Rookie candidate Mini standard (kt), who is a strong player in professional baseball this season, caught the eye again with a powerful pitch.
Mini standard started the home Kyonggi with sk Wyverns in the '2020 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League' held at Suwon FC ktwiz Park on the 11th, and won the 6th win (5 losses) with two hits, three walks and six strikeouts in six innings. Earned run average is 4.84, not bad for a Rookie.
After a seven-inning scoreless run against Doosan on June 3, he did not add a victory for nearly two months until August. After the Doosan victory, he lost four consecutive games in June alone, and the Rookie competition seemed to be moving away.
But by August, Mini standard began to build up. On the first day of sk's 6.2 innings, he hit three hits and five strikeouts, and he was a victory pitcher against sk, who met again. 2 Kyonggi has 2 wins, 12.2 innings, 11 strikeouts, and sk has become a sacrifice for Mini standard Risen.
In particular, the cut fastball learned during the two-week rest has been able to rebound with its power, and the recent four-game quality start pitching has been a great help in entering the fifth round of kt.
Mini standard, who has won six wins, will challenge to achieve 10 wins for high school graduates in 14 years since Hanhwa Ryu Hyun-jin in 2006. The Mini standard, which began to build up in the summer, once again set fire to the Rookie competition against Lee Min-ho (LG).
The Rookie competition was one step behind in June, but the recent uptrend is not uncommon.
Lee Min-ho is in the middle of a 10-Kyonggi 3-2 Earned run average 2.47 this season. Earned run average is far ahead of Lee Min-ho but Mini standard has a dominant lead in both wins and innings.
The Rookie competition between the two players, which have begun to catch fire again, is likely to continue until the end of the season. Coincidentally, both LG and kt are fighting in the fifth round, and the team performance and contribution of the two players are expected to become an important factor in determining Rookie.
LG Lee Min-ho and Rookie compete again with sk in six innings without a run