Lotte is the only one with three, and the gold medal is a big hit…The future of the team changes

The Korea Baseball Softball Association (KBSA) Performance Improvement Committee and the KBO Power Enhancement Committee decided on the 22nd to replace Lee Eui-ri (21, Kia), the left-hander of the national baseball team at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

The reason was that “the objection was recovering from a finger injury, but it was difficult to show the best performance during the tournament.” Lee Eui-ri made a comeback game against Hanwha in Daejeon on the 21st, but he was sluggish with two hits, three outs and five runs (four earned runs) in the first ⅓ inning. Ryu Joong-il, the national team coach who visited the stadium, watched Lee Eui-ri’s pitching and was seen leaving the stadium without hesitation when Lee Eui-ri was knocked out.

Earlier, when Koo Chang-mo (26, NC) also failed the national team, even Lee Eui-ri, who was the only left-handed starter, was eliminated, drawing attention to who would take the vacant position. 온라인카지노사이트

But an unexpected name came out. Lotte outfielder Yoon Dong-hee (20) joined the national team as a substitute for Lee Eui-ri. KBO said, “The national team’s coaching staff, the Power Enhancement Committee, and the Performance Improvement Committee decided that professional outfielders and right-handed hitters needed to be reinforced, and decided to select Yoon Dong-hee after discussions.”

Initially, the national team needed outfield resources to replace Lee Jung-hoo as Lee Jung-hoo (25, Kiwoom) was unable to play in the Asian Games due to an injury, and several players, including Yoon Dong-hee, were mentioned as candidates. The national team’s choice was to select Kim Sung-yoon (24, Samsung) instead of Lee Jung-hoo. So there seemed to be no more outfielders added.

But I didn’t expect there to be a big twist. The national team added texture by reinforcing right-handed outfielder Yoon Dong-hee to outfielders who are all left-handed, including Jihoon Choi (26, SSG), Choi Won-joon (26, KIA), and Kim Sung-yoon.

Yoon Dong-hee is playing his first full-time season smoothly with a .296 batting average, .338 on-base percentage, .363 slugging percentage, and two home runs and 39 RBIs in 100 games this year.

Yoon Dong-hee, who failed to make the opening entry due to fierce outfield competition against Lotte, swung hard in the second division and was able to get a chance to play in the first division from the end of April. And so far, he has never gone down to the second tier. He didn’t miss the opportunity that came to him.

Yoon Dong-hee, who has already grown to the point of being mentioned as an alternative outfielder for the Asian Games, said earlier this month that he would leave it to his fate, “I want to go to the Asian Games, but I can’t do anything about it,” but he joined dramatically a day before the official convocation of the national team, so the excitement cannot be said.

As a result, Lotte was “happy” to produce three national players, including Park Se-woong (28), a “wild card” and Na Kyun-an (24), a “success myth of pitcher conversion,” who had previously won tickets to Hangzhou. If the national team wins the gold medal, “super-jackpot” could become a reality. This is because all of them can receive military service benefits. What if 28-year-old and 24-year-old pitchers with the modifier “native ace” and 20-year-old outfielders who won a starting position solve military problems? For Lotte, there would be no better scenario.

Lotte is the only team that all three selected for the national team are “unwritten.” Initially, rumors spread about the final entry for the Asian Games, saying, “Isn’t there a principle that only two players who have not completed military service per team will be selected?” However, KBO said, “The Asian Games national team was selected without considering military service at all, and except for wild cards, it was selected under the age and annual limit (under 25 years old or under 4 years of joining) and up to three players per team (including wild cards).”

Finally, they have also preheated their conditions. Park Se-woong, who went to the World Baseball Classic (WBC) national team in March this year, showed sluggish performance at the beginning of the season, but again drew an upward curve and regained his stable form with 8 wins, 7 losses and an ERA of 3.41. Park Se-woong, who started against Incheon SSG on the 22nd, a day before the national team’s call-up, pitched well with three hits and two runs in six innings, recording a quality start (QS) for three consecutive games and joining the national team in good condition.

Na Kyun-an, who has 6 wins, 7 losses and a 3.46 ERA this year, only pitched in 5 games and lost 3 games after returning from a hamstring injury, but his ERA was stable with 3.10 and his ball power recovered to the point where he only hit one home run in 29 innings, raising expectations. Above all, it is expected that it can be used in various ways in the national team, given that he has various experiences such as starting, long relief, and chasing groups after switching to a pitcher.

Yoon Dong-hee also showed his determination to continue his strong performance in Hangzhou by swinging a hard hit with three hits, one RBI, and one run in five at-bats, including two doubles, against Incheon SSG on the 22nd.

Of course, Lotte still hasn’t given up on the fifth round and is trailing fifth-ranked KIA by 4.5 games, so it has to have a tough race in the absence of three main players from the match against Incheon SSG on the 23rd, but the results of the Asian Games are expected to have a significant impact on the team’s future, so we have to watch with interest.