‘AVG 0.500 21 RBI’ KIA 24-year-old left-handed gun prospect 2nd group bombing, The second Lee Seung-yeop? there is a chance

Will Kim Seok-hwan (24, KIA) be given a chance to return to the first division.

KIA left-handed big shot prospect Kim Seok-hwan is spending a hard time in the Futures League without breaking through the walls of the first division again this year. Now, coach Park Heung-sik, who works hard to coach batters at Lotte, made headlines by saying that he was similar to Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop's swing mechanics when he was in the first and second divisions of KIA.

As soon as Kim Jong-kook took office in the 2022 season, he looked at Kim Seok-hwan to find the right person for the left fielder. As it turned out, Kim Seok-hwan received as much attention as Kim Do-young at the time. Expectations grew due to his performance in the exhibition game, and coach Kim steadily sent Kim Seok-hwan to the left field for a month after the opening. The batting order is 7 to 8.

However, it was a desperate failure, and since then, he has not been able to return to the first division. It is not easy to survive in the first division if it is not hit because it is a batter who has to play only with hitting. The same is true now. He made only four appearances in the first team this year. Even his stay in the first division was only 12 days, adding 8 days from April 4 and May 30 to June 6.

He batted .071 with two RBIs and one run scored in 14 at-bats. It was decisive that he had no hits in seven at-bats and struck out five times against Lotte in Busan on June 2nd to 3rd. Since then, Kim Seok-hwan has not been given a chance in the first division again. SBS Sports commentator Lee Soon-chul, who broadcasted the game at the time, criticized Kim Seok-hwan's ability to target breaking balls is too low.

Lee Woo-sung established himself as a left fielder, but that did not mean that Hwang Dae-in or Byun Woo-hyuk had a clear position at first base. At that time, Kim Seok-hwan missed a golden opportunity to settle in the first division. Even now, Choi Won-joon, who returned to KIA 1st base, protects it, but in the long run, Choi Won-joon has to go out to the outfield. Still, in the long run, the main character of KIA's first base has not been decided. 스포츠토토

Such Kim Seok-hwan has recently quietly bombed the Futures League. In the last 10 games, 16 hits in 32 at-bats, batting average of 0.500, 2 home runs, 21 RBIs, and 8 runs scored. In 62 games this season, he hit 59 hits in 210 at-bats, batting average of 0.281 12 home runs, 52 RBIs, 33 RBIs, and a slugging percentage of 0.510 on-base percentage of 0.386. OPS 0.896.

It's the Futures League, but he's making a cool swing that's not conscious of striking out. It should be seen as showing its original appearance to some extent. However, because he is not a good player to pick out walks, his OPS did not exceed 0.9 even if he bombed the second division.

The second-tier coaching staff would have also made some evaluations and reported them to first-tier coach Kim Jong-kook. It is absolutely not possible to decide on a call-up to the first division simply by figures. Content is more important than figures. Any coach does not refuse to report that he is good in the second division.

It is difficult to know what evaluation he gave to Kim Seok-hwan in the second division of KIA. For Kim Seok-hwan, it is highly likely that he will not be able to make it to the first division if he fails to pass this stage. However, there is a possibility that the expansion entry in September will appeal again. Moreover, KIA has a variable that Choi Won-joon is transferred to the Hangzhou Asian Games.

At the end of the season, there is no main first baseman during a very important period in which the ranking is determined. The competition between Hwang Dae-in and Byun Woo-hyuk, who is currently in the first division, is expected to burn again. If Kim Seok-hwan maintains his current good batting sense in September, there is no law not to join the first base competition at the end of the season. Even if he does not make it to the first division again this year, Kim Seok-hwan's growth is still important for the next year and the future. Big shot prospects are precious, regardless of left and right batters.