There's a scene from a movie with 1,000 bets a day... "Morning when you close your eyes." Reflection of the rookie who lost 10kg "Professional was very different"
Nov 24, 2024
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Players who are bound to be exhausted by the LG Twins' seven-hour, 1,000 hits a day. Sometimes when I'm too tired in a movie or drama, it's morning when I close my eyes and open it, and it's said that I've actually experienced this.
LG rookie Kim Hyun-jong did that. "I really didn't understand it, but it really happened. "I closed my eyes and opened them, and it was morning." He said in an episode about how hard the training was.
Still, I'm doing it with my teeth clenched. I don't want to repeat my mistakes next year because it was this season that was different from the picture I drew.
Kim Hyun-jong is an outfielder who graduated from Incheon High School and joined as the 18th in the second round of this year's rookie. Kim Hyun-jong was LG's first pick because LG handed over the first nomination to Kiwoom Heroes in a trade. I had high expectations because I took the first pick as a batter.
He showed a good batting performance in Arizona's off-season training, and in the exhibition game, he raised expectations even more with a good batting average of 38 (four hits in 13 at-bats) and one RBI and two steals, but failed to produce any significant results in the regular league.
He played in 17 games in the first team and had a batting average of .20 (three hits in 15 at-bats) with two RBIs. At the beginning of the season, he played mostly as a substitute in 11 games, and after that, he usually stayed in the second division and came to the first division sometimes, but failed to show an impact.
In the Futures League, he played in 56 games with a batting average of 253 (42 hits in 166 at-bats) with three homers, 32 RBIs and 13 steals.
Looking back on the first season, Kim Hyun-jong said "It was very different. There was nothing to be satisfied with," he said, giving himself a sober assessment. First of all, I knew the importance of physical strength on the professional stage where I play every day. "In high school, I had to train every day and go out only at matches, but professionals had to train every day," Kim Hyun-jong said. "At the end of the season, I lost 10kg." I didn't prepare properly.'
Kim Hyun-jong said, `I was confident in all the nominations, but I didn't think it was. I felt that I lacked a lot." "I also felt the level difference between the amateur and the professional, but there were so many balls I couldn't even hit." I think we should prepare well while gaining weight and prepare well in the offseason so that we can show good performance next year."
The defense was different, too. "I thought I was good at defense in high school, but I felt it was different from what I thought when I came here as a professional. In high school, when a batter hit a ball, he could catch it with a fast run, but in a professional, he has to judge the ball well before running. I think the ball has a different power"I asked a lot of questions because all of our team's outfield seniors were outstanding. To (Park) Hae-min, I showed him a video of the second-tier game and received feedback. I'm getting better little by little while training with coach Kim Yong-eui in the second team."
In this closing camp, a seven-hour hit is renewing his batting. Kim Hyun-jong said, `I just hit it in high school, but in this camp, I'm definitely learning the in-out swing. He said, "I think the hit is getting better as I hit the center and right-center." The batting training was difficult. "I didn't know I'd get hurt" hit so many times. The amount of training was that much. It is important to improve your skills with a lot of training, but it is more important to finish without injury. Kim Hyun-jong said "If the players felt tired, the coaches would take out the night training." So I was able to come without any injuries until the end"
It is a goal that I want to hit and run a lot in the first team next year. "Next year, of course, we have to do better than this year." I want to show you a lot of things in the first team" He is also considering solving the military problem first, but he showed his determination to try again next season.
indyk@sportschosun.com
