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After twists and turns, he stayed on the team with an annual salary of 100 million won and joined the opening entry, but he shook his head again. Son Ah-seop (38, Hanwha Eagles), the fifth-ranked player in the batting average in Tongsan, was notified of his second-tier performance after playing only one at-bat.
Son Ah-seop was removed from Hanwha's first-team entry on the 30th.
Son Ah-seop, who played as a pinch hitter in the opening game against the Kiwoom Heroes on the 28th, missed the game on the 29th after a ground ball to the second base, and headed to Seosan, where the Futures (second division) team will stay, ahead of the three consecutive games against KT Wiz at home from the 31st.
Son Ah-seop is a contact-type hitter who represents Korean baseball. After playing for 20 seasons, he ranks fifth in this category with a career batting average of 0.319, and No. 1 in career hits (2,618 hits). At the same time, he is continuing his career with the dream of 3,000 hits.
Son Ah-seop, who stayed at Lotte for four years and 9.8 billion won after the end of the 2017 season, moved to Hanwha through a trade in the last season of the contract, and Son Ah-seop, who moved to Hanwha after the end of the season, had difficulty in signing the contract after the end of the season. In the end, he remained at 100 million won, but doubts followed whether he would have properly prepared for the season without being able to accompany him to the first-team spring camp.
In seven exhibition games, Son played a batting average of 0.385 (5 hits in 13 at-bats) and joined the opening entry.
Ahead of the opening game, head coach Kim Kyung-moon said, "When it comes to hitting, it's much better than my juniors. "I have a little less movement than before, but my ability to solve at-bat when I'm in a situation is better than my juniors," he said.
However, it was difficult to think that I would be able to get enough opportunities in the first place. In the outfield, Moon Hyun-bin and Jonathan Peraza took one spot each, and rookie Oh Jae-won was selected as a card to supplement the defense in the middle. Kang Baek-ho, who was newly recruited for four years and 10 billion won, was guarding the designated hitter position.
Among them, there were pitchers who were not yet registered in the first-team entry. To use the entry more efficiently, baseball was used instead of starting pitchers such as Ryu Hyun-jin and Moon Dong-joo, and Son Ah-seop was one of them. Manager Kim also explained, "The pitchers are still missing first, so I registered in the entry like this."
In the opening two consecutive games, Hanwha started Wilkel Hernandez and Wang Yancheng. Owen White, Ryu Hyun-jin and Moon Dong-ju are expected to take the mound in the three consecutive games against KT starting on the 31st, and it can be interpreted that Son Ah-seop was sent down earlier.
It would have been a somewhat predictable scenario from the time he remained on the team at 100 million won, but Son Ah-seop is expected to go further. Director Kim also understands this situation. While watching Oh Jae-won play as the main player, he said, "The coach can't help but think of the player waiting behind him. Lee continues to go out, but there is a player who sheds blood and tears," he said.
Of course, if you show a good batting sense in the Futures League, you can replace someone and call up again to the first team at any time. To this end, we have the task of proving that we are ready to play in the first team as a result.
Along with Son Ah-seop, SSG Landers bullpen pitcher Kim Taek-hyung, NC Dinos outfielder Kwon Hee-dong and pitcher Son Joo-hwan were canceled.
Kwon Hee-dong, who played with one hit, two walks, one RBI and two runs in the opening game against the Doosan Bears, was replaced after playing one at-bat due to side pain in the second game and eventually received a hospital examination. Kim Taek-hyung (3 runs in ⅔ innings) and Son Joo-hwan (2 runs in ⅓ innings) are expected to have time to reorganize in the second division due to poor pitching.
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