SSG Landers ace Kim Kwang-hyun is out of the confines of the "ABS Zone."

Kim Kwang-hyun started against the Doosan Bears in the "2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League" at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 23rd and pitched two runs in five ⅔ innings to take the lead in a 5-2 victory.

Kim threw 99 pitches and took away eight strikeouts. He walked two. At the same time, he garnered his first win of this season. SSG swept the opening two consecutive games.카지노사이트

Kim Kwang-hyun has been struggling due to the ABS zone introduced in the KBO league from 2024. Due to many complaints about strikes at the top left and right corners, the team was lowered by 1 centimeter based on the height of 1 meter 80 players from this year.

Kim Kwang-hyun uses falling curves and sliders as his main weapons. Many analysts say that the lowered zone is advantageous for pitchers of the same type as Kim Kwang-hyun.

However, Kim Kwang-hyun drew the line that he decided not to care about the ABS zone at all.

Kim Kwang-hyun shook his head, saying, "I'm not going to care about ABS and pitch clock at all anymore."

Kim Kwang-hyun said, "If you pay attention to that, it's not baseball. I think it's darts that are put in a square plate, it's not baseball," adding, "If you stick to a virtual strike zone, it will only have negative effects."

"Last year, I had such a bad taste," Kim said. "I don't know about the other players, but I personally decided not to pay attention to the candle and square board. If you throw it low to set the course low, I will stop you," Kim said. "The essence of this is to focus on your pitching."

Kim Kwang-hyun recorded 9 wins, 8 losses and an ERA of 3.53 in 30 games last year. Last year was the only season in which Kim Kwang-hyun failed to win 10 games in more than 20 starts.

Kim Kwang-hyun reiterated, "We need to compete with batters for timing. We would never even think about anything else. We will compete with batters."

Anyway, I was happy to win my first game.

Kim Kwang-hyun said, "I'm glad that I got off to a good start. I was in good condition for my first game and the weather was a lot warmer than I was worried. I was worried because I didn't win against Doosan last year. I didn't want a winning pitcher because I was down by one point. Still, I'm glad that I won."

The strength remained.

"I was going to throw 95 to 100 pitches today. I was right to change the timing, but I'm encouraged by the fact that I didn't lose strength even after throwing 99 pitches," Kim said.