Lotte, Roh Jin-hyuk's investment of 5 billion won seems to be a failure...Is it too much for Park Seungwook
Jul 13, 2024
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Lotte Giants suffered a painful upset loss against KT Wiz on the 12th. a 4-0 lead. He gave up four runs in the seventh inning and was on the verge of turning the tables. And in the top of the ninth inning, KT eventually scored the winning run.
Shortstop Park Seung-wook's two fatal errors hurt too much. a first-base crisis with no outs. KT pinch runner Park Min-seok attempted to steal second base. Lotte catcher Son Sung-bin showed a tremendous throw to second base. Nature tag as long as you catch the ball. However, a low and fast throw missed the glove. a catch error.
Pitcher Kim Sang-soo took a breather by striking out batter Kim Sang-soo, but the problem broke out again. Park Seung-wook failed to catch Bae Jeong-dae's ball, and the two outs and second base became the first and third bases with one out. In fact, this could have been unfair from Park Seung-wook's point of view. The infield ground was uneven, so the ball bounced just before catching the ball. However, it was ruled an error.
This became a source of fire, and Rojas' final sacrifice fly came out. Without two errors, KT's winning run would not have been possible.
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As the resources that he believed in could not be used, he needed someone to take over the role, but head coach Kim predicted Park Seung-wook. This is because he had the best batting ability and had a solid defense that could play the infield position. There is a professional shortstop Lee Hak-joo, but the fact that he chose Park Seung-wook was that much of Kim's faith.
However, it is undeniable that the defense stability is much lower than that of other team's main shortstop. Park Seung-wook, who has always been evaluated as a 2% disappointment in defense since his professional debut. Defending is more important than attacking for shortstop. In particular, Lotte's shortstop, who is drawing attention from many people, can make Park Seung-wook difficult to play a watertight defense. As a result, the number of errors has already increased to 12 this year. Except for overwhelming No. 1 Kim Do-young (KIA), he is tied for second in the error category.
How will coach Kim solve the shortstop position problem. Only when the center line is stable can Lotte also have the strength to hit it.
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