I didn't know that baseball was a hard sport. 2,3 A defensive genius who is a good shortstop even played well, but since he is the main player, the batting average has plummeted. This year, Super Backup Starts Again
Feb 11, 2025
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LG Twins' all-weather infielder Koo Bon-hyuk. Koo Bon-hyuk played in 133 games last year and played 389 at-bats. He played the ninth most at-bats among LG batters. Moon Sung-joo, the main player, was only 361 at-bats due to injury.
Koo Bon-hyuk's role after being discharged from Sangmu was as a backup to second base, third base and shortstop. Koo Bon-hyuk was so good at defense that he would mainly take on the role of a pinch runner, but he was looking forward to making adjustments in hitting as well.
Koo Bon-hyuk, who started as a shortstop or second baseman when he was a left-handed starter at the beginning of the season and started during the break of the main players, also showed quite good batting performance. He showed off his batting average of 3.18 (14 hits in 44 at-bats, one homer and 13 RBIs) through April. On April 6, the Jamsil KT Wiz match went into the big base and hit a walk-off full base from opponent closer Park Young-hyun in the bottom of the ninth inning when the score was 0-0.
Since May, the main players have been injured, and there have been more days to start. Still, the batting was not bad, so he had a batting average of 292 (21 hits in 72 at-bats) and one home run and 14 RBIs.
Koo Bon-hyuk also began to suffer as Oh Ji-hwan was injured and fixed as a shortstop on May 30. Koo Bon-hyuk, who has not exceeded 100 at-bats since his debut, feels the physical burden of the players who start every day. His batting average fell to 220 (18 hits in 82 times at bat) in June. Since then, Koo Bon-hyuk, who had to continue to leave whenever the main players' seats were available, ended up hitting 257 for the season, 87 hits, two homers and 43 RBIs.
Koo said in a post-season interview, "It was good to show you a lot of what I prepared for spring camp. But when I had a better chance and didn't catch it, I think it's my future homework." `I didn't expect to play so many games. As a result, there was a physical problem. I didn't know that baseball was such a hard sport in summer. I didn't know it was a sport that needed such physical strength. I've never been out like this before, so I've experienced it for the first time." "Now I'm not a ghost at bat, right?" he said, contenting himself to gain confidence in the batting.
First of all, this year's role is a big secret. Still, Lee Young-bin will play the role together, reducing the burden. With one year of experience, he will be able to gradually achieve growth toward becoming a starting player if he can fill the gaps in the starting lineup.
For LG, it is important to arrange the physical strength of the main players. In order to do that, the backup must be good. If the difference between the main and backup is large, it is difficult to boldly select backup members in the end. Koo Bon-hyuk showed sufficient batting skills early last year. If you reinforce your physicality, you are likely to establish yourself as a 'super backup'.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
