What does it mean to be on the MLB Opening Day roster?
That means that the 25-man first team who will have to deal with the tough Major League schedule until the September expansion roster is implemented.
Among them, the core and starting pitcher of the only team with more than five seats confirmed.
There were two Korean players in it.
- When will we debut? I saw the exhibition game and it was no joke.
- Arthur. And do you know that there are only one or two kids who are truly educated in the big leagues?
- I think they'll go down to the minors after playing one or two games.
- Don't be silly. Come see the pitching video.
Unlike Korea, which is full of hope, the American public opinion is divided into many different opinions.
But there was one thing that all of those voices agreed on.
- At least you won't see it in the opening series.
- Of course not.
C. C. Sabacia, Hiroki Kuroda, Phil Hughes, Ivan Nova, Freddie Garcia… … .
Although it did not live up to the fans' expectations, it was an unreasonable lineup to think that Shin Kim was inside the third starter.
- Except for Sabathia... … .
- How did we end up like this?
The topic of the community that started with Shin Kim, but naturally moved to the starting lineup of the Yankees in 2012.
Fans who were bitter as they recalled the past struggled to find a bright side.
- Andy will be back soon, so you'll be fine!
-right. And in the bullpen, we are the best.
- I believe you, Rivera!
Starting with Joba Chamberlain, where Shin Kim's advice worked and avoided an outrageous injury.
Because Mariano Rivera, David Robertson, Rafael Soriano, and the like were the best bullpen in the league.
The starting line is a bit unstable, but the two cores who are still playing as active players, Sujin Ya led by Derek Jeter and the bullpen led by Mariano Rivera are a strong team.
That was the 2012 Yankees evaluation.
* * *
April 6, 2012.
Finally, the opening game of the MLB was held.
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaveve to have to-!"
Their opponent is the Tampa Bay Rays, a small market in the Eastern District of the American League.
In their home stadium, Tropicana Field, a non-stop sound of hitting resounded.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah-!
[Alas, I can't believe it! Rivera! Mariano Rivera! It's going to collapse!]
Game 1. The strongest closer in the league, Mariano Rivera of the Yankees made a blast save in the bottom of the ninth inning and lost 6-7.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah-!
[Luke Scott! Prove why you are the designated hitter without regrets!]
2nd round. Man who spends more time in the hospital than on the field, loses 6-8 after being hit by 3 at-four, wielded by Luke Brandon Scott of the Rays.
- Is the Yankee okay?
- You didn't say everything when you saw that he even brought the trash? Of course, the waste also went to the miner hahahahahahahahaha
Shrimp, who had been enduring among the most powerful whales in the majors called the Yankees and Boston, shouted his existence to the public.
"I knew it wouldn't be easy, but… … ."
A powerful one-two punch called first pick James Shields, who showed a Cy Young pace in 2011, and second pick David Price, who was "scheduled" for the 2012 Cy Young Award.
The Tampa Bay Rays, a team that can't be vigilant, still have almost the same record that won the 2010 district title, even though they lack batting compared to their pitching team.
However.
"Okay, sweep para… … ."
Why are the Yankees the Yankees?
It's a team that always runs for the championship, so it's called the Empire of Evil because it's achieved great feats.
2010s, not 2030s.
Director Joe Girardi couldn't see the Yankees being swept from the first series.
However, Tampa Bay's third game starter was Jeremy Helixson, who won the 2011 Rookie of the Year award.
Phil Hughes, who developed dead arm symptoms at the end of last year and even talked about Tommy John surgery, was too strong a pitcher to face.
So the number of cases Joe Girardi can take is.
"I can't help it. In this case, we have no choice but to take another risk."
It's like adjusting someone's starting rotation.
And on April 8, 2012.
On the mound of the Yankees who suffered two straight losses.
"It's perfect weather."
Breaking everyone's expectations, a 19-year-old Asian pitcher came up.
It was a moment when the future of the Yankees, which would have suffered a sweep loss, shook violently.
* * *
[This player is making his debut! Back number 92, this is Kim Shin!]
[Even though he is still young at the age of 19, the image he showed in the last demonstration game was so overwhelming.]
[you're right. 19 years and 177 days old. I'm still at an age where I can't even drink.]
[Haha, if the Yankees win this season, they should shower with non-alcoholic champagne.]
19 years and 177 days old.
At a young age, you can't even drink alcohol by law.
But what lurks inside that body.
'Other than Evan Longoria, there is nothing to worry about.'
A monster who lifted his Cy Young three times even though he debuted in his mid-30s.
He was a madman who lived only in baseball after retiring due to a decrease in speed.
He started practicing pitching.
Whoops-!
However, the glove Shin Kim is wearing is an ordinary left-handed pitcher's glove.
Before the full-fledged regular league started, it was not a special glove that Hebin entrusted to produce.
Whoops-!
I don't want to take the risk of being sanctioned by conservative players and coaches before they even start.
'This is the best opportunity.'
He was only trying to deceive his allies to deliver an unexpected blow to the enemy.
What he was about to do now was something unprecedented.
"Playball!"
1 horse.
The match resumed with the referee's declaration.
No. 1 hitter Desmond Jennings, who entered the plate, struck with a nervous look without disrespecting Shin Kim at all.
No matter how nervous the first hitter from Tampa Bay, which boasts the weakest batting line in the league of Hana two hitters, is nervous.
Whoops-!
"out!"
I couldn't beat the fastball that went over 100 miles.
Damn-!
"out!"
It was the same with second hitter Carlos Peña.
[The ball floats high in the infield! Shortstop Derek Jeter catches it effortlessly! Shin Kim weaves two out counts in just five pitches! Tampa Bay's table setters shut out in an instant!]
2 out.
