Kang Jin-seong (31), who was released by SSG Landers, quickly re-employed. He will start anew with the Kiwoom Heroes.
Kang Jin-sung announced his joining of Kiwoom through his SNS account on the 10th. He wrote, “Thank you for the opportunity. I will work hard. Let’s go Heroes.” He will take on a new challenge for Kiwoom next season. 토토사이트
After graduating from Kyunggi High School, Kang started his professional career by receiving the NC Dinos’ 33rd pick in the fourth round in the rookie draft in 2012, and moved to the Doosan Bears as an FA compensation player for Park Geon-woo in December 2021. In May last year, Doosan sent Kang to SSG in a one-on-one trade with Jungwoo Kim. Kang wanted to strengthen the right-handed hitter in SSG.
However, Kang Jin-seong was included in the SSG squad list on the 5th along with Ko Hyo-joon, Park Min-ho, Seo Sang-joon, Lee Chan-hyuk, Heo Min-hyuk (pitcher), Kim Ji-hyun, Jeon Kyung-won (catcher), Choi Kyung-mo, and Choi Yoo-bin (infielder).
Kang Jin-sung, who continued his career with Kiwoom five days after receiving the release notice, played 476 games in the first division with a batting average of 263 (325 hits in 1,236) with 26 home runs, 155 RBIs, 145 runs and 24 steals.
In 2020, he played 121 games for NC and had a career-high season with a batting average of 399 li (122 hits in 395 at-bats) with 12 home runs, 70 RBIs, 53 runs and 9 steals. At that time, he created a “one-pack a day” syndrome in which he hit home runs and hits at every critical moment, and he even beat Doosan in the Korean Series that year to win the championship in an emotional integration.
This season’s performance was below expectations. Kang played in 16 games and had a batting average of 185, five hits in 27 at-bats for four runs scored. In the Futures League, he had a batting average of 319 (five hits in 47 at-bats) with six RBIs and 13 runs scored.
Park Seok-min, coach of the Yomiuri Giants’ second division of the Japanese professional baseball team, who had a reputation as a large third baseman, hit 269 home runs in the first division during his active career, highly appreciated Kang Jin-seong’s growth potential during his time in NC.
At the time, he gave a generous score, saying, “The scale is different just by looking at the batting training. I guarantee you. You will become our team’s main player in a few years.” Attention is focusing on whether Kang Jin-seong, who was called by Kiwoom, will become a new hero in the successful release.
