NC's Top Batters Are In The Second To Fourth place In The Batting Average
It's literally a mountain beyond a mountain. to the point where there is nowhere to escape. This is exactly the case with the presence of the NC Dinos' top batters this season.
He will, too. NC has gathered "school hitters" who will remain in the history of the KBO League. This is the story of right-handed outfielder Park Gun-woo (0.326 batting average), left-handed outfielder Son Ah-seop (0.322), and left-handed infielder Park Min-woo (0.320).
NC batting coach Song Ji-man, who said, "Will we be able to say without those three in NC batting this season?" stressed, "It is not enough to account for almost 40% of our batting power."
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Veteran NC outfielder Son Ah-seop
Among the players with more than 3,000 at-bats, Park Gun-woo, Son Ah-seop, and Park Min-woo in turn rank third, fourth, and sixth in the KBO League. When limited to active players, they rank second to fourth. In other words, all of the highest batting average in the active career, except for Kiwoom Heroes outfielder Lee Jung-hoo (0.340), who is ranked first, are side by side in one team.
Of course, it wasn't smooth from the start. Last year, when the three first united, there were some ups and downs. It is from this season that perfect harmony has been achieved.
As a result, NC became the team with the most points (98) in the first regular season this year. Compared to the 82 points of LG and SSG right below, the gap is significant. This is not all. The power of NC's top lineup continues in the fall.
NC, which has won five consecutive postseason games, met Doosan, SSG, and KT from the wild card game on October 19 to the first round of the playoffs on the 30th and hit a total of 53 hits. Nearly half of the 24 hits were attributed to the top hitters, who led to Son Ah-seop, Park Min-woo and Park Gun-woo.
All three of them are conscious of each other and create positive synergy. All three of them are flying and flying. I think such a 'goodwill competition' is another opportunity to unite the team." This is what coach Song Ji-man said.
In fact, the three have a big influence on each other. Park Kun-woo, who was selected as the daily MVP after winning the second round of the semi-playoff against SSG Landers in Incheon on the 23rd, said as follows.
"The captain (Son) A-seop always leads the dugout atmosphere so that his juniors don't get nervous. Yesterday, he said, "The energy of the universe has come," and today, he said, "You just have to enjoy it." We'll trust Aseob and move on."
Park Min-woo, who is set to play the first round of the playoffs on the 30th, also nods. Park Min-woo, who played as the second batter on the day, said, "Sometimes the team fell into consecutive losses and had a hard time, but I was able to make the team atmosphere positive again, led by the eldest brother A-seop."
"I want to bury it in my juniors." Son Ah-seop claims to be a "supportive" instead of the main character
NC Captain Son Ah-seop
As such, Son Ah-seop's existence comes as a special model to his juniors and is a great help to NC's "series of consecutive wins" in the fall. However, he had a different opinion.
Son Ah-seop, who met in the dugout before the game at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 30th, said, "I am playing as a leadoff this season. It's very reassuring to have (Park) Minwoo and (Park) Gunwoo behind me. Likewise in the postseason, I want to help the team by 'asking' rather than standing out, he said.
However, Son Ah-seop, who repeatedly claims to be a "questioning" concept toward him, is playing the role of the team's charge leader with a batting average of 0.391 in five postseason games. In the first round of the playoffs, where NC won 9-5 against KT, he constantly bothered the opponent's mound with three hits in five at-bats as well as the first score.
Son Ah-seop, who mentioned the synergy effect with Park Min-woo and Park Gun-woo in the post-match interview, said, "There are reliable players behind my back," and explained, "Thanks to the two, I think I'm getting good results in many ways."
First, Son Ah-seop's change. With the presence of strong follow-up hitters, he relieved the burden and reduced his greed. This is why Son Ah-seop said, "I'm entering the batter's box with a comfortable mind."
The second is the response of opposing pitchers. Pitchers facing NC must face Son Ah-seop, Park Min-woo, and Park Gun-woo in succession from the first inning. In particular, when facing Son Ah-seop, the leadoff, there are more head-to-head matches than avoiding.
Son Ah-seop also noted this part and said, "There are Min-woo and Gun-woo in the waiting at-bat, so pitchers try to play as many games as possible in my at-bat. As he is conscious of his younger siblings, there are many mistakes. When the three of us unite, there seems to be a positive scene in that direction, he analyzed.
Son Ah-seop, the "oldest brother," claims to be a supporting actor, not a leading actor on stage. Five consecutive postseason wins are attributed to their juniors' good work. Where will the fall story of Son Ah-seop and NC end. Son Ah-seop said with unwavering voice. 스포츠토토
"You don't have to be too determined just because it's the postseason. When seniors talk more in the dugout, juniors have complicated thoughts. I never want to create such a situation. I'll try harder to keep the current good atmosphere going one game after another."