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| Pro baseball Samsung Oh Jae-il participates in the spring camp held at the Samsung Lions Ball Park in Gyeongsan City, Gyeongsangbuk-do on the afternoon of the 1st and is training in defense. 2021.2.1/News1 © News1 Reporter Jeong Shik |
Samsung Lions confirmed the possibility of Jae-il Oh’s’Batter 2′, and saw the hope of choosing a variety of batting orders this season.
Samsung won 6-3 in the 2021 KBO League demonstration match against SSG Landers held at Incheon SSG Landers Field on the 25th.
On this day, Samsung’s manager Heo Sam-young made Oh Jae-il’s second hitter’s appointment as a success. Oh Jae-il, who joined Samsung with a free contract this season, played an active part in Doosan’s 3rd or 5th batter because of his long hitting ability, hitting double-digit home runs for 6 consecutive seasons.
In fact, even after joining Samsung, he has played two demonstration games so far, playing the third and fifth batters.
However, before the match against SSG, Heo Sam-young said, “I put Kim Sang-soo, who is strong in underhand pitching, in the 1st batter, and Koo Ja-wook, who played a good role against Park Jong-hoon, in the 3rd place. It is one of the process of preparing for the season.” He explained the background of Oh Jae-il’s appointment as the second batter.
Oh Jae-il lived up to the director’s expectations. He picked a walk on his first at-bat and scored on Parella’s hit. In the second inning, he played calmly and walked on base.
In the fourth inning as the lead batter, he had to actively hit the bat, and then stepped on the groove when the sixth batter Park Hae-min hit.
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| Samsung Oh Jae-il greets SSG Landers Choo Shin-soo, who hit the first base with two hits at the end of the third inning at the 2021 KBO League pilot match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the afternoon of the 25th. 2021.3.25/News1 © News1 Reporter Kim Jin-hwan |
And Jae-il Oh walked again in the 5th inning, his last at-bat, and boasted 100% on-base.
Oh Jae-il is a hitter who has an advantage in his long hitting power, but he also showed an excellent appearance in on-base as he recorded an on-base ratio of 0.390 last season. And on this day, he played the role of connecting the opportunity to the center hitter as the second hitter against SSG.
After the game, Oh Jae-il said, “The second hitter was the first time even including Doosan. It was awkward in the first at-bat, but there wasn’t much difference from the usual from the second at-bat.”
If Oh Jae-il plays a role in the second batter, coach Huh will have another option in the attack. This is suitable for the recent baseball trend,’Strong No. 2′, and could be a card that will further strengthen Samsung’s offense this season.