SSG Lee Heung-ryeon returns to Samsung after 9 years 'Friendship'→ Leader Transformation...Debut as Battery Coach
Nov 06, 2024
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Coach Lee Heung-ryeon agreed to a leadership contract with Samsung on the 5th. He is expected to take his first step as a leader as a battery coach in the Futures League.
Lee Heung-ryeon, who graduated from Hongik University through Yatapo, was considered the biggest fish catcher in college with both ball and ball. In 2013, he started his professional career by wearing a Samsung uniform as the 47th in the fifth round of the rookie draft. For 10 years, he played as a backup catcher through three teams of Samsung → Doosan → SSG (including SK).
Lee Heung-ryeon, who has been playing as a backup catcher for Jin Gap-yong with Lee Ji-young since 2014, hit a career high with a batting average of 260,000 with six home runs and 25 RBIs in 85 games in 2016, shortly after Jin Gap-yong retired. Ahead of the 2017 season, he wore a Doosan uniform as a compensation player for FA Lee Won-seok. He then wore SK Uniforms with Kim Kyung-ho in a 2-2 trade against Lee Seung-jin and Kwon Ki-young during the 2020 season. It was a deal made by SK's need for Lee Jae-won's backup catcher.
Coach Lee Heung-ryeon, who played for SSG Landers until 2023, retired last year and transformed into the front desk. This season, he traveled around the country as an away power analyst and expanded his perspective on the baseball industry as a whole.
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Coach Lee Heung-ryeon, who showed strength in pitching lead and coping with situations with framing and high baseball intelligence during his active days, is said to be a prepared leader. It is expected that he will always study when he was a catcher and show excellent strengths in scientific guidance. You have a gentle and caring personality and your age??He is expected to lead the next generation of catcher prospects who will lead Samsung's future home turf, such as Kim Do-hwan, Cha Dong-young and Park Jin-woo, with his brother's leadership.
Samsung reorganized its coaching staff on the 1st.
Along with Tachibana's first-team batting coach, Futures coach Lee Byung-kyu, Yook Sung-gun hitting coach Kang Bong-kyu and rehabilitation team coach Kwon Oh-joon, Futures battery coach Lee Jung-sik failed to renew the contract. Following the announcement of the recruitment of Lee Jong-wook's operational outfield coach the previous day, additional coaching staff will be officially announced, including the recruitment of Lee Heung-ryeon's coach.
Samsung, led by head coach Park Jin-man, is holding a final camp in Okinawa, Japan, for a total of 17 nights and 18 days from the 5th to the 22nd.
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