Leaving Lotte Spring Camp...Manager Kim Tae-hyung said, "I have to go to fall baseball."
Leaving Lotte Spring Camp...Manager Kim Tae-hyung said, "I have to go to fall baseball."
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Kim Tae-hyung, manager of Lotte, a professional baseball team that starts spring camp in Taiwan, has expressed his desire for fall baseball this season.
When I met reporters at the departure hall today (24th), Kim answered coolly, "What do you have? I'm really going to go to fall baseball."
"When I opened the lid as an exhibition game at Lotte for the first time last year, I couldn't calculate. That's why I conducted several experiments," he said. "After the trade, the fielders were settled down, and the pitchers were a bit chaotic. I think I will find more stability this year."
Lotte was not invited to fall baseball for seven consecutive years from 2018 to last year after entering the postseason for the last time in 2017.
Coach Kim, who came to Busan as a "winning contractor," also had a bitter taste last season, finishing seventh.
Whether Lotte will advance to the postseason (PS) this season depends on the starters.
Only the existing Charlie Barnes and the new foreign pitchers Tucker Davidson and Park Se-woong are certain starting agents.
Kim Jin-wook, who postponed his enlistment, is expected to take over the fourth starter, and the fifth starter is an infinite competition.
Manager Kim said, "Last year, only two foreign pitchers were good. Still, I think Park will be better this year than last year. Next is Kim Jin-wook (fourth starter), and Na Kyun-an, Han Hyun-hee, and Park Jin (five starters) are candidates."
Lotte, which has not made any significant moves in the free agent (FA) market this winter, brought in Jung Cheol-won through a trade with the Doosan Bears.
"He is a really necessary player. He has good pitching capability. I believe he will do well," Kim said. "Of course, I saw him as a must-winner.
Among the "Yoon Na-go-hwang" (Yoon Dong-hee, Na Seung-yeop, Ko Seung-min, and Hwang Sung-bin), who grew up as the main player of last season, he pointed out Yoon Dong-hee and expected, "It is not easy to maintain such a steady pace in the second year. You may feel pressured while trying to do better, but now that you know the manager's tendency, I think you will play baseball more comfortably." 토토사이트
Lotte builds up in the first training session in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and then moves to Miyazaki, Japan, for the second camp focused on the actual game.