Everyone is good at running well, but who is the partner of the on-base king who will lead the mega twin spoiler?

Jan 07, 2025

LG Hong Chang-ki, Moon Sung-joo, Shin Min-jae, and Park Hae-min. Sports Chosun DB

The 2024 KBO Awards ceremony was held at Lotte Hotel World in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 26th. LG Hong Chang-ki, who won the on-base percentage award, is giving his acceptance speech. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.11.26/

A game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions in Game 3 of the playoffs at Jamsil Stadium on the 17th. LG Moon Sung-joo is taking a hit. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.10.17/

Who is the partner of the king of the running.

The LG Twins have four table setters. They include Hong Chang-ki, the king of on-base hits, Park Hae-min (411), Moon Sung-joo, who joined Hong Chang-ki as the 97th player and became a batting machine recognized by everyone as a practice bug recognized by Kim Hyun-soo, and Shin Min-jae, who started as a pinch runner and became a national player at the second base.

Among them, Hong Chang-ki is a top hitter. Hong Chang-ki hit a batting average of 332 and an on-base percentage of 444 in 2023, and posted a batting average of 336 and an on-base percentage of 447 last year. As he became the on-base king for the second consecutive year, he became the player with the most on-base hits.

For now, it is highly likely that Hong Chang-ki will be the top hitter of LG in the 2025 season. It is important who will be the second batter who will create scoring opportunities with many on-base hits with Hong Chang-ki in front of the center batting line.

Last year, Moon Sung-joo was the most prolific hitter. He entered 210 at-bats as the second batter and posted a batting average of 314 (55 hits in 175 times at bat). The on-base percentage was 0.424. Shin Min-jae stepped up as No. 2 as Moon Sung-joo was injured. His grades were good, too. He posted a batting average of 336 (42 hits in 125 at-bats) in 157 at-bats and a high on-base percentage of 0.443. Park Hae-min was also sluggish with a batting average of 262 last year, but he was not bad as the second batter. He posted a batting average of 275 (25 hits in 91 at-bats) and an on-base percentage of 0.343.

A game between LG and Samsung in the first round of the playoffs at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 13th, and LG Shin Min-jae hitting an RBI timely hit with two outs and runners on the first and third bases in the top of the seventh inning. Daegu = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.10.13/

The 2024 Real Glove Awards were held at Grand Hyatt Seoul in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul on the 1st. LG Park Hae-min, the winner of the outfield category, is taking a commemorative photo. Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.12.01/

The four will take on the 8th and 9th batters along with the 1st and 2nd batters. In the end, Hong Chang-ki starts as the cleanup hitter at the beginning of the game, but anyone can become the cleanup hitter from the eighth hitter afterwards. When he starts as the eighth hitter, there may be situations in which he or she needs to resolve the issue at the first and second batters. Therefore, the first and second hitters should have not only an on-base percentage but also a solution ability in chances.

Hong Chang-ki also showed good performance in the scoring position. Last year, he had a batting average of 389 (49 hits in 126 at-bats), which was very good. Moon Sung-joo was also strong in chances. His batting average in scoring was 378 (31 hits in 82 times at bat).

Shin Min-jae also showed good performance with .306 (30 hits in 98 at-bats), but Park Hae-min only had .233 (30 hits in 129 at-bats).

In terms of aggressive base running, Park Hae-min and Shin Min-jae are good. Last year, Park Hae-min stole 43 bases, and Shin Min-jae posted 32. Moon Seong-ju had 13 and Hong Chang-ki had 10.

Eventually, the table setters will be organized depending on the players' conditions, but LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop has no choice but to think about which combination can score a lot.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.