Hope d'Or, "We competed in the semi-finals"... Aren't you tired of it…Seven years in a row, the same as bringing in the master, failed
Hope d'Or, "We competed in the semi-finals"... Aren't you tired of it…Seven years in a row, the same as bringing in the master, failed
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They competed until the very end. Then, they saw hope again. However, the outcome did not change in the end. The Lotte Giants failed to enter the fall baseball league for the seventh consecutive year.먹튀검증
Lotte suffered a come-from-behind loss of 1-5 against the KT Wiz during the regular season of the "2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League" held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on Sunday. With the team recording 63 wins, 72 losses and four draws for the season. With five more games to go, Lotte will not be able to advance to the autumn baseball league even if it wins the entire game. Its tracking number has disappeared. It has failed to advance to the post season for seven consecutive years since 2017.
Lotte opened a new chapter by appointing Kim Tae-hyung, a "master" who has made inroads into the Korean Series for seven consecutive years this season. The Lotte Giants sometimes sought reform and brought about a new wind, but suffered severe pain as the wind turned into a sandstorm.
He hoped to improve the team's constitution by bringing in a coach with clear charisma as head coach Kim Tae-hyung and a strong coach instead of the limited coaches that Lotte had chosen. He also announced a new start by appointing a new Lotte employee and general manager Park Joon-hyuk, who has been reborn as a trusted employee in the group.
However, the team did not have smooth sailing from the beginning. After Kim Tae-hyung took office in October last year, infielder Ahn Chi-hong, who was the main player of the team, became an FA and left for Hanwha. He also managed to keep Jeon Joon-woo, another key player in the FA, but he did not suffer from bleeding. He brought in Oh Sun-jin and Choi Hang to fill in An Chi-hong's vacancy in the second draft. On top of that, right before departure from the spring camp, he acquired infielder Kim Min-sung through sign-and-trade, and reinforced the infield to some extent. He acquired Lim Joon-seop, who was released from SSG, and prepared for his first season with Kim Tae-hyung by bringing in veteran LG left-hander Jin Hae-soo through a trade.
However, things did not go as planned. While preparing for the season, Kim Tae-hyung had concerns about the infielders, but those concerns became a reality. The infielders fell short of expectations in offense and defense. Eventually, Son Ho-young, an infielder who was not getting a chance at LG, was brought in despite the loss of giving up Woo Kang-hoon, a submarine equipped with military pen that throws 150 kilometers just one week after the opening of the season.
Still, the season was not easy to come to an end. Until April after March, the team had eight wins, 21 losses and one draw without even recording 10 wins. It was unrivaled in last place. However, it was a stroke of genius that brought Son in. The infield team was reorganized centering on Son. And Ko Seung-min's settlement on second base and Na Seung-yeop's readjustment of hitting balance helped stabilize the infielders. With the infielders perfectly set up, Lotte rebounded.
He got back on track since May, and diligently elevated his ranking for two months with 13 wins, 10 losses and one draw in May, and 14 wins and nine losses and one draw in June. He is now in a position to compete in autumn baseball. However, his team briefly faltered when he entered July. Since then, he has been on a rollercoaster ride through September. However, his team was not good enough to recover the margin of victory or defeat that had taken place in the early days of the season. He repeatedly said "hopeful thinking" and sat down.
It was not evaluated as a player who could join the fall baseball league in the first place, but it can be consoled that he competed until the very end. It was not without achievements.
As Yoon Dong-hee, Ko Seung-min, Na Seung-yeop, Hwang Sung-bin, and Son Ho-young have become the new core resources of the team, it is encouraging that the generational change has been firmly established. It can be said that Kim Tae-hyung, who is more knowledgeable about training fielders, had a hopeful season as his strengths and perspectives were combined with the talent of these players.
Foreigners are also successful in farming. Charlie Barnes and Aaron Wilkerson of the starting lineup completed the regular innings and contributed to the team's performance. It was regrettable that Barnes was away for about a month and a half due to injury. Nevertheless, the two players were the best combination of starting pitchers in the league. Overcoming various concerns, foreign hitter Victor Reyes led the lineup by being a troubleshooter. Even when the lineup suffered ups and downs in the early days of the season, Reyes was the only one who maintained the center of the lineup. Currently, Reyes is trying to make 200 hits.
Still, you should not be satisfied with these hopes, nor should you excuse the bad and bad news. After all, Lotte failed to make the postseason for the seventh consecutive year.
Lotte battled with the injured this year. Manager Kim Tae-hyung's plan for the season got twisted as outfielder Kim Min-seok and infielder Han Dong-hee were injured one after another before the start of the season. As Jeon Joon-woo and Jung Hoon-Bahnze left the team around the same time, they missed the last minute of the first half. Sohn Ho-young, who is a lucky trade player, was also away for about two months due to two hamstring injuries. Most of all, he was out for the season early on as catcher Yoo Kang-nam underwent knee surgery. On top of that, Choi Joon-yong, who had to play the role of a must-winner, underwent shoulder surgery, and Jeon Mir, who took the mound as Kim Tae-hyung was forced to leave early in the season, was also on leave due to elbow pain.
However, the large number of injured people should not be used as an excuse. No teams were injured and the Kia Tigers won the title after overcoming many negative injury factors.