'Three strike-three strike-in-field fly' poor batting → 11.5 billion FA in the 2nd Army, and 'batting .111' in Futures. What should I do
'Three strike-three strike-in-field fly' poor batting → 11.5 billion FA in the 2nd Army, and 'batting .111' in Futures. What should I do
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Kim Jae-hwan, a leading hitter of the Doosan Bears in professional baseball, is only hitting in the Futures League.메이저사이트
Kim Jae-hwan, who was in the second division due to poor batting performance, started the game against the LG Twins in the 2025 Futures League held at LG Champions Park in Icheon on Wednesday as the third designated hitter. He had no hit and two strikeouts in three times at bat.
In his first at-bat with two outs in the top of the first inning, he struck out three against left-handed starter Lim Joon-hyung of LG. He struck out fouls, fouls and swings and misses. In the top of the third inning, he struck out again against right-handed Kim Jin-su after one out. After a close game of eight pitches, he struck out swinging again.
Doosan's first and second base scoring opportunities were created with Kim Min-seok's hit to the middle and Oh Myung-jin's hit to the middle after one out in the top of the fifth inning, trailing 3-4. Kim Jae-hwan actively hit the first pitch against Kim Jin-su, but he was thrown out in vain due to a shortstop infield flyout. Doosan tied the game with a first baseman error on Hong Sung-ho's ground ball, and Kim Min-hyuk's timely hit turned the game around 5-4.
Doosan's second and third base opportunities were made with Kim Min-seok's left-handed double and Oh Myung-jin's heavy hit in the top of the seventh inning, trailing 5-6. Kim Jae-hwan's at-bat came back, and pinch hitter Shin Min-cheol played as a substitute. Kim Jae-hwan seemed to plan to hit only three at-bats.
Kim Jae-hwan has one hit in nine at-bats (batting average .111) and three strikeouts in three games in the Futures League. He went 0 for 3 against SSG on the 12th and scored 1 for 3 against LG on the 18th. He went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts on the 19th.
Kim Jae-hwan signed a four-year total of 11.5 billion won (down payment of 5.5 billion won, annual salary of 5.5 billion won, option of 500 million won) after the 2021 season. This is the last year of the contract. Kim Jae-hwan was canceled from the first-team entry on the 11th due to poor batting. Kim Jae-hwan hit .2 (11 hits in 55 at-bats) with one homer and six RBIs in 15 games this season. At the time of expiration, his batting average in the last 10 games was sluggish with 1556 (5 hits in 32 at-bats) and two RBIs.
Head coach Lee Seung-yeop set the timing of Kim Jae-hwan's second leg as the three consecutive Changwon NC games (15-17th) were canceled due to safety inspections at Changwon NC Park. At the time, head coach Lee said, "Kim Jae-hwan has to show Kim Jae-hwan-like performance, but he hasn't shown that yet. There will be no game next Tuesday and Thursday. If he misses out on the entry for about 10 days, he will only have to miss 6 games."
"I hope you find yourself and come back. If Kim Jae-hwan is out, it will hurt us a lot, but even if he misses six games, he can play more than 120 games. Let's not create a situation where we can leave the left-handed pitcher and fall in the middle of the game. When I came back, I asked Kim Jae-hwan to play the rest of the game in his original form, so that no matter who came out, I could play all the games," he explained.
Shin Min-chul, who came out as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning, tied the game 6-6 with a third baseman infield hit, and led 9-6 with Yeo Dong-gun's two-run timely hit with one out and Lim Jong-sung's sacrifice fly with one out. Doosan ran 12-6 in the top of the ninth inning with Lim Jong-sung's RBI timely hit and Yang Hyun-jin's two-run triple with two outs and runners on the first and second bases.
After one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, LG created chances for the second and third bases with no outs with Lee Han-rim's walk, Woo Jung-an's pitch and pitcher wild pitch, and Moon Jung-bin's two-run timely hit. Shim Kyu-bin's pitch and Kim Hyun-jong's walk loaded the bases with one out, and Ham Chang-gun chased one more point with a walk.
Doosan replaced Kim Do-yoon to Kim Han-joong. Park Kwan-woo came out as a substitute and hit a timely two-run homer, keeping up with LG until the score point of 12-11. LG had a chance to tie the game with runners on the first and second bases with one out, and Taehoon Lee grounded out to the first base. With two outs and runners on the second and third bases, and a single hit, Seo Young-joon was out with three strikeouts, which ended the game.