The Kiwoom Heroes ranked at the bottom of the 2024 season (10th), but the starting lineup showed some competitive edge. Ariel Furado (current Samsung Lions) and Enmanuel de Heysus (current KT Wiz) definitely took the lead, followed by Ha Young-min (30). Their contribution was considerable to the team's fourth place in ERA (4.64).먹튀검증

However, Kiwoom did not renew its contract with Hayesus even after the 2024 season. The team has decided to recruit two foreign hitters (Jaciel Puig and Ruben Cardinez) to beef up its offense power. Kenny Rosenberg is one of the foreign pitchers. One of the Korean pitchers has to form a one-two punch with Rosenberg, and Ha Young-min, who made a good record last season, should take the role.

Ha Young-min started 28 games in the 2024 season, recording 9 wins and 8 losses, ERA 4.37 (73 earned runs in 150.1 innings), 101 strikeouts, and 58 walks. He filled the regular innings for the first time since his debut in the 2014 season, and also challenged his 10th win. Considering the bad luck of missing a win due to poor bullpen four times while meeting the requirements for a winning pitcher, the performance of his first full-time starting season is encouraging. 2024 is definitely a memorable season, considering that it was uncertain whether he would even enter the starting rotation before the opening.

His annual salary, which was 80 million won last year, more than doubled to 165 million won this year (106.3 percent increase rate). It is also the first time that his annual salary worth 100 million won has been increased since his debut.

As such, he has a heavy responsibility to prepare for the 2025 season. Now he is closer to focusing than supporting other starting pitchers. He also has a sense of responsibility as a native ace. Above all, Rosenberg and Ha Young-min must endure as one-two punch to minimize the burden on other starting pitchers. It is no exaggeration to say that the fate of the team's starting pitchers is at stake.

After successfully completing the first spring camp in Mesa, Arizona, the U.S., Ha Young-min will take the mound in practice games with representative Taiwanese professional baseball (CPBL) teams such as the Zhongxin Brothers, the Rakuten Monkeys, the Taigang Hawks, and the Wei Quan Dragons at the second camp in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to enhance his sense of practice.