LG Austin's confidence speech! "I'm sure there's a side effect of taking out the WBC → They'll help you a lot.""

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LG Twins' "key foreign hitter" Austin Dean (33) recently expressed his conviction about the poor batting performance of key players in the team. He acknowledged the possibility of poor condition due to his participation in the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) held in March, but expressed his strong faith in his teammates.

Austin started as the third batter and first baseman in the away game of the "2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League" against the Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome in Guro-gu, Seoul on the 4th, completing the game with four hits (two home runs) and one walk in four at-bats. Austin, who succeeded in getting on base in all at-bats, even shot multiple home runs, helping his team's 6-4 reversal, which was trailing 0-4.

Austin, who met with on-site reporters in his capacity as a Su-hoon player, said, "I'm trying to produce as good a result as possible every at-bat, and I'm very satisfied that I've done well in recent games. In fact, our team is struggling on the batting side at the beginning of this season, but we try not to pay as much attention as possible. This is because it is urgent to raise your condition so that you can achieve good results by helping each other. Actually, there is no need to worry, and I believe it will come up in the future."

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As Austin pointed out, LG's batting lineup is not good this season. At the end of the game on the 4th, the team's batting average was 0.252, ranking seventh among the 10 teams. Team OPS (On-base plus slugging), an indicator of offensive productivity, is also eighth with 0.719.

The baseball community analyzes whether the main players' participation in the WBC has had an impact. This is because infielder Moon Bo-kyung, Shin Min-jae, Park Hae-min and Park Dong-won, who have been to the national team, are all suffering from sluggishness. Park Dong-won's batting average this season is relatively high at 0.273, but both Park Hae-min and Moon Bo-kyung are batting in the early 20s. Shin Min-jae is also still unable to come up with a batting average of 0.172.

Austin was aware of this, too. "I'm not worried at all because baseball has to play a long season of 144 games. We are a very strong team and we have faith in each other, so I think we can overcome it by sticking together well," he stressed.

When asked directly by Star News if the aftermath of the WBC transfer seems to be working, Austin nodded and said, "I don't think it can be without enough impact. In particular, Park Dong-won and Moon Bo-kyung played some games in the WBC, but in the case of Shin Min-jae and Park Hae-min, they did not play much. There must be an impact in that regard," he said.

Still, Austin said, "It would be a great honor to play for the national team. If the opportunity comes, of course, it is right for anyone to take such an opportunity. In the end, what I can do in this situation is to help my team members when they are struggling. In fact, I also had a hard time in Korea, and my team members helped me a lot. I think I should play that role now," he added.

Finally, Austin didn't forget to ask the fans. "My big goal is to win the team and lift the trophy once again, rather than individual performance," he said. "The difficulty at the beginning of the season is just a process of solidifying solidarity. Our team is strong enough, and we will produce results that will surprise fans again soon."

The pride of the 'Winning Team', respect for colleagues, and leadership demonstrated by their skills. As Austin's bat gets hotter, the LG Twins' "temporary hitting slump" is gradually coming to an end.

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