Oh Jae-il (35, Samsung Lions) was not filled in.
Although they tried to get the’second Jaeil Oh’ by fostering them, the expected prospects did not receive the passing points from the field and the front desk.
In the end, the professional baseball Doosan Bears gave up the highly utilized left-handed pitcher Ham Deok-ju (26) and recruited first baseman Yang Seok-hwan (30) from outside.
Doosan announced on the 25th, “We made a two-to-two trade with pitchers Deok-ju Ham and Ji-sun Chae to the LG Twins, and received infielder Yang Seok-hwan and pitcher Nam-ho.”
Jamsil rivals Doosan and LG traded for 13 years since June 2008.
At that time, Doosan received catcher Choi Seung-hwan and outfielder Lee Sung-yeol from LG, and sent pitcher Lee Jae-young and infielder Kim Yong-eui.
The scale is the same as it was 13 years ago, but the aftermath is bigger this time.
Ham Deok-ju was a key pitcher for the Doosan Mound for four seasons from 2017 to 2020.
The utilization was great enough to experience both the selection, the middle, and the finish.
This year, they were competing with the aim of entering the starting line.
Even if he was pushed out of the starting line, he was a useful pitcher as a mid-term strategy.
However, Doosan’s first base seat, which was virtually vacant, seemed large enough that Ham Deokju was also offering it as a trade target.
Until last year, Doosan’s first baseman was Oh Jae-il.
Oh Jae-il is a left-handed hitter who hit 20 homers or more in 4 seasons from 2016 to 2019.
In 2020, he also hit a batting average of 0.312, 16 homers and 89 RBIs.
After the 2020 season, Jae-il Oh signed a contract with Samsung Lions after becoming a free agent (FA).
Doosan coach Kim Tae-hyung picked up prospect Kim Min-hyuk as the first baseman candidate for the’preliminary role’ when starting the spring camp this year.
Shin Seong-hyun, who was a backup infielder, was also given the opportunity to play at first base during the practice game.
However, even with the opening of the regular season on April 3 nearing 10 days, coach Kim Tae-hyung could not choose the first baseman.
We also considered using Jose Fernandez, who had been a designated hitter until last year, as first baseman, but we were unable to shake our concerns that the appointment of first baseman could lead to a weakening of Fernandes’ attack power.
Eventually, the Doosan club and the site turned to’recruiting outside first baseman’.
LG, who shares Jamsil Stadium, had first baseman Yang Seok-hwan.
LG wanted a quality left-handed pitcher.
The trade between Jamsil rivals was concluded after 13 years.
/yunhap news