Dinosaurs If the 22-year-old infielder's position is fixed...I've recognized the previous coach's instinct. 20 home runs would be amazing
Dinosaurs If the 22-year-old infielder's position is fixed...I've recognized the previous coach's instinct. 20 home runs would be amazing
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NC Dinos coach Lee Ho-joon confessed honestly at the inauguration ceremony in early November that he watched his home NC closely while serving as LG's chief coach. When Kim Hwi-jip joined the team in a trade at the end of May, he looked back on his former coach, saying that he was curious about how to clean up the traffic in the infield position.
The former coach watched Kim Hwi-jip with interest since he attended Shinil High School. In fact, Kim Hwi-jip drew great attention with his large-scale home run that seemed to penetrate the Tokyo Dome at the Asiapro Baseball Championship in November 2023. Expectations were high that he would grow into a big-handed infielder from the time he joined the Kiwoom Heroes as the ninth choice in the second round in 2021.안전놀이터
The NC Dinosaurs had requested Kiwoom to recruit Kim Hui-jip since last year, and eventually acquired Kim by sacrificing the right to nominate him for this year's rookie draft. Such Kim has played shortstop, third baseman, and sometimes even first baseman at NC Dinosaurs. He clearly nailed Kim Joo-won as a key shortstop. In fact, Kim is a multi-infielder who boasts more offense than defense.
Coach Lee Ho-joon has a different opinion. He did not make clear at the inauguration ceremony, but he warned Kim that he would fix his position. Instead, he said he could send Seo to second base or first base. In the end, he left open the possibility to foster Kim with a third baseman.
Kim Hwi-jip played in 140 games in various positions this season. He had his best season since his debut with a batting average of 0.258, 16 home runs, 73 RBIs, 78 runs and OPS 747. If the position is fixed to third base next year, a better performance is expected. Fixed positions do not guarantee better performances than this year, but you can have a sense of mental stability. If it's as good as Kim Hwi-jip, it's better to have your position firmly.
Indeed, the team's defense capability was somewhat unstable at Kiwoom. However, the former coach assessed that the team's defense capability is okay. At the inauguration ceremony, Lee Ho-joon did not make a detailed assessment of Kim Hui-jip. Most of the other players have experienced the same problems as his students when he was a coach at NC, but he has no contact with Kim. He may have had an assessment of Kim Hui-jip from an outside perspective, but he plans to wait and see for now.
If Kim Hui-jip settles down at third base next year, the NC infield will be reorganized into first base Matt Davidson, second base Park Min-woo, shortstop Kim Joo-won, third baseman Kim Hui-jip, utility Seo Ho-cheol, and Kim Han-byeol. It is a huge attraction that all three infielders except Park Min-woo are capable of hitting 20-30 home runs.
This year, NC's batting lineup was particularly weak in chance cohesion. Davison hit hard, but his long-shot power was not very good. Perhaps Kim Hwi-jip's first full-time season performance in NC is an X-factor. If Kim Hwi-jip and Kim Joo-won burst their potential at the same time, NC's batting line and infield can catch the present and the future at the same time.