In the catcher position, even if the offense is lacking, a good defense can offset it. Of course, excellent catchers have both offense and defense.
Can the LG Twins have a 20 home run catcher? Free agent transfer student Park Dong-won challenges 20 homers while using Jamsil Stadium as his home.
As an LG catcher, Dong-soo Kim hit 20 home runs twice in 온라인바카라 1992 (20 home runs) and 1998 (20 home runs). After that, Jo In-seong recorded one record in 2010 (28 home runs). Since then, there has been no case where an LG catcher has hit 20 home runs. Kangnam Yoo, who moved to Lotte as a free agent last winter, hit 19 homers in 2018, the highest record.
Park Dong-won was traded from Kiwoom to KIA last year, and after the season, he obtained FA status and signed a contract with LG for 4 years and 6.5 billion won. He said, “I was excited when I received the LG uniform. He tried on the LG uniform at home,” he said with a laugh.
Park Dong-won is a catcher with long hitting power. He experienced a trade last year and adjusted to his new team. In 123 games, he recorded a batting average of .436, .770 OPS, 18 homers, 57 RBIs, 2.4, and 2.0 in 123 games. He played an active part in 131 games in Kiwoom in the 2021 season with a batting average of 2.4, 9 ri, 22 home runs and 83 RBIs with an OPS of .802. 2021 was the only year that he exceeded 20 home runs.
Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop mentioned hot offensive baseball. He said he would show fans a baseball game that scored a lot by taking turns in the top and bottom batting order.
Park Dong-won is expected to be placed in the bottom batting order of 7th to 9th in the LG batting line. Park Dong-won said, “(The batting order) is not for me to judge. I am grateful that the director believes in me and appoints me. It is not the player’s role to say, ‘Please raise the batting order’. He will do his best in the position where he is told.”
Director Yeom, who was with him during the Nexen days, did not give Park Dong-won a special story. “Be prepared,” he said. Park Dong-won said, “I know a lot about the director’s tendencies, so I have a lot to prepare for. He showed determination, saying, “If he prepares well, he can confidently show the coach’s words.”
If the large Jamsil Stadium is used as a home run, hitters can lose money on home runs. Park Dong-won’s batting performance at Jamsil Stadium is rather good.
He said, “I think that a ball caught right in front of the fence at Jamsil Stadium may not come out like that in other stadiums. (Rather than the size of the field), he sees it as a matter of whether or not he can perform at the plate. I think hitting without paying attention to the size of Jamsil Stadium led to good results.” “If Jamsil Stadium is wide, you can hit more doubles.
It is said that a home run is not something that can be hit consciously. If you make a good ball with accurate timing and contact, a home run will naturally come out.
If Park Dong-won hits 20 home runs in the lower batting order, the hottest LG batting line coach Yeom thinks is It will be realized a little more often.