'Number 9 → Number 6 → Number 1' High-speed promotion in four months after turning to typing! Kiwoom Jang Jae-young will start the leadoff against KIA

Sep 06, 2024

A game between KT and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 17th, and Kiwoom Jang Jae-young hits a hit in the bottom of the fifth inning with one out and a runner on the first base. Gocheok = Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com

A game between the Kiwoom Heroes and the Hanwha Eagles at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 11th. Kiwoom Jang Jae-young is hitting. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.07.10/

A game between Lotte and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 23rd, Kiwoom's Jang Jae-young is batting training. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2024.06.23/

Kiwoom Heroes Jang Jae-young will be the first batter to make his KBO League debut.

Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki put Jang Jae-young in the starting lineup as the first batter and right fielder in the match against the KIA Tigers at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 6th. Today is the first time Jang Jae-young has taken the leadoff position since the first first-team call-up on June 20.

Jang Jae-young, who joined Kiwoom as the first draft pick of the 2021 rookie draft, started as a pitcher. He received a down payment of 900 million won and even earned the nickname '900 million'. However, he spent three seasons as a pitcher after his debut, but he rarely showed growth. Eventually, he declared his conversion to a batter in mid-May and began his second baseball life.

Jang Jae-young, whose first-team call-up was decided ahead of the match against Hanwha in Cheongju on June 20. He built his own record in the Futures League, but it was followed by comments that it would not be easy to work in the first division. However, he marked his first hit with a double in the match against Hanwha, which was his batter's debut. In the game against Lotte in Gocheok on June 22, he showed his extraordinary batting talent by shooting his first home run against Aaron Wilkerson. Jang Jae-young, who has built playing time while starting and backing up since then, recorded his second home run of the season against Changwon NC on the 5th.

A game between Kiwoom and Lotte at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 21st. hitting Kiwoom Jang Jae-young. Gocheok = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2024.06.21/

A game between Kiwoom and Lotte at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 21st. Kiwoom Jang Jae-young defending center field. Gocheok = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2024.06.21/

Coach Hong said, `There is also a dimension to play a lot of at-bats, but the on-base percentage is okay even if the batting average is low. I thought I wouldn't try it if it wasn't now. It's fluid, but I put it in the leadoff spot." He added that it is still difficult to use the word 'success' yet, but I think it would be right to express it to the extent that it is adjusting smoothly in a few months. On the possibility of moving center field "All possibilities are open. After a hamstring (back muscle of the thigh) injury, he was called up in Changwon without a build-up process. need to be managed" he said.

Kiwoom made up the starting lineup with Jang Jae-young (right wing), Lee Ju-hyung (center fielder), Song Sung-moon (second baseman), Kim Gun-hee (designated hitter), Choi Joo-hwan (first baseman), Ko Young-woo (third baseman), Kim Byung-hwi (striker), Kim Jae-hyun (catcher), and Park Joo-hong (left fielder). Kim Yun-ha will start. Coach Hong said, `I think I have too many thoughts about the background of Kim Hye-sung's exclusion from the starting lineup. He says he's okay, but he seems to be chasing after something. "I need to organize my thoughts before it gets worse. Reorganization dimension"

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'Number 9 → Number 6 → Number 1' High-speed promotion in four months after turning to typing! Kiwoom Jang Jae-young will start the leadoff against KIA

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