"Hanwha, you've changed a lot"…Leaving the camp for the first time in seven years, the veteran promised
"Hanwha, you've changed a lot"…Leaving the camp for the first time in seven years, the veteran promised
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'Kim Kyung-moon' will begin to quench the season in earnest.
The Hanwha Eagles, led by head coach Kim Kyung-moon, left for Melbourne, Australia, the first off-season training site, via Incheon International Airport on the 21st.
Hanwha, which finished eighth in the regular season last year, has been frustrated in fall baseball for six consecutive years.
Manager Kim, who has been at the helm of Hanwha since June last year, aimed to advance into autumn baseball and achieve a winning percentage of 50 percent when he took office, but failed to achieve it. Hanwha, which was ranked eighth with 21 wins, 1 draw and 29 losses at the time of taking office, followed the fifth-ranked KT Wiz by one game in early September, but ended up with 66 wins, 2 draws and 76 losses as the injured player came out and the batting cycle fell.
Hanwha is strongly determined to rebound this season. In the era of new stadiums, he expressed his intention to shed his image as a weak player and leap forward as a strong team.
He also opened his wallet during the offseason. He hired shortstop Shim Woo-joon who used to be a stealer king and pitcher Um Sang-baek who won 13 games as free agents in succession. He signed a four-year contract with Shim for a total of 5 billion won, and Um for a total of 7.8 billion won, respectively.
Immediately after the end of the season, Kim conducted intense training from the training to the Miyazaki Finishing Camp in Japan, and watched the players in person. With the team in general understood, a total of 45 players were put on the first spring camp roster.
The rookies were joined by pitcher Jung Woo-joo, Kwon Min-gyu and Park Boo-sung, catcher Han Ji-yoon, infielder Lee Seung-hyun and outfielder Lee Min-jae.
The first camp will feature initial basic physical fitness training and basic skills training. From Feb. 14 to Feb. 16, there will also be three consecutive real games against the Australian national baseball team. After returning to Korea, he will immediately leave for Okinawa, Japan, to improve his sense of actual games. At the second camp in Okinawa, games with the Chiba Lotte Marines, the Hanshin Tigers, the Japanese Industrial League and Korean teams (KIA SSG KT) are scheduled.
"Seeing the players' faces after finishing training well last year, I think they prepared well," said Kim, who left the camp for the first time in seven years since he was the head coach of the NC Dinos in 2018. "I feel good before I left," he said. "I was sad because I couldn't keep the promise I told my fans last year. I will make a season where I repay my fans by sweating with the players and staff."
He cited selection, defense, and mobility as his tasks for the camp. "I drew 75 to 80 percent of the time in the final training session. While competing in the Australian camp and the Okinawa camp, I plan on completing the remaining 20 percent," Kim said. "First, our homework is to make the starting lineup stronger. We need to prepare four to five more players besides a few more. Also, there were not many defensive errors last year, but there were some things that we didn't see. And I'm going to strengthen my mobility one by one," he said. "I want to make a season where fans can feel Hanwha has changed a lot while watching baseball." 먹튀검증
He also sent a message to rookie players. "Professional players have their turn when they come in, but when they come in and out, it depends on how much they fight themselves and make the effort to be blistering," Kim said. "If you look at players who are applying for free agency, it's somewhat different, so you end up as a free agent. If young players are drawing a big picture instead of just thinking about their struggles, I hope they will have time to persevere and make efforts."