"(Kim) Hyun-soo was angry." KS MVP is a fly ball and a special hit... 5 Billion FA Experience More Than Expected [the site of a water source]

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KT Wiz of professional baseball has been experiencing the effect of 5 billion FA even before the start of the season.

Ahead of the home game against the LG Twins in the 2026 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO exhibition game held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 17th, head coach Lee Kang-chul burst into laughter, saying, "Yesterday (Kim) Hyun-soo was angry because he didn't hit the ball (at the end of the fourth inning)."

The situation was at the end of the fourth inning against Suwon LG-KT on the previous day (16th). At that time, Kim Hyun-soo's ball, which entered the batter's box with two outs and runners on second base, fell into Lee Jae-won's glove right in front of the right fence. A situation that could have been a 4-3 turnaround if it had been moved on.

However, since then, KT has lost 3-5 and lost three consecutive exhibition games. It was a bonus to stay at the bottom of the exhibition game with two draws and three losses. Kim Hyun-soo was disappointed that this ball was not good.

Manager Lee Kang-chul laughed, saying, "(Kim) Hyun-soo kept holding the bat even after the at-bat, so I said, "You're done," and he said, "No." He continued, "I think the batting has worked a little bit. He added that he had his own thoughts, but I guess it didn't go well.

KT, which scored only three points on seven hits the previous day, volunteered to train extra after the game, led by young players. In addition, Kim Hyun-soo, the oldest player in the team, naturally joined the team. No one blamed him for an exhibition game batting average of 0.364 even though he had no hits in three times at bat on the day, but he left the ground swinging his bat for a few more minutes.

Coach Lee Kang-chul said, "It wasn't a special hit. The players seem to have left because they want to hit it, but (Kim) Hyun-soo is also stuck there," he said with a smile.

Kim Hyun-soo declared his third FA after winning the MVP of the Korean Series as a member of LG last year. Along with the rebounding performance, he received a lot of attention for his leadership that changed LG's dugout culture.

KT, which had to make changes to the good dugout atmosphere, gave Kim a three-year, five-billion-won contract. I wanted young players to be stimulated by KT's lineup, which lacks steady hits, to increase productivity and see a diligent veteran.

Kim Hyun-soo has been showing the value of 5 billion won since the spring camp. Coach Lee Kang-chul said at the Okinawa spring camp in Japan, "I know why you use Kim Hyun-soo. When I see him practicing, he's a really good player. If I said I knew why it was Kim Hyun-soo, it would be over," he said.

Captain Jang Sung-woo also said, "I've only seen it outside a lot, it's the first time I've done it in the same team as (Kim) Hyun-soo." "There are probably a lot of things I see and feel, not only me, but also from young players to middle-class players," he said. "(Kim) Hyun-soo said, "I think I have to prove myself so that my juniors can follow me." When you get older and become a veteran, that's the most difficult part, but isn't Hyun-soo one of the best hitters in Korea in that regard?"

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