Eric Pedi (30, NC Dinos) is the “best pitcher” in the first half of professional baseball this season.
Pedi started the home game against the Lotte Giants at Changwon NC Park on the 12th and won his 12th win (two losses) of the season with one 토토체험머니 run in 6 1/3 innings. Before the game, he pushed out Adam Plutko (LG Twins), who tied for first place in multiple wins, and became the sole leader in the division. In addition, since 2015, when the 10-team system began, he has set a winning tie record (15 games) against the club before at least all games.
The most eye-catching of all income is the ERA. Pedi’s ERA fell slightly from 1.73 to 1.71 after the match against Lotte. Among the 21 pitchers who filled the regular innings, he was the only one who finished the first half with an ERA of one point. Title competitors, including Raul Alcantara (Doosan Bears, 2.03) and Ahn Woo-jin (Kiem Heroes, 2.44), slowed down for a while, but maintained their pace until the last appearance in the first half. Pedi’s most runs in a game are three points (3 times). Quality starts (more than six innings and less than three earned runs) are the most in the team with 10 innings.
“It couldn’t be better than this in the first half,” Pedi said. “Personally, it’s best that I played that helped the team and that the team is within the playoff rankings.” NC won 12 games (3 losses) in 15 games in which Pedi started. The winning rate reaches 80 percent. As of the 13th, he took 30.8% of the team’s wins on the day of his appearance, so his presence is one of the driving forces that continues the competition for the semifinals.
When Pedi’s trip to NC was announced last winter, baseball fans drew high attention. Pedi is an active big leaguer who has played 100 innings in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the past two consecutive seasons. NC, where Drew Lucinski (Oakland Athletics) chose to return to MLB, needed an alternative card to fill his vacancy. He won the “Peddy Recruitment Competition” after fierce competition, but it is not without half-hearted eyes. This is because there are not one or two foreign players in the history of the KBO League who have been kicked out with a report card that fell short of their name value.
Pedi dispelled concerns. He throws a two-seam fastball that easily exceeds the maximum speed of 150 kilometers per hour, a cut fastball, a change-up, and a type of modified slider, Sweeper freely. He is a pitcher with a good pitching style, but he also has excellent control. He has only 2.31 walks per nine innings. Regarding Pedi, Ahn Woo-jin said, “He is fast in arrest, but he also has a lot of movement.” I don’t think there’s much more to say because the ball control is good. “Isn’t a pitcher (with a low ERA) who doesn’t score well the best?”
After successfully finishing the first half, Pedi wrote the wrong answer note first. “I know I can’t play in a good performance and situation every time, but I think I should minimize that,” he said adding, “Personally, it’s a shame that I have a lot of walks and home runs (6). “In the second half, I want to supplement this and be more helpful to the team,” he said.
NC, which has been injured one after another, has had ups and downs recently. He has only won four games (11 losses) in 15 games since the 22nd of last month. Pedi was responsible for two of these wins. The existence of Pedi, who plays the role of a “loss breaker,” is just as important. He predicted a counterattack in the second half, saying, “It’s a shame that our team has come to a crisis, but I liked the fact that we united as a team through efforts and processes to overcome this.”