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| KT Kang Baek-ho, who started as a catcher in a practice game between KT and SSG held at Kushikawa Baseball Stadium in Okinawa, Japan on the 28th. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.02.28/ |
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| KT and Hanwha practice games at Kochinda Stadium in Okinawa, Japan on the 26th, and KT Kang Baek-ho hits a ball in the top of the 5th inning. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.02.26/ |
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| The second round of semi-PO between LG and KT at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 6th. KT Kang Baek-ho is hitting an RBI sacrifice fly with one out and runners on first and third in the third inning. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.10.06/ |
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[Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Kwon In-ha of Sports Chosun]"I want to go, too."
KT Wiz's Kang Baek-ho, who is considered the biggest FA fish this season. He also had a dream of becoming a major league player.
Kang Baek-ho, who was named by KT Wiz as 'Korea's Ohtani' and entered the professional league with the attention of all baseball fans in 2018, is about to become an FA. He competed with Lee Jung-hoo, who left for San Francisco on a roll, as a rival for the `genius hitter' but recently fell into a slump after being injured. There was also a regret in the international competition.
However, it was revived splendidly last year. He played in 144 games and succeeded in rebounding with a batting average of 289 (159 hits in 550 at-bats) with 26 home runs, 96 RBIs, 92 runs, and 6 steals with an OPS of .840. Kang Baek-ho, who played as a pitcher and catcher in high school, came to the professional league and played as an outfielder and first baseman to focus on hitting, but showed anxiety in defense. However, with the introduction of ABS last year, he wore a catcher mask in his seventh year of joining and succeeded.
And for the first time this year, I'm preparing for the season by properly training as a catcher from the spring camp. It is said that the ransom will soar as the catcher becomes a catcher. Although he is very talented in hitting, there were evaluations that a huge ransom would not be easy because the first baseman and outfielder defense were not excellent, but it is different for a catcher. Now that he is starting again as a catcher, he can be a plus alpha if he is good as a backup catcher, even if he is not the main catcher. There is even an award that it will exceed 10 billion won.
Since Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco) and Kim Hye-sung (LA Dodgers) have advanced to the Major League, wouldn't Kang Baek-ho have a dream of entering the U.S.. It may be an advantage to be able to play multiple positions, from first baseman, outfielder to catcher.
Kang Baek-ho, who is sweating heavily as a catcher, was confident for now.
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The 2018 KBO League Doosan Bears and ktWiz match was held at Jamsim Night Stadium on the 13th. KT left fielder Kang Baek-ho catches Choi Joo-hwan's fly in the bottom of the fourth inning of Doosan.
Jamsil= Reporter Choi Moon-young deer@sportschosun.com /2018.06.13/ |
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| Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 10th. NC Dinos and KT Wiz match. In the top of the first inning, Yang Eui-ji hit a hit and is watching the pitch with Kang Baek-ho. Suwon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2022.10.10/ |
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| After KT and Doosan's second doubleheader game at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 12th, KT catcher Kang Baek-ho left the ball behind during Doosan's Jung Soo-bin at-bat in the bottom of the second inning, he is regretful. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2024.05.12/ |
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When asked about the FA amid many questions about the catcher, Kang Baek-ho asked reporters "What do you think will happen?" Then "Honestly, I'm looking forward to it and I'm worried. More than anything, I hope our team does well" put the team first. He showed confidence in his performance. Kang Baek-ho said, `I think I can see the pace of the first half again if I look at it positively because I had a really bad performance in the second half of last year"If we revise the bad parts of last year and fix our minds and attitudes toward baseball a lot this year, we believe that this year will definitely perform much better than last year, and our members are good, so I think we can start this year with a higher expectation."
I asked him about his thoughts on entering the Major League. Since it is an FA, it is not a posting, but you can freely find and negotiate a club that wants you without a period limit. There is also a slightly more advantageous aspect in ransom because there is no need to pay a transfer fee to the club.
Kang Baek-ho opened the sentence "I don't know" and "I want to go because if anyone tells me to come to the top of the field, everyone will be worried and want to go." If I have a chance, I'll do my best," he expressed his honest feelings. The same goes for the FA and the Major League, but I think all those things will get better if we do well this season"If you don't do it this season, you have to re-do it again. So if I'm stable to some extent as a catcher this season and my batting is better than last year, I think I'll be able to accept any results satisfactorily enough,' he said.
Kang Baek-ho had a career batting average of 370, 924 hits, 121 homers, 504 RBIs and 499 runs in seven years. With a slugging percentage of 0.494 and an on-base percentage of 0.388, the OPS reaches 0.882. When Lee Jung-hoo entered the Major League, his OPS was 0.898, and Kim Hye-sung was 0.767.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
