"The liver is big." Enemy Lee Beom-ho also nodded... "Lee Jae-hyun and Kim Young-woong will have a great season in the future."
"The liver is big." Enemy Lee Beom-ho also nodded... "Lee Jae-hyun and Kim Young-woong will have a great season in the future."
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Manager Lee Bum-ho, who led the KIA Tigers to the championship this year, appeared on a YouTube channel run by former professional baseball player Kim Tae-kyun and picked the Samsung Lions as a rival to KIA next year.
KIA manager Lee Bum-ho appeared in a video released by the YouTube channel "Kim Tae-kyun [TK52]" run by former professional baseball player Kim Tae-kyun on the 14th and explained why he picked Samsung as his opponent for next season.
"The game was tight even though Koo Ja-wook and I were absent from the corner in the Korean Series. Young players in particular were not nervous in the upcoming Korean Series and playoff games," Lee said. "Kim Young-woong and Lee Jae-hyun did not make mistakes in throwing the ball while holding the ball. You have a big liver (thinking). Looking from afar, I thought we will have an amazing season."
In fact, Lee Jae-hyun did not make a single error in five games of the Korean Series against KIA. Although he was disappointed by his batting average of 0.133 (two hits in 15 at-bats) and one homer and one RBI, he showed off stable defense at the shortstop position.
Although Kim Young-woong recorded one error each in Game 2 and Game 4 of the Korean Series, he boldly turned his bat at the plate. He hit a solo home run against KIA starter Eric Lauer in Game 3, setting the stage for victory. Although he lost the game in Game 5, he hit an early running solo home run against starter Yang Hyeon-jong from the first inning. Kim Young-woong also added two home runs in the previous playoff against the LG Twins, breaking the record of the youngest single-season postseason four home run held by current Doosan Bears coach Lee Seung-yeop.
Lee Jae-hyun and Kim Young-woong were born in 2003 when they were considered the best shortstop in high school along with Kim Do-young of KIA. While Kim Do-young's record of "regular season MVP" was outstanding this year, Lee Jae-hyun and Kim Young-woong also showed strong growth.
Lee Jae-hyun, who is in his third year as a professional player this year, had a batting average of 0.260 with 14 home runs and 66 RBIs with an OPS of 0.784 in 109 games. He joined the team a little later due to the shoulder surgery he underwent last year, but he showed impressive performance, ranking second in home runs, OPS, and first in slugging percentage among shortstop players in the league. He showed his qualities as a "big shortstop" by hitting double-digit home runs for two consecutive years after hitting 12 home runs last year.
Above all, his steady growth is impressive. His batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage have increased little by little every year since 2022, the first season since his debut. He has even improved his batting skills this season to the extent that he garnered six more walks while recording 80 at-bats in 34 games compared to last year. 바카라사이트
Kim, who showed a bit of disappointment in the 2022 and 2023 seasons, played in 126 games this year, his third year as a professional player, and displayed full potential with a batting average of 0.252, 28 homers, 79 RBIs and an OPS of 0.806. Kim, who had the second most home runs (28) and RBIs (79 RBIs) in his team, proudly occupied the center lineup of Samsung.
He hit his 20th home run of the season against the LG Twins on July 30, achieving the "20th home run in the 21st season of Samsung batters" in 27 years since Lee Seung-yeop.