'It's too narrow here' 3 home runs in 5G! Believing corner of mega-trade, next-generation big guns are showing off their force
'It's too narrow here' 3 home runs in 5G! Believing corner of mega-trade, next-generation big guns are showing off their force
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He hit three home runs in just five games. The military demonstration to "send him to the first team" is quite unique.메이저놀이터
On the first day of the regular season, the Lotte Giants suffered a disastrous defeat that made it hard to watch TV until the end.
His anxiety at the last exhibition game turned into a reality. Among the 10 teams that played seven to 10 games per team, the team had the lowest score (17), the lowest RBI (16), and the eighth place (61) with hits.
This is why people are naturally interested in the second tier team. Lotte's second tier team also has poor performance with two wins and three losses in five Futures League games.
However, Jo Se-jin (22) is in the second division. The match against Sangmu was too bright on Tuesday. He had three hits including a double and a home run.
Cho Se-jin has played in all five games since the opening of the Futures League on the 14th, boasting a batting average of 333 (6 hits in 18 at-bats) with three home runs and five RBIs.
The stage for the second tier team is bound to be narrow. When he was a rookie, he had a batting average of 351 (68 hits in 194 times at bat) and seven home runs and 34 RBIs in 2022, almost topping the stage for the second tier team.
However, it was regrettable since he joined the military athletic unit. In his first season in the military, he had little chances to play despite his slumping batting average of just 2.14 percent. He hit eight home runs last year, but his batting average was a little disappointing at 261. His on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) also stood at 0.776, which failed to meet expectations.
This is why head coach Kim Tae-hyung did not show any special response to Cho Se-jin after being discharged from the military. He acknowledged his brilliant talent at every moment, but there was a strong nuance that "the first team stage is still." This is because most of the main fielders in the first division often bombard and come up to the second division.
Maybe he just wasn't in the right place for the military service. Cho consistently displayed good batting performance throughout the spring camp. At exhibition games, he had two hits and two walks from five times at bat, including a double, and displayed an armed protest at the opening of the Futures League.
For now, Cho was excluded from the opening entry. Of the total 28 players, only 12 pitchers (three starters) and eight infielders and six outfielders were filled, but Cho's name was not there.
Manager Kim Tae-hyung's concerns are glaring. With Son Ho-young, Park Seung-wook, Ko Seung-min and Na Seung-yeop in the main lineup, the team also deployed right-handed pinch hitter Jung Hoon, left-handed pinch hitter Choi Hang, and infield multi hitter Jeon Min-jae and Han Tae-yeop. The team also added pinch hitter Jang Doo-seong and right-handed pinch hitter Lee In-han to the basic lineup of Reyes, Hwang Sung-bin, Yoon Dong-hee and Jeon Joon-woo.
After Sunday's game ends, the number of pitchers will be adjusted. The number of players will be changed to 14 to 16, including call-ups of two starting pitchers (Kim Jin-wook and Na Kyun-an). Arithmetically, one at home and abroad is expected to be excluded first. If Cho is to join the first team, he needs to push other fielders.
From the club's point of view, it may be better to play steadily in the second division and get a sense of the game than to come up to the first division as a pinch hitter or logistical ratio right now.
However, the club's expectations for Cho are sky-high. The reason behind the bold trade of Kim Min-seok, who showed off his talent by hitting 100 hits for the first time as a high school graduate in Lotte's history in his first year of debut, was his trust in Cho. In an acrostic poem with his uniform number (No. 5) on YouTube, he said, "I will only move forward to victory."
In addition to Cho Se-jin, veteran Kim Min-sung (6 hits in 13 at-bats, 2 home runs and 3 RBIs) is also considered a player who gives stability to the faltering infield defense and can be a turning point for the team.
Showing off his hot bat from the beginning of the season, he showed off that the stage for the second tier team is narrow. Will they have a chance.