG, a team with good pitching ability that ranked first in team ERA for the past three consecutive years.

Lee Sang-gyu said, “I hadn’t clearly established what I wanted to do, and I was struggling as I tried many different things. I tried to find a good path, but I took the wrong path. “From what I can see, I was very stubborn and tried to be too perfect,” he said, looking back, “I think it’s almost settled now.” Last year, he threw a lot of two-seamers to save the messy ball. He studied the locations a lot by watching videos. “I also practiced breaking balls because Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop said that you need to know how to throw a forkball to get a chance and survive,” he said. Since last year, changes have been made by reviving the ball movement and installing a forkball, and Hanwha paid attention to this and brought in Lee Sang-gyu.

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