I'm tired of practicing now. If it opened right away, you'd do well from the start Will Declaration, Renewal Wish Come True

Mar 05, 2025

야시엘 푸이그. Photo = Kium Heroes

"I'm tired of practicing now. I hope the season starts right away."

Yasiel Puig, who has already begun to burst. Will he be able to give strength to the Kiwoom Heroes lineup after returning after three years.

Kiwoom, which had been at the bottom for two consecutive years, will face this season with two foreign hitters. There are many factors to finish the season in last place, but they agreed that the most fundamental weakness was attack. As the lineup, which was dominated by hitters with long balls in the past, faced various changes over the years, it was judged that the basic elements to score became poor. So, he gave up the system of two foreign pitchers and chose two batters. This is why Ruben Cardinez, who played for the Samsung Lions for a while last year, joined hands with Puig again after three years.

Puig followed the spring camp schedule from the U.S. to Taiwan.

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In Taiwan, which has played a total of eight practice matches with CPBL professional teams, they showed off their physical condition and condition that has already risen close to 100%. In a practice game against Taiwanese professional team Taigang Hawks on the 1st, he hit a solo home run in the third inning and caught a hit in front of left field twice with a sliding catch in the bottom of the fourth inning. All three of the innings' outcounts were solved by Puig's hand.

Puig said in an interview in Kaohsiung, Taiwan "I just want the season to start soon. I don't want to practice anymore." It was a certain confidence in his condition or his sensational part.

You may be mistaken for a lazy genius, but in fact, he's a great hard worker. During the hiatus, he worked out nonstop with his personal trainers at his home in Miami, USA, and even after joining Kiwoom, he has not skipped personal training even on spring camp breaks. It is said that the quality of muscles has improved compared to when he played in Korea three years ago.

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There is another reason Puig is waiting for the opening. It is to make up for the humiliation of three years ago. At that time, Puig had a batting average of only 245.9 home runs in the first half as he failed to fully adapt to the league atmosphere or the style of Korean pitchers at the beginning of the season. The power was still there, but there was also a disappointment as the batting sophistication fell. However, in the second half, he showed a batting average of 316 and 12 home runs to complete his adaptation.

Puig was not satisfied with his first-half performance last time. I want to do well from the first half to the end of the season," he said, expressing strong confidence.

Puig, who is close to Kiwoom's promising players in their early 20s without hesitation, starts the new season as a completely different player from the 2022 season. One of his goals is "Playing for three more years in Korea." Much depends on the start of his season, which will be at the vanguard of Kiwoom's strengthening lineup.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.

I'm tired of practicing now. If it opened right away, you'd do well from the start Will Declaration, Renewal Wish Come True

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