His batting talent is Kim Do-young-class, but in the aftermath of the exclusion of Kim Bum-seok's camp, why is there a lot of interest

Jan 18, 2025

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He is born with natural talent, so he is paying more attention. This season will be a watershed moment for a promising hitter.

The LG Twins will leave for Arizona, USA, where the team's main team will train for the first spring camp on the 23rd. Prior to this, several players, including Oh Ji-hwan, have already left the country as starters.

Preparing for the 2025 season. However, Kim Bum-seok, a promising hitter, was excluded from the list of this year's first-team camp. Although the LG club has not officially announced the list of players to participate in the camp, rumors that Kim Bum-suk was excluded first began to spread, and back pain caused him to build his body from the Icheon 2nd division camp, not the United States.

Of course, it can be a shame. Kim Beom-seok is the most anticipated promising hitter for LG fans. There are enough talents, and the possibility has already been verified to some extent on the first-team stage. In 2023, the debut season, he played only 10 first-team games, but last year he played 70 games. He played as a designated hitter and pinch hitter, but in April, the first month of the season, he hit a monthly batting average of 361 (13 hits in 36 at-bats) with two home runs and 12 RBIs, showing good pace.

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Expectations have been high since joining the team. When he was a student at Kyungnam High School, he was expected to be a big shot prospect, and baseball seniors also praised his natural hitting mechanism for being really good. It is a case of natural talent.

It is comparable to Kim Do-young (KIA), who became the MVP of the KBO League regular season and the best player in the league last year. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop did not hide his expectations for Kim Bum-suk several times, saying, `If you support your efforts a little more, you can grow into a young-class hitter.'

However, it is regrettable that he will not be able to play in the first team camp for two consecutive years. Kim Bum-suk participated in Arizona's first camp last year, but returned home midway due to an internal oblique injury. This year, due to back pain, he will be rehabilitated from the beginning in the second-tier camp. Anyway, as the process of being difficult to start the season in a perfect state continues, disappointment may be greater compared to expectations.

Another key is the utilization of defense. Kim's main position is catcher. However, he has not been able to properly play catcher's defense in the first team. The weight problem continues to hold back to see the catcher's defense, but it is not easy to try to change the position.

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First of all, manager Yeom Kyung-yeop also said about Kim Bum-seok's appointment as a catcher, `I don't think it will be easy right now. "We focused only on weight loss during the closing camp, but it will not be easy to play as a catcher only with the amount of training during the spring camp. "He picked Lee Joo-heon, not Kim Bum-seok, as the most likely candidate for backup catcher to support Park Dong-won."

In the end, chances are high that this season will also start as a designated hitter and a pinch hitter candidate.

Kim Beom-seok is in his third year as a professional. In a situation where the heavy tasks of injury, conditioning, and improving defensive skills are holding back, can he blossom his genius batting ability. It is expected to be a season that requires great determination and determination.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.