Excluding Park Seung-wook and Hwang Sung-bin → Jeon Min-jae, starting shortstop, Lotte's unconventional lineup major surgery...Should I overcome the disappointment of the opening game?

Mar 23, 2025

The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and LG held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 11th. Lotte Jeon Min-jae hitting. Busan=Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.11/

Home run hit, mistakes, and 10-point defeat.

The Lotte Giants performed major surgery on the lineup to overcome the disappointing opening game.

Lotte will play the second game of the opening series against the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium in Busan on the 23rd.

Prior to the game, Lotte made a big change in its lineup.

Yoon Dong-hee (center fielder), Son Ho-young (third base), Jeon Joon-woo (left fielder), Reyes (right fielder), Na Seung-yeop (first base), Jung Hoon (designated hitter), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), Ko Seung-min (second base), and Jeon Min-jae (striker) will play.

Shortstop Park Seung-wook and center fielder Hwang Sung-bin, who showed poor batting in the opening game, were excluded from the starting lineup. Instead, Jung-hoon and Jeon Min-jae were put in.

Is it because LG's starter is left-hander Son Ho-young. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `I don't mean that. Hwang Sung-bin took it out because his batting was sluggish, and Ko Seung-min took it back because he made a mistake yesterday."

Jeon Min-jae will start as a shortstop without Park Seung-wook. It's the first time since Lotte's transfer. In spring camp and exhibition games?, Han Tae-yang and Lee Ho-joon mainly played shortstop, and Jeon Min-jae used to play infield multi.

Lotte Hwang Sung-bin is hitting in an exhibition game between Lotte and Kiwoom at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 18th. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.03.18/

Yoon Dong-hee moves back to center field, and Jeon Joon-woo goes out to left field. Reyes moved to right field.

Son Ho-young will also play as the second batter for the first time since moving to Lotte. The head coach laughed, saying, `How much did you play, all you did was play here.'

He suffered a severe slump in the exhibition game, but he found a sense of hitting with the opening. Manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `I'm glad I hit it well yesterday after being in a bad condition. I think the players were nervous overall. Other players will also do well in the future."

"If I didn't get hit yesterday, I might have been more nervous, but because I played well yesterday, I would have felt a little better. I think it will get better little by little."

As for Barnes, who had been sluggish with seven runs in three innings the previous day, he said, `The opponent's batting luck was good, and LG hit the ball well.'

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.