I was going to give up baseball because it wasn't called until 10R, but the last Hanwha designation, the reversal story of the lead-off home run man in the first inning of 4G in a row
Feb 08, 2025
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I participated in the rookie draft. But how does it feel if your name is not called until the last round. And when you were about to give up, how would you feel if your name was called.
There is a player who seems to be falling into hell, who went to heaven. He is Lee Min-jae, a college graduate of Hanwha Eagles. Lee Min-jae became a dramatic professional player after receiving the second round of 11th round of the rookie draft Hanwha last year. Round 11 is the last round of nominations. However, the order of nominations does not matter. Lee Min-jae was named to the first spring camp list in Melbourne, Australia, beating other rookies who were selected earlier.
Training with seniors like Kirasung. Every day is like a dream. Lee Min-jae praised the coach for hitting the bat pretty when training in Daejeon after the season last year. I think I got a precious opportunity because of the hit. It's so nice. You can do anything. Even if the weather is hot, you can train for a long time. At first, I was nervous about training with my seniors, but now I'm training more comfortably, talking to them first and talking to them."
Lee Min-jae was already famous last year. As a member of Dongwon National University of Science and Technology, he set the record of being the first batter's home run in the first inning for four consecutive games. First time in college baseball. It meant that the bat was guaranteed. At the time, coach Lee Moon-han was a player who only played pretty bats in high school. There was a lack of strength. So when I came to college, I immediately went through the process of bulk-up and building strength. So the ball began to gain strength." Lee Minjae also did a lot of weight training when he came to college"I turned back.
Since he made his name with a bat on the college stage, he seemed to be able to blow away the pain of losing the rookie draft after graduating from high school. But the name was not called until the end. Lee Min-jae said "To be honest, it is true that expectations have grown since the home run record. But I was very nervous because I couldn't get the nomination until the end of the 10th round. If it doesn't work again this time, I was thinking that I should give up without transferring to a four-year university." He then laughed, saying, `I felt better because my name was called in the 11th round.'
After becoming a professional player last, Lee Min-jae said of his goal "My top goal this year is to be called up to the first team. I want to be a player who is evaluated as always moving quickly when I'm on the ground," he said proudly.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
