Chapter 709 – Episode 696. Grapefruit League. (2)
– Ji Maeng-ho, a big success in the first game of the exhibition game with 1 hit in 2 at-bats, 1 walk, and 1 RBI!
… Meanwhile, Ji Maeng-ho, who newly joined the New York Yankees, struck out Detroit Tigers’ ace Tarik Skubal in his first at-bat, but recorded one hit, and in the top of the 5th inning, Holton, who came on the mound after Skubal, hit with two outs and the bases loaded. He got a walk in the situation and scored 1 RBI. …
┗Don’t say that you’re a huge success to the fierce tiger with this level of performance haha
┗┗ㄹㅇ You have to hit at least a home run in 4 consecutive at-bats to be a big success haha
┗You’re adapting well haha
┗┗Looking at the strikeout, it looks like he has a bit of a kicking race zone haha
┗┗It’s an exhibition game, so we still need to see more.
-Ji Maeng-ho slumped with no hits in 3 at-bats!
… Meanwhile, Ji Maeng-ho performed poorly, getting struck out twice by Pittsburgh Pirates’ starting pitcher Cortes…
┗ㅋㅋㅋGukbong is destroyed. The kid who won MVP for 4 years went 0-hit in 3 at-batsㅋㅋㅋ
┗┗Ji Maeng-ho couldn’t do it, so why are you so excited? And it’s not strange to have no hits in 3 at-bats in exhibition games.
┗┗No hits in 3 at-bats for $55 million isn’t a bad performance? Haha, isn’t he just a bastard? Haha,
┗┗ Wow, this kid feels inferior haha
┗Cortes, isn’t this bastard Ji Maeng-ho’s natural enemy? I heard you couldn’t get the timing right haha
┗┗Didn’t you get cut by Cortes in WBC as well?
┗But isn’t Jung Woo-sung playing in Pittsburgh? Where is Jung Woo-sung?
┗┗I guess you threw it yesterday?
┗LOL He boasted that he was the best hitter in Korea, but then he got robbed by an American pitcher. LOL
┗┗Cortes throws well too? He won 15 games with the Yankees in 2024, and 12 and 13 games with Pittsburgh in the 25th and 26th seasons, but what a bastard.
┗┗He gets a lot of things lol If he was a good kid, when did you explain that he got the Cy Young? Agreed? ㅇ ㅇㅈ!
┗┗The same guy above, especially) Feeling inferior to the fierce man and only posting malicious comments ㅇㅈ?
┗LOL I thought this kid would be ruined if he became a major. Look at how they beat up the shitty ballers who are not in control in Korea and then become obsolete when they get to the majors haha
┗Wow, I’m getting ridiculed for not being able to play a single exhibition game haha
┗┗I can’t help it because I have a lot of fierce enemies.
┗┗But these bastards seem to be waiting to fail, they are losers haha
┗┗ㄹㅇ I’m happier when I fail haha
-Ji Maeng-ho explodes with consecutive home runs!
… Meanwhile, Ji Maeng-ho, who played as the number one hitter in the game against the Washington Nationals, walked in his first at-bat, then hit a solo home run and a two-run home run in his second and third at-bats, respectively…
┗ㅇㅅㅁㅎㅅ Those who tried to resist the fierce guardians are destroyed haha
┗Those guys who told me to go bankrupt because they went 0-hit in 3 at-bats yesterday ㅇㄷ? They’re all burned haha
┗┗Fact) There was only one pitcher in the Nationals who went through regulation innings last season, and that player didn’t even come out today. What was so exciting about losing the starter by 6–7 points last year? It’s just that this guy is a Yanghak machine haha Even in the majors, he only beats out trashy kids haha
┗┗ Knows so well, but why are you holding back?
┗┗This bastard tried to ignore Fierce Tiger God yesterday, but look at how he talked for a long time haha
┗┗This bastard is a famous guy who leaves comments every time a major league post comes up haha
┗┗But is it true that kids who can’t do things are beaten?
┗┗They are not that good, but they are basically major kids, so of course they have skills.
-JJJ cannon explosion! Ji Maeng-ho, Judge, and Soto hit home runs in three consecutive at-bats!
