Wei Chuan Dragons manage to handle Fernandez: Manager Yeh Chun-chang surprised
Wei Chuan Dragons have a winning record against ace pitcher Pedro Fernandez. Manager Yeh Chun-chang attributes this to data scouting.
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(Central News Agency, Su Chih-she, Taipei, 16th) Rakuten Monkeys' Pedro Fernandez is one of the hardest pitchers to hit in the CPBL in recent years, but the Wei Chuan Dragons are the only team with a winning percentage over 50% against him. When talking about this data, Manager Yeh Chun-chang looked surprised and said, "Really? He is quite strong."
Fernandez won the CPBL wins title, strikeout title, and MVP last year, and has 2 wins and 1 loss with an ERA of 0.95 in 5 games this season. However, looking at his career performance, Fernandez has more wins than losses against the other 4 teams, and is 4-6 with an ERA of 3.28 only against the Wei Chuan Dragons.
Talking about Fernandez continuing to evolve in the CPBL, Yeh Chun-chang indicated that he noticed this pitcher before he came to Taiwan. "The record was very good at that time, and he integrated well after coming here, understanding the type of batters in Taiwan."
Yeh Chun-chang also pointed out that from his personal perspective, one needs to face many different batters when pitching in the US, and it is difficult to rely purely on one's own efforts to improve familiarity. However, the number of teams in Taiwan is relatively small. "As long as you study hard, coupled with your own improvement, you can achieve current results."
Taking Mike Loree, who pitched for 10 seasons in the CPBL, as an example, Yeh Chun-chang said that Loree also evolved every year, constantly studying batters and increasing pitch types. Although he is not familiar with Fernandez, "but you can see that he wants to survive here well."
Fernandez won the CPBL wins title, strikeout title, and MVP last year, and has 2 wins and 1 loss with an ERA of 0.95 in 5 games this season. However, looking at his career performance, Fernandez has more wins than losses against the other 4 teams, and is 4-6 with an ERA of 3.28 only against the Wei Chuan Dragons.
Talking about Fernandez continuing to evolve in the CPBL, Yeh Chun-chang indicated that he noticed this pitcher before he came to Taiwan. "The record was very good at that time, and he integrated well after coming here, understanding the type of batters in Taiwan."
Yeh Chun-chang also pointed out that from his personal perspective, one needs to face many different batters when pitching in the US, and it is difficult to rely purely on one's own efforts to improve familiarity. However, the number of teams in Taiwan is relatively small. "As long as you study hard, coupled with your own improvement, you can achieve current results."
Taking Mike Loree, who pitched for 10 seasons in the CPBL, as an example, Yeh Chun-chang said that Loree also evolved every year, constantly studying batters and increasing pitch types. Although he is not familiar with Fernandez, "but you can see that he wants to survive here well."