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SSG Romac hit a 3-point home run in the beginning of the 6th inning in a practice match between Samsung Lions and SSG Landers in the professional baseball KBO league held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 16th. Yonhap News provided
Jamie Romac’s 36-year-old bat has been in trouble since March. SSG constitutes the’Center Strike Line of Fear’.
On the 16th, Romac recorded a multi-home run in the evaluation match with Samsung held in Daegu and Samsung Lions Park. He started as a batter 4, hitting a solo home run in the second inning and a 3-point home run in the 6th reversal against 1-1. In addition to the Manrupo recorded in the KT game on the 14th, he fired 3 homers in 4 games (12 at-bats) in the evaluation game. Until this day, the pre-evaluation score was 0.545 batting average (6 hits in 11 at-bats) and 9 RBIs.
Romac has been boasting a hot blow even before the opening. The opponents who took home runs were foreign pitchers David Buchanan and Van Lively (above Samsung), and last year’s rookie king Sohn So-Jun (KT).
He was uncertain about the renewal of the contract, and he announced a’splendid wealth’ this season.
Romac recorded a total of 103 homers from 2017 to 2019, when they first entered the KBO league. During this period, the batting average was 0.282, and the OPS (on base rate + slugging rate) was 0.945. Based on these activities, SK (predecessor of SSG) won the Korean series championship in 2018.
However, it was also suffering from a deep sluggish last year. After opening, he hit 13 homers until July, while the batting average dropped to 0.251. OPS was 0.827.
SK, whose grades fell to the bottom, brought batter Tyler White to the vacant position of foreign pitcher Nick Kingham. This was also a decision in preparation for the decline of Romac’s skills in his mid-30s.
Unfortunately, Romac showed a remarkable rebound after White joined. He has batted 0.316, 19 homers, and 1.070 OPS in 69 games since August. Thanks to this, Romac renewed the contract for a total of $1.15 million. Romac wore the same uniform for the 5th season since the days of SK, and has been named the longest-running foreign player in the club’s history.
SSG Landers Choo Shin-soo is training ahead of a practice match with the Samsung Lions of the KBO League of Professional Baseball, which will be held at the Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 16th. Yonhap News provided
SSG has a center line of fear. The exact batting order is undecided. Romac and Choi Jeong, who are expected to form the 3rd to 5th, and Choo Shin-soo, who played in the MLB, are also proud of their terrifying dignity.
Choi Jung-eun was the league home run king in 2016 and 2017. He hit 183 homers in the last five seasons. Ranked No. 1 in league home runs during this period. There are 22 more than Doosan Kim Jae-hwan (161) in second place.
Choo Shin-soo’s confluence adds the power of the center hitting line. He hit 218 homers in the MLB alone. It surpassed 20 homers for three consecutive seasons from 2017 to 2019, and holds the record for the largest number of home runs for Asian players in the big leagues. MLB’s career slugging average is 0.447. Choo Shin-soo says, “I’m not a home run hitter,” but is expected to show terrifying slugging power in the KBO League.
In addition, Han Textile, which hit 41 homers in 2018, is also aiming to restore its honor. SSG is gathering an even more upgraded’power’.
Daegu = Reporter Lee Hyung-seok
