“The first stadium training since September last year…It seems that it will be difficult to participate in the Samsung Games on the 15th.”
“The defensive position is confirmed as the main left fielder…
Choo Shin-soo (39), who landed at SSG Landers, will participate in a practice game with Samsung Lions in the KBO league of professional baseball held at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 16th.
SSG coach Kim Won-hyung said, “Choo Shin-soo said that training at the stadium was only 6 months before the practice match with kt wiz held at Ulsan Munsu Stadium on the 13th.”
It will be difficult to compete in the game on the first day with Samsung,” he said.
Next, coach Kim explained, “Once I watched the training, I will put it into the second game with Samsung (which will be held on the 16th).”
Choo Shin-soo, who joined the team after completing self-isolation on the 11th, had private time on the 12th, which was a team break.
He participated in team training for the first time against kt on the 13th and digested batting and defensive training.
This is the first time that Choo has been officially trained at the stadium since September of last year, when the last game of the regular season of the American Professional Baseball Major League (MLB) was held.
SSG will play a practice game with kt in Ulsan on the 13th and 14th, and then play against Samsung on the 16th and 17th.
Then, the schedule of the demonstration game begins.
Initially, Choo Shin-soo was planning to raise his sense of practice by playing with a pinch in the second consecutive practice match with Samsung, but the possibility of playing on the 16th declined due to the judgment that the training was not enough yet.
Choo Shin-soo is expected to take on left field as it is known.
Director Kim Won-hyung said, “I had a lot of conversations while having a meal on the first day of joining with Choo Shin-soo. I felt a lot of responsibility. I also said that I would take the defensive position as requested by the team.”
Coach Kim said, “When Choo Shin-soo played in the MLB, he didn’t play many games in left field, but in order to take advantage of the right fielder Hanyu Island (formerly Han Dong-min), he has to jump to the left field.
He said, “Hanyu Island will start training for left field from the regular season,” and revealed the possibility of changing the positions of the two players in the future.
Coach Kim said, “If you’re in good shape, it won’t be a problem,” said the reporter, “Shin-soo Choo hasn’t been training for a long time.”
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