Wrist injury → Rehabilitation lengthened? Son Seong-bin's current situation is very good. Normal training has already begun.
Feb 15, 2025
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He is still in the Futures (second division) team. However, Lotte Giants' Son Sung-bin's eyes are already dreaming of becoming the main homebody.
Lotte Futures Camp in Tainan, Taiwan on the 14th. Son did not play in a practice game against the Taiwan Taigang Hawks on the same day.
Instead, after the game, he threw his whole body with all the catcher equipment on, receiving coach Baek Yong-hwan's catcher Fengo. It was chilly for Taiwan, but soon my whole body was soaked in sweat.
Some even raised rumors of a return to the summer. However, the 24-year-old hot catcher, who kept shouting "fighting" and receiving feedback from the coach, did not feel any after-effects of the injury.
I met Son Sung-bin after training. I was most curious about my current physical condition. "It's very fine. I'm in great shapecame the cool answer ."
However, the club, which suffered from a string injury last year, is being cautious, so it cannot be guaranteed to return to the opening game. Son Sung-bin is a young player and has a lot of motivation, so some are wary of the over-face. However, he explained that there is no problem in returning to the beginning of the season.
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However, Son has yet to play in the actual game. There was a reason. This is because the scope of surgery has become larger than originally scheduled.
"My wrist tendon, which wasn't good at all, hurt a lot once, so I decided to have surgery, but when I examined it, there were more bad parts. I did it all at once while I was doing it. The rehabilitation period is a little longer than scheduled because the bone is broken by about 2mm and the iron core is embedded. That doesn't mean it's going to be until the summer."
An official from the club in the field also "Since he is a young player, we are paying attention to the rehabilitation schedule so that he can play as fully as possible." But not after June at all."
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I started rehabilitation after I changed to Banpps. Son Seong-bin started from the lower body. I really prepared without a break throughout the winter. I wanted to go back as soon as possible."
Although he is young, he is a military catcher who has been to the Armed Forces Sports Unit (Sangmu) early on. Now there is literally only a prosperous future left.
As originally scheduled, he would have played the role of Yoo Kang-nam's backup and sought to be promoted to the main player step by step. However, last year, Yoo Kang-nam was out of the season due to injury, filling the gap. He played a career-high 86 games and recorded a batting average of 197 (30 hits in 152 at-bats), six homers and 21 RBIs, and an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of 0.653.
Son Sung-bin "I completely changed my hitting style when I met coach Kim Joo-chan and Lim Hoon. I didn't know I could hit six home runs in the first team."
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The catcher is a position that is difficult to explain only with the basic skills of offense and defense. He should know how to lead from pitchers to defense at home and abroad while mixing balls that fit the situation. More experience is the answer. This is why veteran catchers are loved despite their heavy catcher equipment and physical burden.
"There were so many things I felt. As a first-team catcher, should I say that my field of view has expanded a little more? Thanks to you, I had a more faithful winter. I'm working harder as much as I know. Because I want to do better than I do now."
The biggest disadvantage of a young catcher is communication with senior pitchers. Unlike in school days, which are three years apart at most, there are cases where you have to work with a 20-year-old senior in a professional program.
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"No baseball player is preparing for a backup. Everyone dreams of becoming a main player. "I want to hear the sound of a catcher who's really good."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
