Director Kim Tae-hyung's bitter words, "3-ball batting → a double play." Behind the scenes of 8 billion catchers going to the second division.
Ahead of the game between Lotte and LG at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Tuesday, manager Kim Tae-hyung mentioned changes in the entry list for the first team. Lotte, which fell to the bottom of the standings last week due to six consecutive losses, changed its entry list for the first team to a massive scale on Wednesday. Catcher Yoo Kang-nam, pitcher Park Jin-hyung and infielder Jeong Dae-sun moved down to the second team, while catcher Seo Dong-wook and pitchers Shin Jung-rak and Choi Yi-jun were registered for the first team entry list.
"As the starting pitchers are collapsing a bit early, we added one more middle pitcher. Gangnam is a little tired right now. I thought I needed to calm myself down and come up, so I sent him down," Kim said.
When asked if he sees it as psychological contraction rather than a technical problem, manager Kim said, "I'm trying to do well, the pitcher's lead and the pitchers are a little worse than I thought, so the catcher doesn't care about it, but he doesn't hit well in the beginning, so there will be a psychological part."
The decisive scene was against Kiwoom in Gocheok on the 14th. Lotte took the opportunity to load the bases with one out in the top of the sixth inning when it was being dragged 2-7. Son Ho-young got on base due to a shortstop error, Lee Hak-joo's walk, and Kim Min-sung got on base with a third baseman fielder's choice to load the bases with one out. At the moment when the opponent's errors changed one after another.
Yoo Kang had three balls against Kim Jae-woong, who was serving as a relief pitcher. Yoo looked at the third base coach Ko Young-min once, and hit his fourth pitch. The result was a double play by shortstop, and he failed to catch up with even a single point. 토토사이트 추천
After the sixth inning, there was a scene where manager Kim Tae-hyung called in Yoo Kang-nam and talked with third base coach Ko Young-min. Yoo Kang-nam was replaced by Jung In-geun. Then he was removed from the first team entry on Saturday.
Kim expressed regret over the three-ball batting situation. "I asked him about it, but I have nothing to ask him about, and it's not a situation to really hit. It's not a situation to hit with three balls (at that time). Regardless of whether the cause of death or not comes out or not, if the score difference is about 7 to 4, the coach usually tells me not to miss a good count and hit a hit, but that's not the right situation," Kim said.
He added, "Gangnam said he saw it as a sign to hit, and the operation coach didn't submit it, but Kangnam shouldn't see the operation coach in a three-ball situation. Of course, I'm waiting for one without looking, but I'm not looking at the coach."
Yoo Kang-nam, who wore a Lotte uniform last year on a four-year, 8 billion won FA contract, is sluggish with a batting average of 12 percent (five hits in 41 times at bat) and two-run OPS.363 in 17 games this season.