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LOTTE GIANTS FINISHER KIM WON-JOONG SAYS, "WE CAN ENTER THE TOP RANKINGS"
Professional baseball Lotte Giants closer Kim Won-joong (30) starts the season every year with the dream of appearing as the last pitcher in the last game of Korean professional baseball.
Even on the 5th day after returning home from his spring camp, Kim Won-joong pictured a scene in his head that he had never experienced yet.
Kim Won-joong, who met with reporters after entering the arrival hall at Incheon International Airport, said, "My goal every year is to stand on the mound as the last pitcher on the day Korean baseball ends.
If my teammates and I work hard to achieve our goal, won't that day come someday? 바카라사이트
This year, “I want to experience that moment next year, someday soon,” he said.
Lotte has not won a championship since 1992.
Among the KBO League clubs, this is the team that has not won a championship trophy for the longest time.
They have not been able to step onto the postseason stage for six years (2018-2023) since 2017.
Kim Won-joong has been playing as Lotte's closer since 2020.
In 2017, he only appeared twice in the semi-playoffs as a relief pitcher, and has never pitched as a closer in the fall stage.
In fact, Lotte is classified as a ‘team that cannot be guaranteed to advance to the postseason’ this year as well.
However, Kim Won-jung’s thoughts are different.
Kim Won-joong said, "I don't think our team is weak at all.
We have talented players distributed evenly, without exception
We've just had bad timing and luck, but I think we're a team that can aim for the top spot." He said firmly.
As the 'Lotte pitcher leader' this season, he also cheered on his juniors, saying, "The juniors worked really hard in this spring camp.
You can look forward to it."
Coach Kim Tae-hyung, a ‘winning contractor’ recruited by Lotte, is also a ‘factor for increasing power’ that Kim Won-joong considers.
Kim Won-joong said, “Coach Kim Tae-hyung created an atmosphere where the players could come together,” and “The coach is a person who runs the game cool-headed.
That kind of cool-headedness is wonderful.”
The more saves Kim Won-joong makes, the higher Lotte's ranking can rise.
Kim Won-joong promised, "I finished spring camp well.
I will prepare well for the remaining period so that I can pitch whenever the team wants."