Despite the continued mistakes, "I believe in you," and this foreign player is the first starter in Hanwha... The first milestone of its foundation is even more meaningful

Despite the continued mistakes, "I believe in you," and this foreign player is the first starter in Hanwha... The first milestone of its foundation is even more meaningful

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"Everyone knows that he's a really good shortstop as everyone knows."

Ryan Weiss (29), who became the first starting pitcher of the Hanwha Eagles to win eight consecutive games, added more meaning to the milestone by covering up his teammate who suffered from irregular boundaries.먹튀검증

Weiss started the regular season game of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League against the Lotte Giants at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 23rd and led Hanwha to a 6-4 victory with eight hits, 12 strikeouts, and two runs in six innings. As a result, Hanwha, which has won eight consecutive games in 662 days since the match against KIA in Daejeon on June 21, 2023 and the match against Samsung in Daegu on July 1 of that year, ranked second with 15 wins and 11 losses, beating KT Wiz, who lost to SSG Landers on the same day.

The sweeper, Weiss' main weapon, shone on the day as well. He swung and missed a total of 20 pitches from Lotte through the sixth inning, 15 of which were sweeper. He threw 78 pitches out of 105 pitches (57 sweeper balls, 41 fastballs, six curveballs, and one change-up ball) on strike, enabling him to endure long innings.

It has not been overwhelming all the time. Before the game, Lotte had a strong batting lineup ranked second in the team batting average league (0.279), and Weiss also overcame several crises. In the bottom of the third inning, Ko Seung-min ended up getting on base with a heavy hit after a game of 11 pitches, and in the bottom of the fifth inning, Jeon Min-jae's ball was deflected off the glove of shortstop Shim Woo-joon, making a timely RBI. It was also a bad news that there were many irregular boundaries due to the heavy rain on the previous day (22nd).
Weiss, who met after the game, said, "If you look back on my pitching, the number of pitches was a little high, both in the last game and today (23rd)," adding, "Other than that, it was encouraging to have drawn more than six innings by starting quality for two consecutive games."

In particular, during Jeon Min-jae's timely hit, Shim Woo-joon couldn't lift his head for a while because he was disappointed. At this time, Weiss had a scene where he shouted "fighting" to Shim Woo-joon while bumping his hands. "As everyone knows, Shim Woo-joon is a good shortstop. At that time, the loss was inevitable," Weiss said. "To Shim Woo-joon, the ball goes to you really often today. "But always think positively and don't think about losing points. Also, I said a lot that I can repay you with good plays next time because I trust you," he said.

This is not the first time that a foreign player from the Hanwha Eagles shouted "Team First" this year. "I believe in our fielders" is a frequent guest of Weiss interviews, and Ponce, who is more passionate than others, called his own team meeting during a match against KIA in Daejeon on April 28, which drew much attention. "I told you guys (at that meeting) that I believe in you guys. If we score just one point, it will work out well, so I told the fielders to cheer up," Ponce told reporters after the match. "We were able to become the winning pitcher because we gave up so many points after the last inning. It is the strength of our teammates who all tried to win in unison."

In addition to cheering for Shim Woo-joon on the day, Weiss also praised the batters' performance, saying, "It is very encouraging that our fielders have been playing well recently."

Hanwha, which became one in that way, has succeeded in winning eight consecutive starting pitchers for the first time since its foundation in 1986. Starting with Moon Dong-ju's victory of one run (zero earned runs) in six innings on the 13th, Cody Ponce (seven scoreless innings), Twice (two runs in six innings), Ryu Hyun-jin (two runs in five ⅓ innings), Um Sang-baek (four runs in five innings), Moon Dong-ju (two runs in five innings), Ponce (seven scoreless innings), and Weiss became the winning pitcher for the first time in the Eagles history.

The previous record was best when Han Hee-min, Kim Yong-nam, Kim Hong-myung, Han Hee-min, Lee Dong-seok, Kim Hong-myung and Kim Yong-nam played the game from the Masan Lotte Giants on May 25, 1988 to the Incheon Pacific Games on June 5, that year. The second was made by Jeong Min-cheol, Lee Sang-mok, Jeong Min-cheol, Lee Sang-mok, Jeong Min-cheol, Lee Sang-mok, Jeong Min-cheol, Koo Dae-seong, and Lee Sang-mok at the Daejeon Samsung Lions match on October 5, 1999. The third was the starting pitcher's seventh consecutive win, which was set by Cho Kyu-soo, Han Yong-deok, Lee Sang-mok, Cho Kyu-soo, Song Jin-woo, and Park Jung-jin, from the match against the Daejeon SK (current SSG) on April 7, 2001 to the match against the Cheongju Haitai (current KIA) on April 14.

In addition, eight consecutive wins as starting pitchers are among the top five in KBO history. According to the KBO, 22 teams, including the Hanwha Eagles, won seven consecutive games this year before the game. However, only the current Hanwha Eagles and the previous four teams, namely 12 consecutive wins of Samsung in 1986, 11 consecutive wins of Hyundai in 1998, nine consecutive wins of Hyundai in 2000, and nine consecutive wins of Hyundai in 2006), have won seven consecutive games.

Weiss expressed his responsibility for the team's unprecedented pace. Weiss said, "As we have won consecutive games, the team's atmosphere is good and I'm very happy. That's why I always pitch with the mindset that I should keep the innings as long as possible whenever I start. That part remains the same and I will try to keep the innings as long as possible."