Yook Sung player → pinch runner → second base main player → first national team → It turns out that both inside and outside. Key player 'Cinderella'
Nov 03, 2024
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The Korean baseball team, which has only four outfielders, can have problems if the outfielder is injured. There were a total of six outfielders when 35 training members were selected, but Koo Ja-wook was injured in the playoffs and failed to join the team, Kim Ji-chan suffered an ankle injury in the Korean Series and joined the national team, but the examination showed that he was diagnosed with three ￣ and four weeks and was eliminated from the national team, leaving only four outfielders, Hong Chang-ki, Choi Won-joon, Lee Ju-hyung and Yoon Dong-hee.
Ryu Joong-il, head coach of the national team, decided not to send additional outfielders. Coach Ryu said, `When an outfielder is needed, we plan to use Shin Min-jae, who played outfield.'
And such a situation occurred in a warm-up match against Cuba held on the 2nd.
On this day, he made an outfield lineup with left fielder Hong Chang-ki, center fielder Lee Joo-hyung, and right fielder Yoon Dong-hee. Coincidentally, however, the outfielders were hit by Cuban pitchers' balls. Hong Chang-ki hit his right calf in the top of the second inning from Cuba's Figueredo. After playing until the top of the sixth inning, Hong Chang-ki was replaced by Choi Won-joon from the defense in the bottom of the sixth inning. Choi Won-joon moves to center field, and Lee Joo-hyung moves to left field.
However, Yoon Dong-hee was hit by Cuban pitchers' balls in the seventh and eighth innings in a row. In the seventh inning, he was hit on his left elbow, but he was okay because he had a guard, but in the eighth inning, he was hit near his right wrist when he stopped trying to hit. He complained of severe pain and was immediately replaced by Kim Hui-jip, a runner.
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Shin Min-jae became the main second baseman last year, but was classified as an outfielder at the beginning of the season. The outfielder is not awkward because he has played as a pinch runner and outfield defense agent before.
Shin Min-jae, who went out to the outfield in the eighth inning, never hit until the ninth inning, so Shin Min-jae's outfield defense ability could not be seen.
Shin Min-jae, who played in the first game on the 1st and had no hits in 1 at-bats, started as the 9th-2nd baseman in the second game on the 2nd and hit a timely two-run left-handed hit with the bases loaded with one out in the top of the 8th inning with a 9-3 lead, recording 1 hit, 2 RBIs and 1 walk in 4 at-bats.
Still, the situation that could actually happen in the Premier 12 tournament came out first in the warm-up match against Cuba, and Shin Min-jae could be used as an outfield.
Shin Min-jae, who started as a nurturing player and showed his presence only as a backup agent in the big-time, secured LG's main second baseman last year and again this year, hitting 297, 115 hits, 78 points, 32 steals, and 0.401 on-base percentage, proving that last year's performance was never luck. And Shin Min-jae, who was selected as the first adult national team in his 10th year as a professional player this year, is becoming an important key player inside and outside the country.
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indyk@sportschosun.com
