Hanwha Eagles manager Kim Kyung-moon talked about Moon Dong-ju who sprayed a 159.7km super fastball ahead of an away showdown with the Lotte Giants in the 2025 Shinhan Bank SOL Bank KBO League exhibition game held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 13th.안전놀이터

Moon Dong-ju is the fastest ball-spraying pitcher in the KBO League and recorded 160.1km against the Gwangju KIA Tigers on April 12, 2023. This arrest is the highest arrest in the KBO League that no one has ever exceeded. With this, Moon Dong-ju raised expectations for a new record in his showdown with Incheon SSG Landers on the 11th.

Taking the mound prior to defense in the bottom of the sixth inning, Moon recorded 158 kilometers since his practice pitching, and immediately started the game by throwing a fastball over 150 kilometers in length. Then, with two outs and no runners on the ground, a whopping 159 kilometers appeared on the electronic display on the third pitch against Ko. It was the fastest ball that Moon sprayed at the time. The Hanwha team also checked the Trackman data and found that the ball that Ko sprayed at the time was 159.7 kilometers.

In an interview with reporters before the game, Kim said, "Don't expect too much," even though he foresaw Moon's appearance in the sixth inning, which surprised not only reporters but also officials watching the game by striking out two with a fastball of up to 159.7 kilometers. And Kim also smiled.

When asked about Moon Dong-ju ahead of the Sajik Lotte match on the 11th, head coach Kim Kyung-moon said, "It's good," adding, "I told you not to look forward to it, but I think the (arm swing) came out better than last year. It will come out again tomorrow (14th), so let's wait and see. The fast ball was taken from a long time ago, but the swing was better than I thought. I also liked it very much because I think it was better than the best swing when I won at the end of last year."

At that time, when Moon Dong-ju threw a 159.7km ball, Kim Seo-hyun's face was caught on the broadcast screen one after another. Kim Seo-hyun is also an indispensable pitch in the KBO League when he is arrested. Kim Seo-hyun, who was caught on the screen at the time, also smiled broadly, and manager Kim Kyung-moon called Kim Seo-hyun when he passed by during an interview with reporters on the 13th, and asked, "Did you laugh when you saw a lot of (Moon) Dong-ju?" and Kim Seo-hyun threw his tongue, saying, "It doesn't make sense."

The reason Kim Seo-hyun laughed at the time was that he predicted and guessed Moon's arrest. Kim then proceeded to enter the locker room to coach Kim Kyung-moon, saying, "Please let me know if you need a track man!" When asked, "This is the best swing you've ever seen?" Kim said, "I think that's pretty much it."

A fast ball can certainly be a weapon, but there was something else that manager Kim Kyung-moon considered the most important. "I'm grateful that the ball is fast, and it's Hanwha's pride, but baseball requires sophisticated ball control in addition to being fast. So I hope the focus is not on the fast ball. Baseball needs to adjust its strength and weakness in factors, and control is very important," he said, giving a thumbs-up to Moon Dong-joo, who showed better-than-expected pitching.

Meanwhile, Moon will take the mound again on Wednesday. Since Moon did not pitch much in his first pitch, the number of pitches he will pitch could increase in his second pitch. However, manager Kim Kyung-moon did not say much about Moon's number of pitches he pitched in his second pitch.