Hanwha Eagles manager Kim Kyung-moon called outfielder Choi In-ho to the first team on the 1st and sent Heo In-seo, the third catcher, down to the second team.카지노
Choi Jae-hoon posted Heo In-seo in preparation for a sudden situation due to thigh discomfort, but as Choi Jae-hoon's condition improved, the need for Heo In-seo disappeared. Heo In-seo, who had not played in any game since coming to the first team, hit an RBI double as a pinch hitter against LG on the 30th, a day before going down to the second team, and scored his first RBI in his first appearance since his discharge.
Kim gave Heo In-seo, who moved down to the second division, a great encouragement. "I think Heo In-seo is confident in attack. I saw him during the spring training," Kim said. "Listen to him that he is better at defense than offense. Then he will be the starting player," he said. "When I saw his pitches, he pitched better than when I first saw him last year," Kim said, looking forward to Heo's development.
This can be said to be a good advice not only to Heo In-seo but also to promising players who are talented in hitting. Coach Kim stressed that defense is a basic option for a professional player to succeed. "I hit the bat in any position, but there are many players who can't get a seat because of the middle defense," coach Kim said. "If a professional is good at defense and base running, he or she will have more and more opportunities if he or she plays as a substitute and hits there again. That's how much defense should be made."
Many coaches put importance on defense when hiring promising players. Of course, there are cases where a player with a good batting performance gets a chance first, and there are cases where he or she succeeds. It is extremely rare that high school graduates such as Lee Jung-hoo (Kium Heroes→ San Francisco Giants) and Kang Baek-ho (KT Wiz) and Kim Do-young (KIA Tigers) succeed in the first team immediately. In many cases, however, good hitters play as substitute players in the first team only to get a few chances, then move down to the second team or show good batting performance, exposing defense anxiety even if they get a chance to start, which leads to poor batting performance, and eventually fail to settle down in the first team.
As head coach Kim said, there are many cases where he starts with a major defense and becomes a main player. This is the case when Park Hae-min, LG's center fielder, became what head coach Kim said. In 2014, he came up from the second division of the Samsung Lions as a major defense and pinch runner agent, but when he hit a hit in the batting, he started as a starter and became a key player as the number of starts increased as he did well. And he became an FA qualification and transferred to LG in 2022 for four years and 6 billion won, and is looking forward to his second FA this year.
Recently, LG put Son Yong-joon, a second-year player who had a good hit in the second division, into the first division, but after playing in two games as a designated hitter, he went back to the second division. The batting was good, but the defense was not good enough to play in the first division yet, so it was a call-up to gain experience in the first division. In the doubleheader against KT Wiz on the 17th, rookie outfielder Park Kwan-woo was raised this year as a special entry for a doubleheader. It was the first time among LG's new outfielders to register for the first division. Manager Yeom explained, "I called him up for the main players to rest because he said he was good at defense." Park Kwan-woo played as a logarithmic defense in the top of the eighth inning in the first game of the doubleheader and also appeared in the bottom of the eighth inning, recording a straight hit to second base.
Prospects with good batting performance often disappear after failing to find their positions due to poor defense. This is why promising players should keep Kim's advice in mind. Good defense leads to opportunities.