Yoon Seong-bin (26), the Lotte Giants' "painful finger," is showing a possibility of success as a bullpen pitcher. He pitched two consecutive games and allowed no runs.
Yoon took the mound as a relief pitcher at a game against the NC Dinos in the 2025 Futures League held at Sangdong Stadium in Gimhae on Sunday, and recorded a hold by allowing two hits, three strikeouts and no run in one ⅔ inning (32 pitches). He pitched for two consecutive days, and allowed no run in both games.
Lotte led 4-1 and was chased 4-3 in the fifth inning when pitcher Lee Young-jae hit a leadoff home run by Ahn In-san and even allowed a timely hit with one out and second base.
Yoon Sung-bin took the mound with one out and one on the first base. He induced Park Joo-chan to ground out to the third base, and the leading runner was out at the second base. Ko Seung-wan's hit in the left-center field caused a crisis with two outs and runners on the first and third bases, but Kim Bum-joon was held to a one-run lead with a fly ball to the second base.
Yoon, who took the mound in the sixth inning, was hit by a triple over the center field by leadoff hitter Song Seung-hwan. With no outs and no runners on the third base, he was close to tying the game. With overwhelming pitching, Yoon blocked Han Jae-hwan with "KKK" and no runs. He struck out swinging at two balls and two strikes, An In-san also struck out swinging at two balls and two strikes, and Shin Min-woo struck out swinging at a full count.
In the game against NC Dinosaurs on Friday, Yoon pitched well, allowing one walk, three strikeouts and no runs in two innings (28 pitches). Taking the mound in the eighth inning with a 3-2 lead, Yoon walked the leadoff hitter. He struck out at the first base with no outs and a fly ball to the third base to secure two outs. Later, the first baseman failed to steal second base to end the inning.
Yoon also took charge of the game in the ninth inning, striking out and fouling fly to the right field to end the game. He allowed two scoreless innings in a game with a one-run gap. It was his first career save in the Futures League. 스포츠토토
Yoon Sung-bin took the mound as a starting pitcher against Sajik LG on May 20, and allowed four hits, six walks, and nine runs in one inning. He threw up to 157 kilometers of fastball, but was substituted early due to chronic poor ball control.
Later, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung downgraded Yoon to the second division and ordered him to throw as a bullpen pitcher. He took the mound in the middle of the game to overcome the burden of being a runner. Yoon, who joined Lotte as the first draft pick in 2017, had fastballs in the late 150km range, but has yet to display his potential for nine years due to unstable ball control.