'There is no 40-year-old veteran.' 20 years old minus 10kg 'Genius batter'Nah. Are you a 21-year-old military catcher who went to Japan. Who is the partner of 6.5 billion FA
Nov 25, 2024
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The LG Twins decided to remove 40-year-old veteran catcher Huh Do-hwan from their pending roster on Oct. 24. Heo Do-hwan, who was weak in hitting but mainly played as a backup catcher due to his good defense, won SK in 2018, KT in 2021, and LG last year, and had an unusual history of winning all three telecommunications companies. He was a strong defensive catcher who supported the main catcher Park Dong-won, but he decided to say goodbye boldly for the future of the team.
Now, LG has no choice but to raise prospects. A backup catcher who will support Park Dong-won to win next season is essential. You have to play as a starter about one game a week, so you have to have the ability as a catcher.
The competition between seniors and juniors has begun for a year. They are Lee Joo-heon, who joined in 2022, and Kim Bum-seok, who joined last year.
Kim Beom-seok is more famous to LG fans. Kim Beom-seok, who was nominated by LG in the first round, was nominated by Cha Myung-seok during the draft. It is a proper noun now, but it will become the epitome of Korean baseball in the future, making headlines by making a memorable nomination comment.
This year, it was imprinted on fans due to weight issues. He returned home early due to an injury during the Arizona spring camp, and at the time, coach Yeom Kyung-yeop criticized Kim Bum-seok's lack of preparation for coming without losing weight.
Still, he showed a good appearance as a `genius hitter.' He hit 361 (13 hits in 36 at-bats) with two homers and 12 RBIs in 12 games in April. In particular, he clearly made his name with a come-from-behind bases-loaded hit against Noh Kyung-eun in the top of the seventh inning, trailing 6-8 against the Incheon SSG Landers on April 21. On May 18, KT Wiz also hit its first consecutive home run. However, he suffered as his weaknesses were exposed, and he had a batting average of 241 (39 hits in 162 at-bats) with six home runs and 24 RBIs while visiting the second division several times.
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In 2022, his first year in the Futures League, he had a batting average of 7.3 (3 hits in 41 at-bats) in 23 games, but this year he had a good batting average of 284 (23 hits in 81 at-bats) with 6 home runs and 21 RBIs in 39 games.
In the first team, he succeeded in leaving a memory to look forward to next time with two doubles and four hits in six at-bats in three games this year.
After the season, the two entered full-fledged competition. Kim Bum-seok turned his bat countless times in the closing camp. Weight loss was my homework, but I naturally lost weight due to strong training. He lost 10kg in a month's training, and even planned to lose 10kg more until the off-season training.
Lee Ju-heon had a finishing camp in Japan, not Icheon. Three pitchers, including Lee Ji-gang, Sung Dong-hyun and Heo Yong-joo, decided to join at the Junichi Dragons' closing camp in Japan, but Lee Joo-heon was chosen as the catcher.
It is not yet known who will be chosen. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said "(Lee) Joo-heon is ahead of the defense and (Kim) Beom-seok is ahead of the hitting."The catcher's batting is important, but defense is more important, so it depends on how much Bum-seok will show in the exhibition games in the future."
indyk@sportschosun.com
