Become famous in the Asian Games! 20-year-old amateur strongman Lin Jiwei was praised by Korean vocational coaches

Lin Weiwei. (File photo)

The 20-year-old amateur strong pitcher Lin Jiwei, who plays for Heku, became famous in the first game of this Asian Games. In the first game against the powerful enemy South Korea, he only allowed 1 point in the first 5 games. Even the head coach of the Korean Professional Baseball KBO Doosan Bears Kim Won-hyung praised his performance.

In the first game, Lin Qiwei faced the All-Pro South Korea as the starter. He gave a high-level performance, allowing only 1 run in 5 innings, and played a competent role as a surprise player. Unfortunately, the Taiwanese team's line was blocked by the South Korean pitching staff. It was not until the 9th inning that Chen Chenwei scored the first hit of the game, and finally lost 0:5. However, Lin Qiwei became famous after this game, and later played against Japanese players. He allowed 1 unearned point in 2 games as a reliever.

Regarding Lin Jiwei's performance in this Asian Games, Doosan Bears head coach Jin Yuanheng said bluntly: "Lin Jiwei is only 20 years old now, but he has the ability to control the ball on both sides of the ball." Jin Yuanheng pointed out that although Lin Jiwei is young, he feels like a pitcher who knows how to pitch very well and has many pitches in his arsenal.

Jin Yuanheng further praised Lin Jiwei's ball control, "He rarely throws the ball in the middle of the strike zone. He can make good use of the left and right corners to throw various pitches to where he wants. I heard that his fastest ball speed can reach 148 kilometers, but he only relies on his excellent ball control ability and various pitches to control the game by pressing the ball to the left and right sides of the strike zone. He seems to be a great starting pitcher."

For the first time in his career, Lin Qiwei was selected for the Asian Games Taiwan adult baseball team, and his skills were astonishing. In the past, he participated in the secondary professional draft, but was not favored by the team. When Lin was interviewed, he also expressed that he hoped to introduce himself well through this game against South Korea, and hoped that he would have the opportunity to knock on the door of entering the secondary professional team in the future.