… In the game against the Houston Astros, the ‘JJJ’ gun that the Yankees had been waiting for exploded. The Yankees’ 1st, 2nd, and 3rd batting order, led by Ji-Judge-Juan, hit back-to-back home runs against Houston’s starter Hunter Brown, … Meanwhile, on this day, Ji Maeng-ho recorded 1 hit and 1 home run in 3 at-bats…
┗What kind of baseless name is JJJ? LOL And why do you only use Soto’s name? LOL
┗┗This is the name given by ESPN haha
┗┗Anyway, what do you like to call these bastards haha
┗Wow, is it true that you hit 4 hits in an exhibition game and 3 of them were home runs? Haha, the power of the fierce defender is really bb
┗┗This guy is a gorilla lol
┗┗It’s time for Tentonsin to leave, so the Yankees brought another ape with them haha
┗┗You’re strong. Are you going to sign a new contract after this season?
┗┗Where does bitterness live?
┗Kkkk Ji Maeng-ho, the bad guys who said they were going to school will perish haha Brown is also a shit pitcher?
┗┗That’s right, so how many times did Brown win the Cy Young?
┗┗Wow, this guy is back again haha
┗┗LOL How can Brown be such a dick? In 25 years, you had 16 wins and 2.51?
┗┗Yeah, I screwed up last year haha
┗┗This kid is a legend. He had 14 wins and 3 points last year too haha
┗┗Just block that bastard, he’s just a bastard haha
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[Kim Young-jun’s Baseball Baseball Baseball] The reason why Ji Maeng-ho is successful in the major league. Different from Murakami?
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“This is Youngjun Kim from Baseball Baseball Baseball. Ji Maeng-ho of the New York Yankees is hitting hard every day in exhibition games. Ji Maeng-ho is showing off his slugging ability in Korea, with three of the four hits he recorded in exhibition games being home runs. The speed of the batted ball recorded by Ji Maeng-ho is….
Ji Maeng-ho’s appearance like this can’t help but be compared to Japan’s home run king Murakami. Murakami appeared in 151 games last year and succeeded in winning the American League Rookie of the Year award with a batting average of .206, 33 home runs, and an OPS of 0.805. However, looking at Murakami’s saber stats, the low on-base percentage of .325 with an OPS+108.5 was what held Murakami back.
However, Ji Maeng-ho recorded 2 walks and 4 strikeouts in 4 games, which is disappointing compared to the 2.6 strike ratio he recorded in Korea. I am worried that he may have a low on-base percentage like Murakami, but the feeling is a little different from Murakami.
Unlike Murakami, who has been actively swinging the bat since last year’s exhibition game, Ji Maeng-ho sees at least 7 pitches even when he strikes out, and is watching enough balls to reach 6.2 pitches per at-bat in this exhibition game, and is taking his time step by step. By adjusting to the major league….”
┗Wow, it’s a curse on the fierce tiger god too haha
┗┗Kim Young-jun: It’s not a curse!
┗Kim Young-jun’s Curse Curse Curse is science!
┗How much did you get paid by the Dodgers to upload the video? It’s a curse
┗Will Ji Maeng-ho be able to avoid the curse, curse, curse?
┗┗When Joo Seung-cheol was cursed by Young Jun-shin and recorded no hits in 10 games, it was really…
┗┗ㄹㅇ He had the best batting pace, but I was surprised to see him fall right away haha
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-Cy Young VS KBA League MVP bout. Boston vs. Yankees exhibition game scheduled!
The ‘old enemies’ Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees meet. An exhibition game will be held between Boston and the Yankees on March 1st. On this day, Boston announced Greg Trilling, who won the American League Cy Young Award in 24 and 25, as the starter, and the Yankees announced Walker Buehler as the starter. Although it is an exhibition game, a packed crowd is expected to come to enjoy the traditional rivalry…
… Meanwhile, Boston Red Sox ace Greg Trilling (25) appeared in 31 games last season and recorded 214 strikeouts in 214.1 innings, posting a record of 22 wins and 4 losses, earning him the honor of winning the Cy Young Award for the second time in his life. …
┗Wow, are you broadcasting this live?
┗Would you like to see it on sports TV? Demonstration games are free
┗I’m not particularly interested in baseball, but I’ll have to watch it. Isn’t trilling the best among major pitchers right now?
┗┗ㅇㅇ
┗Didn’t you face Trilling in the last WBC?
┗┗ㅇㅇIt would have been 2 hits in 3 at-bats?
