Majority that was obsessed with ML, maybe it's constitution? ...From the 'FA transfer student' to the 'new stadium No. 1 gun', will the 'No. 1 task' finally be solved
Majority that was obsessed with ML, maybe it's constitution? ...From the 'FA transfer student' to the 'new stadium No. 1 gun', will the 'No. 1 task' finally be solved
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Hanwha placed foreign hitter Esteban Floral (28) in the first batting order against the Ulsan NC Dinos on the 21st. It was to relieve the burden as the hitting sense has recently fallen.안전놀이터
It worked. Floral had multi-hit games in six games, hitting in the third and eighth innings, respectively.
This season, Hanwha has been agonizing a lot since the spring camp over the first batting order. Shim Woo-jun was deployed in the first spring camp in Australia, and Lee Won-seok and Lee Jin-young were hired in the second spring camp in Okinawa, Japan. Shim Woo-jun was the most ideal player as the first hitter. Until last year, the on-base percentage was as low as 0.303, but he had a fast enough flagship to become the steal king. He was able to shake the opponent's battery from the beginning.
The first hitter in the opening game was Kim Tae-yeon. Kim, who hit a home run in the final game of the exhibition game, showed good batting performance with a batting average of .400 in eight games.
However, head coach Kim has been struggling to find the best combination by changing the order of the batting line as the batting line fell into collective silence early this season. Following Kim Tae-yeon, Hwang Young-mook, An Chi-hong, Lee Do-yoon, Lee Won-seok, Lee Jin-young and Choi In-ho came forward in the first batter's box, and recently Kim Tae-yeon filled it again.
Although it was to ease the burden on the players, the "lead-off" Floral was not a bad picture.
This season, Kiwoom used Yasiel Puig and KT Wiz used Mel Rojas Jr. as the first hitter. He thought he would increase his scoring ability a little more as those with good batting skills were forward-deployed as "strong No. 1."
Floral signed a contract with the New York Yankees of the Major League in 2015. In 2019, he ranked No. 1 in promising players in MLB Pipeline, Baseball America, and FanGraphs, raising expectations. In particular, he was evaluated as capable of 20 home runs and 20 steals due to his fast feet and some slugging power, which were considered top-level players in the Major League.
Floral stole 10 bases this season. He has a batting average of only 260,000, but if he gets on base, he will be able to keep his opponent's battery busy. Moreover, his slugging ratio of 0.406 is not bad, which is enough to help him gain the upper hand in the beginning.
This season, Moon Hyun-bin showed a step up from hitting, filling the third batter. Although he recently suffered a hitting slump, Roh Si-hwan, a former "home run king," took the fourth batter, and Chae Eun-sung and Lee Jin-young, who have a good batting sense, completed the picture of the center batting line.
As it is Floral's first hitter on the 21st, the game will have to be watched for a while. However, if Floral provides an opportunity to rebound, Hanwha will be able to solve one of the long-running concerns.