Two months have passed since the inauguration of the head coach. Hanwha Eagles coach Kim Kyung-moon recently expressed satisfaction with the lineup.
Coach Kim said before Game 14 of the season against the KIA Tigers in the 2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League, which was scheduled to be held at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 4th, was canceled due to rain, “It’s been two months now, and from the other side, the lineup that I can’t take lightly and feel strong is the current lineup.”
Starting with the match against the Suwon KT Wiz on June 4, the first game since taking the helm, Kim gave opportunities to various players during the first half of the season. In the meantime, he made changes by gradually adjusting the batting order, and agonized over finding the optimal lineup.
Until the middle of last month, there was no clear result, but the atmosphere has changed significantly since the end of July. As key players such as Noh Si-hwan and Chae Eun-sung revived, the entire batting lineup showed active attacks, and naturally, there were many mass scoring games.
From the match against the Samsung Lions in Daejeon on July 23 to the match against the Kia Tigers on August 2, Hanwha had 66 total points in total. This allowed them to score more than nine points per game. This helped ease some of the pressure on pitchers.
As the flow is not bad, the head coach’s story is that there is no need to make a big change in the lineup for now. “I think the first thing is to set up a lineup suitable for the team to win the team,” head coach Kim said. “I think the current lineup is not that bad, so I’m just taking this lineup.” 안전놀이터
Another thing that the head coach mentioned was the presence of veteran fielder An Chi-hong. An Chi-hong has a batting average of 0.304 with 10 homers and 53 RBIs in 100 games and a batting average of 0.798, while he has displayed robust performance in the past 10 games with 13 hits in 35 times at bat and 0.371 with seven RBIs. While he has played many games as second baseman since manager Kim Kyung-moon’s inauguration, he has displayed stable defense as well.
Manager Kim Kyung-moon said, “(Hwang) Young-mook also did very well as a second baseman, and Young-mook should be used depending on the content and condition of the game,” but added, “Personally, I feel that (An) Chi-hong has gained some strength in the lineup as he takes over the second baseman.”
Although the winning streak stopped at “7” due to the loss of the game on the 3rd, Hanwha wants to continue the current trend. After resting until the 5th, they will play three consecutive games against the Samsung Lions at Daegu Samsung Lions Park from the 6th, and return home to face Kiwoom Heroes from the 9th.
“If our team wins consecutive games, there are many good articles, and it feels good and burdensome at the same time. Rather, I feel a bit comfortable (with the winning streak stopped) in yesterday’s game (on the 3rd). If I look at it every time, I think this is a crisis, but after that, the next one is also a crisis. Shouldn’t we prepare well so that we don’t lose consecutive games after winning consecutive games?” he said.