┗Isn’t that a shitty pitcher who hit a home run from Trilling Yoon Seong-tae? LOL
┗┗ㄹㅇ If Sung Tae-ham went to the majors, he would be the home run king.
┗┗Yoon Seong-tae’s life achievements haha
┗You have to see Trilling against an ace to see what it’s like against an ace.
┗┗But isn’t most kids good at trilling? Cy Young looks like shit for the second time in a row haha
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“Now that I think about it, Ji has faced Trilling before in the WBC, right?”
“Yes. I think he hit a home run on the curve… Oh, how was that guy last year? Was it a little better than WBC?”
“Trilling, well, it’s always the same. At that time, after the game, Trilling talked about you a lot.”
“What did you say?”
“… Well. Oh, more than that, after today’s game…”
Looking at the way Judge changed his words, it seemed like he might have sworn.
‘By the way, has it been almost a year since you last met Trilling? I think I dealt with him around this time last year as well.’
Trilling. To be honest, he was a pitcher who left a strong impression on me in the WBC. It’s almost the first time I’ve seen a pitcher with such a heavy ball.
In fact, what I felt during the exhibition game was that the pitches of major league pitchers were definitely different from Korea. There were guys in Korea who threw balls as fast as the universe, but there was a fundamental difference in physique, so the arms were longer, and of course the extension (the distance the pitcher releases the ball from the pitching board) was also longer, so it seemed faster than the speed I felt in Korea. 〈 Br〉
When we occasionally meet in short-term battles, we only see each other a few times, so I don’t really feel the difference, but as we continue to face each other, I wonder if I can feel the difference?
Anyway, among all major league pitchers, Trilling is the one who boasts the best pitch. I was looking forward to a long-awaited match.
Actually, the last time we competed, I was able to go over the fence because it was a curve, but would you be more curious about what it would be like to throw a ball that wasn’t a curve?
I waited for the game while calming my pounding heart, and the game started with Boston’s attack in the top of the first inning. Although Buehler recorded 14 wins last year, his ERA of 4.15 fell short of expectations. Buehler must have sharpened his skills this season, facing Boston’s batters with a three-way strike, and the match with Trilling came sooner than expected. .
‘What are you going to do this time?’
During exhibition games, I sometimes batted alone without Mr. Rossby, so Mr. Rossby first asks me what I intend to do.
‘No. Since I’ve faced him at WBC, I’ll go straight to the heart.’
‘Okay.’
However, since Trilling was from the same district and was an opponent he would meet many times, he wanted to deal with him as much as possible in real life.
‘It’s a curve. ‘Low on the body.’
The first pitch Trilling chose was a curveball. It seemed like he still remembered the home run he hit at the WBC. In a way, is this a welcome greeting?
“Ball.”
And as we wait for the falling guy’s curve, the referee calls the ball.
Trilling grins at that decision. It was obvious that he was also looking forward to a match with me.
‘Baby, let’s see how long you can laugh. I’ll make you cry like I did back then.’
‘Slider. Outside.’
‘Okay.’
The second ball he chose was a slider. The moment it was thrown, he flinched as it felt like it was being stabbed towards his body, but as it went out to the outside, the count was two balls before he knew it. The batter’s count has arrived.
‘It’s a high fastball to the body.’
‘Okay.’
And as if he was aiming for the batter’s count, he chose a high fastball towards the body, which batters are easily fooled by. His fastball speed is around 150 km/h. It’s an exhibition game, so I don’t know how much speed it will have, but once it’s in the zone, there’s no better ball to hit a home run than that.
Do you feel like you want to have a power vs. Power battle with me?
‘Okay, let’s stick together.’
I wanted to deal with it as if it were a real match, but this was a demonstration match anyway. There was no need to avoid this match. Even if I missed a swing at a high ball, I had plenty of room to count.
I concentrate as much as I can and wait for him to throw the ball. And like a top-level Major League pitcher, the ball left his hand at almost the same time as the breaking balls earlier.
‘… ‘Two three!’
The ball feels like it travels 100 mph! I swung the bat at that ball without delay,
Perfect!
There was a dull sound and the feeling of the top of the ball hitting the bottom of the bat. The moment I instinctively realized it was a foul…,
“Aaaaah!”
… For the first time in my life, I felt a strong pain in my foot.