"When I said I was going to the KBO, I came home and...”
NC's new foreign pitcher Tanner Turley (29) has a "special acquaintance." He is close to Drew Rucinski (35), a special ace who recorded 53 wins, 36 losses and a 3.06 ERA in 121 games for four years from 2019 to 2022. Tanner said ahead of the match against Hanwha in Changwon on the 16th, "Eight to nine players have gathered in the off-season since five years ago to exercise. I made a meeting," he said.
After hearing that Tanner was going to NC, Rucinski went to Tanner's house and handed over the KBO official ball. Lucinski left NC this year, signing with the Oakland Athletics. However, I think he wanted to help because his acquaintance said he had signed a contract with NC.
Tanner is NC's ambitious winner. He is a left-handed pitcher who sent out Taylor Widener, who has ups and downs, and recruited him. He is not good at speed, but he is close to a finess pitcher who competes with breaking balls and controls. He made his debut against Hanwha in Changwon on the 15th and made a successful KBO debut with six hits (two home runs) and four strikeouts and three runs in six innings.
He has consistently started in the minor leagues. He has not been able to play in practice for the past three weeks as he signed with NC. Therefore, the fastball speed was about 2km less than usual. Still, he played six innings without difficulty. It was also helpful to learn the KBO official ball in advance with the help of Lucinski. Tanner said, "The KBO official ball has a seam. "I think the rotational speed is coming out better," he said. In other words, it helps to use breaking balls.
Tanner said, "I rebuilt my body through weight training. I'm satisfied that a lot of fans came. Baseball is baseball everywhere. "I had a problem with the time difference, but I'm satisfied," he said. The slider did not go in well in the first and second innings, but some said it was good afterwards.
Tanner said, "You have to trust the defense and throw it. He hit a home run while throwing a fastball to catch the count to Noh Si-hwan hit a home run. I want to play a lot of innings as a starting pitcher and have a lot of winning requirements. "I want to raise my speed to 91 miles," he said. 스포츠토토
NC is highly dependent on ace Eric Pedi. Song Kyung-gi and Shin Min-hyuk have recently been stable, but it is difficult to say that the average of the entire starting lineup is high. Tanner will need time to adapt to KBO, but for NC, which is fighting for the semifinals, Tanner must succeed unconditionally.
At least Tanner should pitch more stable than Widener. He showed his potential in his first appearance. Tanner started adapting to the KBO with the encouragement of Lucinski. "Play your baseball, but if you enjoy it, your fans will like it," Rucinski told the tenor.