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[스포츠서울 장강훈기자] ‘Find the post Hyungwoo Choi!’
This is one of KIA’s biggest challenges this year. Last year’s special striker Oh Seon-woo showed potential, but if you want to jump to the main battle, you still have to gain more experience, such as reinforcing defense. Considering that each team has a left-handed hitter with long hitting power,’Post Hyung-woo Choi’ must be included in the long-term plan.
KIA beat 130 homers last year. Preston Tucker (32) was the top homer in the team, and Choi Hyung-woo (28) and Na Ji-wan (17) recorded double-digit home runs. Tucker is a foreign player, and Choi Hyung-woo is an external blood transfusion. Even if it includes overseas U-turnist Choi Hee-seop (current coach), there are virtually no left-handed hitters developed by themselves. It may be seen as a team tradition, but it is difficult to find a left-handed hitter who competed for the home run king among the Tigers franchise. Considering the age of Hyung-Woo Choi, who signed a three-year contract from this year, it is necessary to find Hyeong-Woo Choi, a post within one or two years.
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There are many resources. KIA is a team capable of batting with left-handed batters from 1 to 9. Last year, Kim Tae-jin and Ryu Ji-hyuk were traded in order to fill the entire position with right-to-left strokes. Catcher Kim Min-sik is also right-to-left. In the past at the finishing camp, there were 14 left-handed hitters, but there were also scenes where they could not laugh without a single left-handed glove. The problem is that none of them are capable of hitting a double-digit home run. To leap to a stable top team, you have to balance the batting line.
A left-handed hitter who can consistently hit 20 homers per year is a must for each team. It is in the same vein that Samsung recruited Oh Jae-il from the free agent (FA) market this winter. The teams that advanced to the postseason, such as Doosan Kim Jae-hwan, NC Na Seong-beom, and KT Kang Baek-ho, have left-handed hitters with clutch skills in the center line. When building the center line, including foreign batters, there is no left-handed hitter who will harmonize with the right hand, and the level of pressure on the opposing team is inevitably different. If the quick 2nd hitter and the 6th hitter with good clutch ability move forward and backward in the cleanup trio, the so-called’battering line with no place to rest’ can be completed.
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Among the players who have made a leap forward right now, Choi Won-jun is counted as the first finger. Because he is a batter with excellent wrist strength, if he gains experience such as Norim-soo in his own routine that he is currently wearing, he has the potential to grow into a clutch heater. With more experience, Oh Sun-woo can also establish itself as a giant. Kim Seok-hwan, who is about to be discharged in May, is also considered a candidate for Geopo with endless potential based on innate hardware.
Meanwhile, KIA coach Matt Williams entered Korea on the 7th and entered the new season. After a two-week self-isolation period, they plan to prepare for the spring camp.
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