[IS 포커스]‘Fire power decline’ Doosan, all-weather pitcher bleeding, secured first baseman

LG and Doosan made a two-to-two trade. IS photo

Doosan was the first baseman. I endured the bleeding of the pitcher.

The Doosan club announced on the afternoon of the 25th that “they made a two-on-two trade with pitchers Deok-ju Ham and Ji-sun Chae to LG and recruiting infielder Yang Seok-hwan and pitcher Nam-ho.” Doosan handed over Oh Jae-il, an internal free agent (free agent), to Samsung at Stove League in 2021, and the first baseman was vacant. During the spring camp and the demonstration game, Min-hyuk Kim,’Geopo prospect’ and Sung-Hyun Shin, who was recruited from Hanwha in the 2017 season, were selected as candidates to induce competition, but the growth of the two players was slow. Eventually, they made a trade.

The main cards are Deokju Ham (26) and Seokhwan Yang (30). Yang Seok-hwan is a hitter with more than 80 RBIs in a row in the 2017-18 season. He recorded 14 homers in the 2017 season and 22 homers in the 2018 season. If you run full time, you can expect more than 15 home runs. However, after returning from military service (the business baseball team), he did not gain an edge in the competition for the seat (third baseman) with Kim Min-seong. LG gave up Yang Seok-hwan to strengthen the mound.

Deok-ju Ham is an all-weather pitcher who made his debut in the 2013 season and appeared in 311 games in his career. It can handle both starting and finishing pitchers. In the 2020 season, when the existing closer Lee Hyung-beom was sluggish, he made up for it, and from the end of August, he swapped positions with Lee Young-ha, contributing to Doosan’s 3rd place in the regular season and advance to the Korean Series.

Deokju Ham competed for the starting position this season as well. However, it appears to have been pushed to the fifth place after Lee Young-ha, Choi Won-jun, Yoo Hee-kwan, and Kim Min-gyu. Doosan’s attack power declined significantly as internal free agents Jae-il Oh (Samsung) and Joo-Hwan Choi (SSG) left the team. In the recent 11 practice and demonstration games, he lost 10, and in the process, he realized the transfer gap of hitters with long hitting power. Eventually, he endured the bleeding of giving him a pitcher (Dukju Ham) who could take on the role of a setup man and tried to strengthen his attack power.

It is difficult to evaluate the profit or loss of the sub card right away. Nam-ho (21) joined the 2nd rookie draft round 5 (45th overall) in 2019, and debuted on the first team stage last year and played 6 games. At the demonstration game with KT held on the 23rd, the possibility of using the selection was tested. Chae Ji-seon (26) also debuted on the stage of the 1st group in the 2020 season, and made an average ERA of 4.91 by starting in 37 games. Both pitchers are prospects.

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