I’ve never been like this before… .
LG Hyun-soo Kim starts the demonstration game with no hits in 11 at-bats. He failed to show his strength in international competitions at this WBC (World Baseball Classic), but the atmosphere continues to slump even after his return to Korea. Director Yeom Kyung-yeop sees this phenomenon as a transition period. Just believe and wait.
Kim Hyun-soo only struck out 1 in 3 at-bats in an exhibition game against Kiwoom Heroes held at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 26th. LG lost 2-4 to Kiwoom.
After completing the WBC national team schedule, he started playing before kt on the 23rd, but in 4 games, he went 13 at bats and had no hits. In the game against Kiwoom on the 25th, he scored 2 RBIs with two sacrifice flies, but the rest of the games had no significant results. There is no base on 4 pitches.
Since 2010, when the KBO started providing box scores for exhibition games, Kim Hyun-soo had never faced a spring without a hit for such a long time. He had two hits in his first three games in 2021, even when he only had a 0.188 batting average. Kim Hyun-soo’s overall performance in demonstration games is a batting average of 0.312 in 116 games. It was similar to 0.316 in the regular season.
This year, starting with the WBC, it was different from usual. Until the last Tokyo Olympics, his career batting average in international competitions reached 0.362, but in the WBC this time, he stayed with 1 hit in 9 at-bats.
Head coach Yeom Kyung-yeop said ahead of the game on the 26th, “I am working very hard to fill in what I was weak on the outside course last year. I think it will get better as it goes on. You can see it as a process of being conscious of the things you need to think about.” 메이저놀이터
Specifically, he explained, it was a process of making up for the weakness of the outside slider thrown by left-handed pitchers.
Director Yeom Gyeong-yeop said, “I am not using my strength correctly on the outside. It is time to think about how to create a good swing trajectory to respond to the left pitcher’s slider. Last year, there were a lot of missed swings on the left pitcher’s slider. He said he was right. Kim Hyun-soo can overcome (overcome) if he fills in a few of his hits.”