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As he had a short absence and played one game in the Futures League and displayed good performance against Roenis Elias, the opponent team's starting pitcher, Lee thought there was no particular reason not to deploy him as the first player. Park Chan-ho took the leadoff role in this season's team, maintaining high sensitivity batting to pave the way for the team's batters. Lee picked Kim Do-young (21), who is also familiar with Park, as his partner. He had been in good condition as he has been running home runs for days recently. 토토사이트 추천
The two players are quite close to each other in Kia's history this year. Park Chan-ho is a shortstop and Kim Do-young is a third baseman. They play defense right next to each other. The two players have quite different styles of play, but they both have something in common in that they are capable of playing. And this year, they were batting in the order as well. Initially, Lee envisioned a batting order between Park Chan-ho, Choi Won-joon and Kim Do-young, but as Choi's bat has been sluggish in the early days of the season, he revised this plan to deploy Kim as No. 2. KIA, which has consistently built a good table setter, has come up with a new combination.
The combination of the two players displayed tremendous power in Tuesday's game. Park had one hit, three walks and three points from two times at bat, overshadowing his absence. He gained base four times in total, opening up opportunities. The player who invited Park Chan-ho was Kim Do-young. He made three hits (two homers) and five RBIs and four runs from four times at bat, contributing to his team's 11-3 victory. After Park Chan-ho walked in both the seventh and ninth innings, Kim Do-young hit a home run.
Park Chan-ho has a batting average of 0.370 with a on-base percentage of 0.431 with an OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of 0.844 in 12 games this season. He added four more stolen bases. Kim also displayed impressive early pace. He has a batting average of 0.302 with seven homers, 17 RBIs, eight steals and an OPS of 0.930 in 20 games. He has a batting average of .300, good long hit, and runs if he plays in the game.
Assuming that Park Chan-ho maintains his current on-base percentage and Kim Do-young maintains his current overall batting performance, the structure can create a lot of synergy. When Park Chan-ho gets on base, the opposing pitcher faces a very difficult situation. The runner has to pay attention, but the batter is also tricky. Kim Do-young's hit means Park Chan-ho's extra base with a high probability. The stronger Kim Do-young's offense power, the higher his rate of using breaking balls in theory, which is a benefit to runner Park Chan-ho. This is because Park Chan-ho, who has the best start sense, has a lot of loopholes in the league despite his natural speed.
However, in order to make more of each other's strengths, we need to work together more. Kim Do-young needs to think about when Park Chan-ho will play, and on the contrary, Park Chan-ho needs to know each other well when Kim Do-young will hit the bat. If there is an offbeat, there can be cases where baseball does not work with each other.
It was awkward at first, too. Notably, Kim did not get the hang of it. "Once Chan-ho goes out to first base, when Chan-ho starts, he's going to hit without realizing it. It certainly bothers me," Kim admitted after the game on Thursday. If this fits well, it can lead to additional basins through automatic run-and-hit, or a change in defense position can lead to a hit. However, if it is a foul or a poor batting, the runner with a good start can suffer losses.
For Kim Do-young, whether it is Park Chan-ho or Choi Won-jun, there is a possibility that a fast runner will be in front of him, so he has to keep thinking about how to hit the ball in accordance with the situation. That is still the case today. "It bothers me when I steal a base when there is a runner on the first base, but I think today (on the 17th) it played a good role," Kim said. In fact, when Park Chan-ho got off to a start in the first inning, Kim did not overdo it and pushed him to the right-center field to create a hit, and Park was able to get to the third base. "When Chan-ho is around, I think I need to think about it a little more and go to the batter's box," Kim said, promising to continue to find good ways.