“I thought it was time to adjust to some extent…” Will the day come when NC Dinos Eric Pedi will collapse. It is beyond the expectations of the head coach.

NC, led by head coach Kang 안전놀이터 In-kwon, won 9-3 in the first game of the second half of the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League against the Hanwha Eagles at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 21st.

“Ace” Pedi, who took the mound as a starting pitcher on this day, won 13 games of the season with 4 hits, 1 walk, 8 strikeouts and 3 runs in 6⅔ innings. Although he allowed runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, all of Hanwha’s representative batters, including Noh Si-hwan and Chae Eun-sung, failed to cross the infield.

Director Kang In-kwon said of Pedi, “There seems to be no ups and downs. He has such outstanding skills. There is also unfamiliarity with the sweeper, and I thought it was time for the batters to adjust to some extent, but I think the batters are having a little difficulty because they are well equipped with other pitches, he analyzed. I think I have all the advantages,” he said with a smile.

Asked to compare with foreign pitchers such as Dustin Nippert and Daniel Rios, who were with the Doosan Bears, he praised, “I think Pedi is above me in terms of pitch type and skills.”

Coach Kang said, “Nippert had some difficulties in controlling the ball. He had difficulty adjusting in the beginning, but Pedi seems to be already much more adaptable. He added, “I think that Pedi’s evaluation will be a little high.”

From the opponent’s point of view, it has no choice but to stick out its tongue. Hanwha manager Choi Won-ho said, “In order to target Pedi, I think I have to completely throw away the other thing and hit only one, but it is difficult to hit one. I’m not sure exactly how much of a sweeper is, but I might have to aim for it. “Two-seam and cutter would not be easy to hit even if they aimed,” he said with a bitter smile, “I don’t know where they brought such a player from.”