Twenty-four-year-old Lin Yan is not social, does not understand baseball tactics, is always at the bottom of the physical fitness test, and has never even played in a formal game. But since he was eight years old, he would go to the old park every day and throw a ball against the red brick and white frame painted by his father. Sixteen years and hundreds of thousands of repetitions have allowed him to develop an almost replicable release point and a low-speed tail ball that has never been seen by professional hitters.
After an accidental observation, Hailing Whales data analyst Su Lan brought this night shift sorter who "can only throw against the wall" into the professional team. Lin Yan originally thought that all he needed to do was shoot the ball accurately, get paid, and live in a single room. However, he soon discovered that in real games, he would steal bases, track ball counts, study his weaknesses, and have more than 10,000 people watching him.
From a fifty-pitch pitcher to a true starter, from just getting along with the wall to learning to trust the catcher, his teammates and himself, Lin Yan has never just had to deal with the next hitter.
