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| Kim Min-seok, the last game of the spring camp, greets his team's players
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| Kim Min-seok who sweated with coach Lee Young-soo during the camp |
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| The result of the camp's last-minute effort came out of the at-bat. Three hits against Lotte, including a sweeping triple against Orix. |
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[Miyazaki(Japan) = Reporter Park Jae-man of Sports Chosun] "Did you study well, you understand well?" Coach Lee Young-soo joked in a friendly dialect and saved Kim Min-seok's spirit.
During his time at Hwimungo, Kim Min-seok was called the second Lee Jung-hoo, with outstanding performances in Gong, Su, and Ju. Kim Min-seok, who also received the Lee Young-min batting award given to the highest hitter in high school, will wear the Lotte Giants uniform as the third overall pick in the 2023 KBO Rookie Draft.
When Kim Min-seok was a third grader at Hwimungo, he played in the weekend league of high school baseball and the blue dragon flag of the national high school baseball tournament and struck hard, impressing scouts. He had a batting average of 0.544 37 hits, one home run, 10 RBIs, 33 runs, 20 steals, 18 walks, and seven strikeouts in 20 games.
Kim Min-seok, who clinched a spot in Lotte's outfielder in his first year of debut, showed his potential by recording 102 hits, 39 RBIs, 53 runs and 16 steals in 129 games. Kim Min-seok, who even got the valuable title of his 8th 100th hit in the history of high school graduates, was called a resignation idol as he ranked No. 1 in sales of Lotte Giants uniforms that year.
Kim Min-seok, in his second year as a professional, was injured and started the season late. In the end, he played only 41 games in the 2024 season, hitting .211 with 16 hits, 6 RBIs, 3 steals, and 14 points. After a disappointing season, Kim Min-seok was pushed back by outfielders Yoon Dong-hee and Hwang Sung-bin, reducing his chances of playing.
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| Kim Min-seok, wearing Doosan's uniform, greets Lotte's Hwang Sung-bin |
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Lotte, which needed bullpen resources, and Doosan, which needed outfield resources, made a 3-2 trade in November last year. Kim Min-seok, who changed from Lotte to Doosan's uniform, sweated a lot during the spring camp with the mindset of doing it all over again ahead of the 2025 season.
In the batting training that started with coach Lee Young-soo, Kim Min-seok conducted batting training using only the upper body while fixing the fast-throwing ball. The important point that coach Lee said was the trajectory of the bat coming out. It was a training exercise in which the bat came out as concise and fast as possible and had to hit the ball at a certain point.
In terms of contact ability, Kim Min-seok, who has been born since high school, played toss batting by focusing on the points that coach Lee Young-soo told him. In response to Kim's quick understanding, coach Lee Young-soo asked in a friendly Gyeongsang dialect "Did you study well, you understand quickly?" Kim confidently "Yes, I did."," he replied.
Batting training that began immediately after a short joke. Kim Min-seok continued his live batting after sweating with coach Lee Young-soo until the end. He is competing in the Doosan Bears' first-team spring camp in good health.
As coach Lee Young-soo worked hard on it, Kim Min-seok was selected as the second spring camp MVP by hitting five consecutive hits until the next day against Lotte, including a sweeping triple against Orix at the end of the spring camp.
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| Coach Lee Young-soo, who worked hard on Kim Min-seok during the camp |
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| Kim Min-seok who sweated to make what coach Lee Young-soo taught him his own |
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| Dusan Kim Min-seok | who wielded three hits in front of Lotte Jeon Min-jae, the opponent of the trade
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| Kim Min-seok and Park Joon-soon, who trained until the last day of the camp, are expressing their strong aspirations |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
