[앵커]
Lotte, a popular club representing professional baseball, has failed to advance to the postseason for the past three consecutive years.
This year, three large rookies are joining the company, raising expectations more than ever.
Reporter Hur Jae-won reports.
[기자]
Lotte is regarded as the overwhelming winner of the 2021 rookie selection.
After picking catcher Son Seong-bin in the first nomination, he named Kim Jin-wook, the best left-handed pitcher in high school, as the first overall in the second draft.
Declaring advance to the major leagues, he succeeded in catching Na Seung-yeop, who was not appointed by other clubs, and held all three high-school high-class fish in his arms.
For Lotte, who has failed to advance into the postseason for the past three years in a row, expectations for these three members are inevitably different.
In particular, Son Sung-bin, who will bring new competition to the catcher who has long been considered a weak position, is drawing more attention.
[손성빈 / 롯데 신인 포수 : 롯데가 포수 자리가 취약하다는 소리를 듣는 걸 떠나서 저는 많은 선배와 경쟁을 다시 시작해야 하는 상황이어서 오히려 좋은 계기로 (삼겠습니다.)]
Kim Jin-wook, who had earned the nickname’Rot Jin-wook’ early in the 2nd rookie draft, was confirmed early on and is looking forward to the moment of striking out on the professional stage.
[김진욱 / 롯데 신인 투수 : ‘롯진욱'(롯데+김진욱)도 정말 과분한 별명이었는데, 삼진을 많이 잡고 싶어서 ‘삼진욱’으로 하겠습니다.]
Na Seung-yeop, who once dreamed of becoming a major league stage, is now looking at the day to become a star representing Lotte.
[나승엽 / 롯데 신인 내야수 : 100안타가 가장 탐납니다. 롯데에서 프랜차이즈 스타가 되고 싶습니다.]
These three people, born in 2002, called’Lotte’s Future’, are sweating day after day in Gimhae, Gyeongnam, where the Lotte 2nd Army training ground is located.
Lotte fans, who had more days to breathe, are watching the growth of Son Sung-bin, Kim Jin-wook, and Na Seung-yeop with excitement.
YTN Heo Jaewon[[email protected]]is.
[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]