Second time with '0-point ERA', this time the fans couldn't ignore it
On the 12th, KBO announced the news of Peddie's selection as the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League September Monthly MVP. Peddie received 15 out of 31 votes from the press (48.4%) and 166,054 out of 409,495 fan votes (40.6%), earning a total score of 44.47 points. He received the most votes from both reporters and fans and received the honor of being selected as his first monthly MVP.
Peddie was able to aim for the monthly MVP award last April as well. However, he was pushed to second place in the combined score of fan votes and reporters' votes. Peddie received a total score of 35.45 with 17 votes (58.6%) from reporters and 48,106 votes (12.3%) from fans, coming in second with a 3.17 point difference. First place was Na Kyun-an (Lotte) with a total score of 38.62.
In fact, Pedi was superior in terms of performance. He recorded 4 wins, 1 loss, and an ERA of 0.47 in 6 games. The average ERA was first, beating Doosan Kwak Bin (0.88) and Kiwoom Ahn Woo-jin (0.97). Da-seung is tied for first place with Lotte Na Kyun-an and LG Adam Plutko.
Even in areas where he was not ranked first, he remained in the top three. He was 2nd in innings pitched, one out count short of KIA Sean Anderson (38⅓ innings), and 2nd in strikeouts, one short of Ahn Woo-jin (49). Quality Start is tied for 3rd place, one behind Anderson-Ahn Woo-jin (5th inning), and Quality Start Plus (7 innings or more, 3 earned runs or less) is tied for 2nd place, one behind KT Go Young-pyo (4th inning). His OPS was 0.441, ranking second after Ahn Woo-jin (0.417).
However, Peddie lost in 'fandom firepower' and did not even receive overwhelming support in the press vote. Even if just one more vote out of the votes that went to Na Kyun-an went to Peddie, the rankings could have changed.
With th exception of August (6 games, 4.50 ERA, 2 wins, 4 losses), Peddie has consistently maintained a monthly ERA in the 2-3 range every month, emerging as a candidate for regular season MVP rather than monthly MVP. Since September, they have added 4 wins in 6 games, reaching the 20-win mark. He also set a record of 200 strikeouts in a season, becoming the 16th player in KBO (4th foreign player) and the first in NC. He is getting closer to the 'Pitcher Triple Crown', ranking first in terms of most wins, earned run average, and strikeouts.
The main weapon, sweeper, caused a sensation in the KBO League. Several pitchers appeared who wanted to learn ‘sweeper lessons’ from Peddie. Peddie also willingly shared his know-how. Of Peddie's 204 strikeouts this year, about 45% came from sweepers. The two-seam fastball, changeup, and cutter follow.
For Pedde, this year means more than just an ‘Asian baseball challenge.’ I climbed over a wall.
Since his professional debut in both the major and minor leagues, Peddie has never exceeded the 144 innings required by the KBO League.
117⅔ innings in 2018 (50⅓ major innings), 112⅔ innings in 2019 (78 major innings), 50⅓ innings in 2020 (minor league canceled due to COVID-19, major league shortened season with 60 games), 139⅓ innings in 2021 (133⅓ major innings), In 2022, he recorded 131 innings (127 major innings). However, this year, he surpassed 150 innings and reached 160 innings for the first time.
Still, he is lowering his earned run average even further toward the end of the season. His earned run average, which had risen to 2.31 after the last game in August, dropped to 2.06 after six scoreless innings against Hanwha on October 10. If Peddie pitches more than 6 innings and does not give up an earned run, an ERA of 1 point is possible. The last pitcher to record an ERA in the 1-run range in regulation innings was Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha) in 2010.
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