Will Lotte Giants "left-hand ace" Charlie Barnes (30) provide an opportunity to rebound against the Kiwoom Heroes, who played well two weeks ago.카지노
Barnes will start the away game against the Kiwoom Heroes in the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 29th.
As the Children's Day games are scheduled to be held on May 5, all 10 teams will hold a tight schedule of nine consecutive games. The role of the starting pitcher for the first game, which could determine the overall flow of the nine consecutive games, is more important than ever.
For Lotte, it is time for "first starter" Barnes to step up, but it is rather unsettling. His performance this season is worse than in the previous three seasons. He has been mired in a slump with two wins, four losses and an earned run average of 5.67 in six games this year. He tied for second place with the most losses, and his earned run average remains at the bottom of the list, ranking 28th out of 30 pitchers who played the stipulated innings.
Barnes, who joined Lotte in 2022, had a comprehensive record of 32-28 with a 3.42 ERA in 86 games in three seasons until last year. For the second consecutive year (2022-2023), he has been the league's top pitcher with 10 wins and 3 ⅓ and 170 or more innings (12-3.62-186 ⅓ and 11-3.28-170 ERA).
Despite taking a full month off in June last year due to an adductor injury, he played 150 ⅔ innings in 25 games and played his part with 9 wins, 6 losses and an ERA of 3.35. In recognition of his performance, Barnes signed a total of $1.5 million (guaranteed $1.35 million and incentives $150,000) with Lotte last winter.
Barnes, who is in charge of this year's team's first starter in his fourth year in the KBO League, is suffering from the ups and downs that are not like the "Ace" coach Kim Tae-hyung's. In the game against the LG Twins on March 22, the opening game, Barnes completely collapsed with seven runs in three innings. On March 28, the next game, he lost at the KT Wiz, but seemed to be washing away his concerns about his poor performance in the first game by pitching one run in seven innings.
Barnes played six ⅓ innings against the Doosan Bears on the 4th, but was shaken by nine hits and six runs (four earned runs). On the 10th, the KIA Tigers won their first game in four games with three runs in five innings, but could not play many innings as they gave up four walks.
Barnes, who had his best pitching this season with 11 strikeouts and two runs in seven innings against Kiwoom on the 16th, collapsed again with six hits, four walks and six runs (four earned) in five innings against the Hanwha Eagles on the 23rd. If these ups and downs continue, Lotte, which has a busy way to go, cannot just wait for Barnes' revival.
For the month of April, Lotte raced with the fiercest momentum. The team ranks fourth (16 wins, 1 draw and 13 losses) in four games with the LG Twins, ranking fourth (16 wins, 1 draw and 13 losses) away from the bottom by tying for first in monthly win rates (14 wins and 8 losses). The upcoming nine-game series is very important for the team to rank higher, with a one-game gap with the second-ranked Samsung Lions (17 wins and 12 losses and 0.5-game gap with the third-ranked Hanwha Eagles (17 wins and 13 losses and 0.567 losses). It remains to be seen whether Barnes, who is in crisis, can provide an opportunity to rebound against Kiwoom, which showed stellar pitching in the last game.