It's a preliminary FA, but is it true that 10G is winless? 5th starter is eliminated → Despite being promoted to the 3rd starter, the only 0 win in the regulation innings is 'What should I do with terrible luck'
It's a preliminary FA, but is it true that 10G is winless? 5th starter is eliminated → Despite being promoted to the 3rd starter, the only 0 win in the regulation innings is 'What should I do with terrible luck'
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It is a preliminary FA season that will determine the direction of future careers, but there are no wins in 10 consecutive games. Doosan Bears has the only 0-win pitcher among the 30 professional baseball pitchers who have met the regular innings.
Choi Won-joon (31, Doosan Bears) started the away game against the KIA Tigers in the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field on the 18th and failed to win his first game as he suffered three hits (one home run), four walks, four strikeouts, and four runs in four ⅔ innings.
After one out in the bottom of the first inning, Park Chan-ho was given a walk after 12 games. After suffering from six consecutive fouls at the full count, the slider at the 12th inning was out of the strike zone. Afterwards, with two outs and runners at the first and second bases under Choi's walk, Oh grounded out to the second base at the first pitch and ended the inning without allowing a run, but he pitched 23 times.
He also failed to control the number of pitches he pitched in the bottom of the second inning. He pitched three outs against the lower batters in the order of Hong Jong-pyo, Kim Gyu-seong and Kim Tae-gun, and struck out Kim at the end of the 11th pitch, reaching 20 pitches in the bottom of the second inning and 43 pitches in the bottom of the second inning.
In the bottom of the third inning, he struck out leadoff hitter Park Jung-woo at the end of the ninth pitch, struck out Choi Won-joon with a groundout to the second base at the first pitch, and quickly increased his outcount by two. After that, Park Chan-ho was allowed to walk at the end of the ninth pitch, and Kim Do-young was handled with a fly ball to shortstop and did not lose a point.
Choi gave up his first run in the bottom of the fourth inning with his team leading 1-0. With leadoff hitter Choi Hyung-woo on a walk, he was hit with a come-from-behind two-run shot by Oh. After the first pitch, his 143 km fastball led to a home run with a flying distance of 120 meters. It was his eighth homer of this season (joint second in the league). Afterwards, he stopped Hong Jong-pyo with a fly ball to the left field, Kim Gyu-seong with a swing and miss, and Kim Tae-gun with a fly ball to the right field to end the inning.
In the bottom of the fifth inning with the score tied 2-2, leadoff hitter Park Jung-woo hit to the right. Choi grounded out to the second base and Park Chan-ho to the center field, which seemed to end the inning, but Kim Do-young hit an RBI double with two outs and a runner on the second base to send the baton to Ko Hyo-joon. He pitched 97 pitches. Then, when Choi Hyung-woo hit to the left, Kim Do-young homered, recording four earned runs in the final. Doosan's batters tied the game 4-4 at the top of the seventh inning to avoid defeat, but earned run average (ERA) soared from 4.15 to 4.47 and his first win in his 10th attempt did not come.
Choi Won-joon, who has already entered the preliminary FA season since the first nomination of Doosan in 2017. After being eliminated from the 5th starting competition with Kim Yu-sung and Choi Jun-ho, he had the good fortune to take the 3rd starting pitcher due to the injury of native ace Kwak Bin, but he is struggling with 4 losses and an ERA of 4.47 without winning 10 games. Among the 30 pitchers who met the regular innings in the KBO League, he is the only one who has no win.
There were days when the team was sluggish as on the previous day, but the performance was not that strong that the team had no win in 10 consecutive games. He became a losing pitcher despite three runs (two earned runs) and quality start plus in seven innings against the Samsung Lions on March 30, and failed to win in all six innings against the LG Twins on April 11, one run in six innings against the KT Wiz in Jamsil on May 1, and one run in six innings against the Hanwha Eagles in Daejeon on May 13. Bad luck factors such as silence and difficulty in finishing were also compounded.
The famine caused by Choi Won-joon's victory also has a negative impact on Doosan's starting pitchers. As the third starting pitcher who plays as a native ace ended up with zero wins, Doosan and the Kiwoom Heroes ranked the lowest (10 wins, five wins for Colerbin, two wins for Zach Log, and three wins for Choi Seung-yong). In terms of starting pitchers, the team ranks ninth (4.65), in innings (234 ⅓ innings), and in quality start (17th inning) in the bottom ranks. Unlike last year, the starting baseball envisioned by manager Lee Seung-yeop has not been realized due to the sluggish native lineup even though he selected a good foreign duo.
Choi should continue to serve as the ace and mental supporter of the Korean starting lineup until the ace Kwak returns from injury. As Kwak recently started his comeback, his injured part showed signs of clumping, and Choi's shoulders have become heavier. Attention is focusing on whether he will be able to wash off his bad luck and regain his smile in his 11th attempt to win the season. 먹튀검증