Doosan Bears’ young talents Kim Taek-yeon and Lee Byung-hun (21) have been the core players of Lee Seung-yeop in the 2024 season. Lee dreamed of going higher with them, but coming back was a loss in the final round of wild cards.
Doosan lost 0-1 at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the afternoon of the 3rd in the second game of the Yerin 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League postseason wild card game.
Doosan, which lost both the first and second games of the wild-card game, finished the season in the wild-card game for the first time as the fourth-ranked team in the regular league.
In the second year of Lee Seung-yeop’s career, Doosan has built a strong bullpen this season. Along with a number of bullpen pitchers with outstanding ball power, including Kim Taek-yeon, Kim Kang-ryul, Lee Young-ha, Choi Ji-gang, Lee Byung-hun, and Hong Geon-hee, they showed their hindsight and won the game.
During the regular season, manager Lee succeeded by deploying strategies that put bullpen pitchers in a single game. Such a scene was called “Lee Seung-yeop’s Tomakase” in the sense that he would use many relief pitchers just like Omakase, which means Kosyori
Notably, Kim and Lee Byung-hun were key pitchers of Lee Seung-yeop’s “Tumacase.” Right-handed bullpen pitcher Kim Taek-yeon, who entered the KBO League as a rookie this season, has become the ace of Doosan’s bullpen through fastballs that exceed 150 kilometers per hour. He played as a must-winner in the early half of the season and settled down as a closer in the latter half. 안전놀이터
Left-handed pitcher Lee Byung-hun was the representative of Lee Seung-yeop’s “left-right play.” He played a critical role in dealing with left-handed hitters at matches and effectively blocked left-handed hitters. His fastball hitting the outside of left-handed hitters at 140 kilometers per hour and running away slider were impressive.
However, as their weight increased, the number of innings increased. Kim played multiple innings, and Lee Byung-hun was the pitcher who played the most number of games in the 2024 regular season. He played in 79 games including the wild card game. It was too many innings and games for 19-year-old Kim Taek-yeon and 21-year-old Lee Byung-hun to afford. This was a deal that eats into Doosan’s future.