The nucleus and hope of Tampa Bay's strikeout has entered the batter box.
* * *
Evan Longoria.
A franchise star for the Tampa Bay Rays, an outstanding hitter who was awarded a long-term contract after six games of his major debut.
A man who won the unanimous Rookie of the Year award for the first time in 11 years after Norma Garcia Parra, who was considered one of the Big 3 shortstops.
Tampa Bay's hope, which is slowly entering the fifth year, is slowly exuding veteran momentum, looking at the rookie standing on the mound like a pylon.
'It won't be easy.'
Is that pitcher that exudes more pressure than the Yankees' first and second starts in the first and second games, is he really a rookie?
No, was there a rookie who could maintain such a poker face in the first place?
Just as Evan Longoria was thinking about it.
Whoops-!
"strike!"
The mound pitcher didn't wait and shoved a 100-mile fastball into the low course outside.
'Let's focus, focus!'
Evan Longoria slapped his helmet and blown away all the frivolous thoughts and hit the blow with all his heart.
Damn-!
"Foul!"
He couldn't hit the bat properly on a merciless 101-mile four-seam fastball.
'A little pushed back.'
After the demonstration game in March, American League teams have been analyzing every pitcher named Shin Kim.
In doing so, many aspects such as preferred pitches, courses, and frequently used locations were uncovered.
Until he catches two strikes, there are parts such as preferring the four-seam, coming in to catch the count with aggressive pitching, and the extremely high first pitch strike rate.
However, analyzing every single fastball pitcher who is not a virtuoso pitcher will not have much effect.
In the end, all that remains is a battle of pure power between the pitcher and the batter.
And in such a power fight.
Damn-!
[It floats high to the right! Right fielder Nick Swisher! Nick Swisher... … Caught! Three out! We'll see you in the second inning of the New York Yankees! This is Tropicana Field, where the balance of zero continues!]
Evan Longoria was defeated.
But his expression wasn't dark at all.
'You have to experience it on the field, too.'
The outfield flyout just ended with a 'fly', but in other words, a batted ball that extended to the outfield came out.
With a little bit of luck, it could have been a hit.
In other words, his timing is getting closer and closer.
'Next time… … .'
After all, even if he wins just once out of three, the position that receives applause is the batter.
Also, the more you meet the same pitcher, the more advantageous you will be hitting.
Evan Longoria turned his head from the back of Shin Kim coming down from the mound and looked at Jeremy Hellikson walking out onto the ground.
A man who can create the next opportunity.
A powerful pitcher who has already shut out the first inning without hesitation.
'The super rookie isn't the only one there.'
But because it was.
He missed the sight of Shin Kim swinging his right arm.
Even if he had seen it, he wouldn't have been able to even imagine what was going on in Shin's head.
* * *
-Left-handed fireballers are brought from hell.
An old saying in MLB.
However, for those who do not know the truth, there is a problem with this maxim.
It is common sense that left-handed pitchers are strong against left-handed hitters and right-handed pitchers are strong against right-handed hitters. Why would a left-handed fireballer go to hell and bring him to hell when most of the leagues are right-handed?
The answer to that question is simple.
unfamiliarity.
This is in line with the saying that the more the batter and the pitcher meet, the more the batter has an advantage.
Hitting is formed by putting experience on top of exhausting training, and that experience is absolutely inevitably the case with right-handed pitchers.
because? Human beings are mostly right-handed.
For this reason, left-handed pitchers are unfamiliar to most hitters than right-handed pitchers.
In summary, the more unfamiliar the pitcher, the more powerful.
Contrary to the saying that the more you meet, the more it favors the batter, the less you meet, the more it favors the pitcher.
By the way.
In baseball, there are pitchers that are more unfamiliar than left-handed pitchers.
A pitcher who throws the ball from the bottom up, not directly from top to bottom.
And there is a pitcher that is even more unfamiliar than that unfamiliar pitcher in this world.
'It's MLB. It's not easy.'
It's still cold in April.
Shin Kim recalled his last pitch in his head as he put on a layered coat to keep from sweating.
'Did you get distracted by catching the first two batters so easily?'
But soon Kim Shin shook his head.
It doesn't matter whether he was vigilant about his opponent's out-count increase more than he expected, or whether Evan Longoria was a better hitter than he thought.
'I wish I could pass it on. Let's focus.'
Not getting on base or getting a hit, just an outfield fly.
It's because the height Kim Shin is looking at in this game is too high to keep that in mind.
Kim Shin, who had removed everything that was not conducive to the game, including the heart-tickling encounter he had recently obtained, narrowed his eyes and looked at his opponent on the mound.
Whoops-!
'It's Jeremy Helixson... … .'
It's a name that doesn't exist in my memory, so it either went down to Sophomore Jinx, or last season was Fluke.
No great pitcher can pitch well in every game, and even an average pitcher gets scratched.
The important thing.
'Whether it helps me or not.'
Normally, I would have been concerned about the team's empty stroke, but today is different.
In this game, Jeremy Hellikson's hot pitch helps Shin Kim.
Damn-!
[I hit it! Catch second base and get to first base! At first base... … out! Jeremy Helixson cleanly catches 2 outs with 2 ground balls! great!]
He's eating up innings quickly so he doesn't lose his sense of play and sweat.
'Is there a better chance than this?'
Worst plant in the league.
Opponent pitcher who eats innings quickly,
A condition that looks like it will flutter.
All conditions were providing an environment optimized for the 'it' that Shin Kim was aiming for.
There is only one thing left.
luck.
Whoops-!
[Swing and a miss! Jeremy Helixson! Catch the last out count by striking out! The match will continue with Tampa Bay's attack at the end of the second inning!]
The most unfamiliar pitcher in the world went to the mound.