Unfamiliar myth Hanwha ‘Ponseidon’… “The goal is to win only the team”
“I only think about winning the team by leading the team. There is no other goal.”
On the day he achieved two records of 15 consecutive wins and 200 strikeouts, Hanwha Eagles ‘Express Ace’ Codyse Ponse, 31, recalled the team’s championship before the individual’s glory. This season, Hanwha can struggle with the lower part of the year and fight the lead because there is a foreign pitcher, a foreign pitcher who dominates the league.
Ponde won the 15th win in the season in the 2025 KBO League Lotte Giants held at the Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 12th, and set the most winning wins after the opening. The previous records were 14 consecutive wins by Jung Min -tae (Hyundai Unicorns) in 2003 and Hector Noesi (KIA Tigers) in 2017.
Ponde added nine strikeouts on the day and stepped on 200 strikeouts in 23 games. In 2021, he shortened 25 games in Ariel Miranda (at the time Doosan Bears). On May 17, SSG (SG) Randers struck out 18 strikeouts in eight innings, and Ryu Hyun -jin’s most strikeout (17) records (regular innings) were replaced.
Hanwha recruited a phone tax by filling the upper limit of new foreign players ($ 200,000 and $ 800,000 in annual salary) ahead of this season. The result is a great success. Ponde pitches 145 innings in 23 games, winning 15 wins and an average ERA of 1.61. There are only 202 strikeouts and only 0.86 of WHIP. WAR (contribution to victory compared to alternative players) is 7.11 (based on KBO), ranking first in the pitcher. He has won five crowns, including innings, average ERAs, multi -winning, win rate, and strikeouts, and is also considered a strong best player in the season.
Why are league batters difficult to attack the phone? The secret is to be a high -speed fastball that exceeds the average 150km / h, a high RBI that looks like a 198cm tall height, and a high -end ball such as cut balls, kick changeups, sliders, and curves. In particular, the ‘kick changeup’, which falls like a forkball trajectory from the four -seam fastball, which is 158 km / h and a 140km / h, is a major weapon that has been equipped with the league.
The opposing team’s face -to -face confrontation with the phone is a nightmare. Kim Tae -hyung, director of Lotte, shook his head on the 12th, saying, “Ponse is not prepared. I just do it. The attack is not easy. “Our team has already been attached five times.” (Lee Kang -cheol, KT Wiz), “The best pitcher in Korea so far” (Lee Bum -ho, KIA), and “Why are you in Korea?”
If it’s the remaining season, it’s not difficult to break 20 wins and the most strikeouts (225). Hanwha has left 37 games, and in the order of starting, the phone can be 7 more in the future. If you add 5 wins here, you will be the 23rd 20th pitcher. It is also possible to achieve an average ERA in 15 years after Ryu Hyun -jin (average ERA 1.82) in 2010.
Nevertheless, the eye of the Ponse heads to one. Team win. All the records of the phone are finally on the road for Hanwha’s autumn baseball.
By Son Hyun -soo, Byunsoo@hani.co.kr
