Kim Do Young disappeared all of a sudden...KIA should get used to life without Kim Do-young, these players are especially important
Kim Do Young disappeared all of a sudden...KIA should get used to life without Kim Do-young, these players are especially important
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Kim Do-young (22, KIA Tigers) suddenly disappeared.
Kim did not play at the exhibition game against the Changwon NC Dinos from Friday to Sunday. He focused on backup lineup on Sunday, and key players were assigned on Sunday, but he rested as well. According to an official at Kia, he did not have any particular condition issues. He will likely start with the game against the Doosan Bears in Jamsil on Sunday.
It is an exhibition game. KIA needs to get used to life without Kim Do-young. Kim would be the best player if he plays in all 144 games, but it is not easy to hope for that in modern baseball. Moreover, Kim has to go to the Major League someday. He will be able to play through the Korea-U.S. posting system as early as 2028 season.
Even without Kim, Kia needs to play baseball. There are two main options for Kim to back up to third base this season. They are Yoon Do-hyun (22), Kim's friend who became a companion in the middle and high school rivalry, and Byun Woo-hyuk (25), who is looking to back up to the infield at corners this season. Coach Lee Bum-ho sent Yoon Do-hyun to the third base for two consecutive days against the NC Dinosaurs. In the case of Tuesday's game, he sent out Patrick Wisdom as the designated hitter, and used Byun as the first baseman.
After not having a single hit until Thursday's game, Yoon scored one hit, one RBI and two runs from six times at bat. He had one hit from 13 times at bat with a batting average of 0.077. To be honest, he did not have a good hitting sense in the Okinawa series either. He had three hits from 16 times at bat, one homer, three RBIs, two runs and one stolen base.
He is 180 degrees different from last year's. Last year, he was named MVP based on his hard hitting performance in the Okinawa series. However, he hurt his side at the end of the Okinawa series, and he couldn't afford to play in an exhibition game. This year, however, he seems to be calmly boosting his condition. As he is covering all positions of the infield in the first division starting this year, he needs to take a long breath. He needs to elevate his condition well and explode it in time for the regular season.
Byun is also an important player. He is the only card that can back up first baseman Wisdom and third baseman Kim Do-young at the same time. At Okinawa, he had two hits and one RBI from 14 times at bat. He also had five strikeouts. At exhibition games, he also had two hits, one run and four outs from four times at bat. Two pitches in two games against NC Dinosaurs stood out.
Byun Woo-hyuk has become a backup in the first division in earnest since last year. He still has one shot, and although he failed to meet the regulation last year, he recorded a batting average of 0.304 by recording 51 hits in 168 at-bats in 69 games. Basically, many say he has a good batting posture. With more experience, he is more likely to burst his potential. 메이저놀이터
Kia will produce up to seven free agents at the end of this season. It is virtually impossible for all of them to remain at Kia. Somehow, there is a possibility that the team will reshuffle its lineup after the end of the season. Yoon Do-hyun and Byun Woo-hyuk are cards that will be used importantly at this time. We need to spend this season meaningfully somehow.