"0.186" 2nd Army, 76 days of patience, coach has reached the limit..."I tried to improve my batting condition in the first team"
"0.186" 2nd Army, 76 days of patience, coach has reached the limit..."I tried to improve my batting condition in the first team"
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"I was in the first team and kept trying to improve my batting condition, but I got off because I thought I had to get off once."
Lee Bum-ho, manager of the Kia Tigers, made the decision ahead of the match against the Hanwha Eagles in Gwangju on Sunday. He informed outfielder Lee Woo-sung (31), who he endured for 76 days after the season's opening, of his move to the second division. As Lee was selected as the main left fielder this season, he waited for Lee to regain his pace in the first division as much as possible, but as his performance has deteriorated to the point where he could not afford to be placed in the first division, the coach has limited his ability to trust and wait.
Lee Woo-sung raised expectations by hitting one hit at a time, but soon the silence was prolonged, making Lee's heart stuffy. He had a batting average of 0.261 (23 hits in 88 times at bat), two homers and 10 RBIs until April, but he had a batting average of 0.186 (11 hits in 59 times at bat) and five RBIs since May. As the bat was not right, the chance to play as a starter naturally decreased, and the number of at-bats was insufficient, so there was no opportunity to regain the sense of hitting. As the time that was not helpful to both the team and Lee Woo-sung became longer, he had no choice but to give time to reorganize in the second division.
"I was in the first team and kept trying to improve my batting condition, but I thought it would be better to find the pace while playing in the Futures because the number of at-bats was low. If you go down to the Futures and find the pace while playing again, you can post it then. I got off because I thought I had to get off at least once," Lee said.
It was not certain whether Lee Woo-sung would be re-registered 10 days later. As he was not in a good batting condition in the first division, he expected to play enough Futures League games and regain his confidence and return.
"I think I need to prepare well for the Futures because I just went down. Since I went down from a bad condition, I need to improve my condition as much as possible," Lee said. "Since other players, like Jung Hae-won, are working hard to prepare for the event, I will check and post it when I hear that (Lee Woo-sung) is in good condition in the Futures."
Lee has performed well enough in the 2023 and 2024 pro teams. In 2023, he had a batting average of 0.301 (107 hits in 355 at-bats), eight homers and 58 RBIs, and last year, he had a batting average of 0.288 (115 hits in 399 at-bats), nine homers and 54 RBIs. He is a player who has contributed enough to the team as a quasi-state player, and he also tried to trust and use it this year because he has a good image for coach Lee.
In January, Lee and Choi had a training camp in Guam separately to make more efforts to improve their slugging capability. Why has the effort not turned out to be fruitful.
Coach Lee said, "I think the swing has changed a little since I hurt my hip hamstring once last year. Since it hurts, there are parts where there are changes little by little, but I think it's changed because I try to use the lower body and things like this to be less painful. So while I'm in the first team, I can't keep finding (a way). I think it would be right to give time because I think it would be better for me to go down and play games and play special hits."
Coach Lee called up Ko Jong-wook in the absence of Lee Woo-sung. Ko Jong-wook was considered to be in the best batting condition at the Futures and got his first opportunity to call up the first team of the season.
Outfielder Lee Chang-jin, who left due to a hamstring injury, recently began playing in Futures League games. I plan to call the first team when I think I am in good physical condition and that my sense of play has risen to some extent. With the option of Lee Chang-jin, Lee Woo-sung seems to have to do his best to regain his condition when he is even better. 카지노사이트
"I also thought about it, but I haven't played many games (in the Futures League). I'll give him some more time, and after checking his physical condition for about a week, I'll upload it again. I don't want to think about it in a hurry," Lee said.