Professional baseball LG Twins pitcher Jung Woo-young continues to struggle in the Futures League. 

Jung, who started in the second division this season, took the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning with a 12-7 lead over the Doosan Bears in the Futures League held at Doosan Bears Park in Icheon on Sunday. He had three walks and one strikeout in ⅔ innings, allowing four runs (non- earned run).스포츠토토

It would have been regrettable if there were no defensive errors, but consecutive walks and wild throws failed to wrap up the game after two outs. Out of 25 pitches, 10 were strikes and 15 balls. The maximum speed of his fastballs was 145 km. 

Jung Woo-young induced the first batter, Im Jong-sung, to ground out the runner on a throwing error to the third base. Pinch-hitter Kim Jun-sang was allowed to get on base with a straight walk. The runners advanced to second and third, striking out Jeon Da-min at first base with a grounder to shortstop with runners on first and second. 

Rookie Park Joon-soon of this year's first round (6th overall) was struck out by three consecutive swings and misses at two balls, and had two outs. He seemed to end the game, but his ball control faltered again. Park Min-joon was allowed to walk, and the bases loaded with two outs. 

He allowed the third baseman to score runs as he threw wild pitches in two balls and two strikes against Cheon Hyun-jae. The score became 12-8. Chun Hyun-jae also walked and loaded the bases with two outs. As the number of pitches reached 25, he was replaced by Ha Young-jin. 

Ha Young-jin received an RBI double from Hong Sung-ho and allowed Yang Hyun-jin to make a two-run double. All three successors left by Jung Woo-young scored, and Jung Woo-young allowed four runs (accidental). 

Jung allowed three hits, one strikeout and two runs in one inning in a game against the Hanwha Eagles in the Futures League on June 30. At that time, he allowed two runs on consecutive hits while holding two outs. Jung gave up one run on a double by Jeong An-seok and Lee Sang-hyuk on a timely hit.

Jung Woo-young, who is slow in quick motion, allowed a steal to the second base and lost another point due to a left-handed hit by Lee Min-jae. He allowed another steal to the second base at Ha Joo-seok's at-bat, which ended the inning by treating Ha Joo-seok with a ground ball to the first base. 

Jung Woo-young, who won the Rookie of the Year award in his first year of debut in 2019, showed growth every year and won the hold king with a powerful fighting spirit of up to 157 kilometers in 2022. He recorded a career-high record in 67 games (58 innings) in 2022, with 2 wins, 3 losses, and a 2.64 ERA with 35 holds. 

However, he suffered as his pitching balance faltered in 2023 and his ball speed decreased, and he allowed more stolen bases due to his weakness in slide steps. As he revised his pitching form, he was sluggish in 2023 with 60 games (51 ⅔ innings) with five wins, six losses and 11 holds with an ERA of 4.70. Last year, he pitched in only 27 games (22 ⅔ innings) while playing in the second division, and posted the worst performance in his career with a ERA of 2-1 and three holds with an ERA of 4.76.  

Jung Woo-young trained at his own expense at Tread Athletics in North Carolina in January. He received a large amount of "excessive" and increased his arm angle and speed. 

However, his pitching balance was still up and down at exhibition games. His fastball speed dropped again to the mid-140km range. Jung took the mound in two exhibition games and allowed no hits, three walks and two wild pitches in ⅔ innings against five batters. As soon as he took the mound at an exhibition game against KT on Saturday, he threw seven consecutive balls and threw two wild pitches.

Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop conducted a basic skill training program in the second division through consultation with Jung Woo-young to restore the balance of pitches first. He follows the basic skill manual program for a week. Taking the mound about once a week, he checked the training performance and made up for the problems. He still showed control problems in two appearances. There seems to be no tangible results in the pitching balance yet.