Kim Taek-yeon (20, Doosan Bears) is ready to play in the regular season. There is no sign of a "second-year jinx."

Kim Taek-yeon pitched a total of three games and three scoreless innings in the 2025 KBO League exhibition game. It was a "perfect" inning with no hits and no outs. He struck out five. In particular, in the game against the Kiwoom Heroes on the 16th, he rose in the eighth inning and ended the inning by striking out all three batters.온라인바카라

The pitch was also good. The pitch was on track, with the maximum speed of 151km/h taken. The three pitches he picked as a task after the last season are mixed with a little splitter (official record of fork balls), and the fall is noticeable. He threw a fork ball to Kiwoom Park Joo-hong on the 16th. At that time, the ball he threw fell off the outside of the left-handed batter and drew a swing and miss strikeout.

"The club provided indicators of MLB pitchers with good splitter," Kim Taek-yeon said during her departure for the spring camp in January. "I also referred to the pitching of Yoshinobu Yamamoto (LA Dodgers)," he said. "I heard Lee Young-ha (Doosan) got advice while working out with Shosei Togo (Yomiuri Giants). That's why I asked many questions to Young-ha. I also asked Jordan Balazovic and Brandon Waddell." Although his pitching performance is not high yet, he seems to be gradually increasing his fall in folk balls from the exhibition games.

The coach also has strong faith in him. Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop said he expects that Kim, who recorded three wins, two losses, 19 saves and four holds with an ERA of 2.08 last year, will be able to take the mound one step further this year. "Kim also said, 'I want to give you the mindset that if you go out, you will win no matter what, I want to give you that sense of stability,'" Lee said. "He showed a really powerful pitching last year. If he goes up this year, I hope he will become a powerful pitcher to the point that the opposing team has to give up the game."

Kim Taek-yeon, who won the Rookie of the Year award last year, needs good health to avoid suffering the jinx of her second year. Doosan pitched 60 games (65 innings) in her debut season and played the postseason, and recommended that Kim, who has also been to the Premier 12 national team, focus on rest throughout the winter. "Actually, I wanted to go to a private academy overseas during the off-season. However, since the club threw a lot of balls in the first year, I didn't go because I wanted to rest this year," Kim Taek-yeon said.

"Kim Taek-yeon threw a lot last year. That's why I managed it well in the training part after the season ended. If I wasn't feeling well last year, I wouldn't have asked him to pitch," coach Lee Seung-yeop said. "He's very smart. I started training late in the camp this year, but I managed to improve my physical condition by more than 90 percent. I think I've completely prepared for the season."