It's too narrow here. 3 home runs in 5G! Believing corner of mega-trade, next-generation big guns' show of force is hot
Mar 23, 2025
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On the first day of the regular season, the Lotte Giants suffered a disastrous defeat that made it hard to watch TV until the end.
The anxiety from the last exhibition game became a reality as it was. Among the 10 clubs that played 7-10 games per team, the empty-handed hit continued, ranking eighth in the minimum score (17), minimum RBI (16), and hits (61).
This is why the eyes are naturally directed to the second division. Lotte's second division also has a poor performance with two wins and three losses in five Futures League games.
However, Cho Se-jin (22) is in the second division. The Sangmu match was blinding on the 22nd. He had three hits, including a double and a home run.
Cho Se-jin has played in all five games since the opening of the Futures League on the 14th, boasting a batting average of 333 (6 hits in 18 at-bats) with three home runs and five RBIs.
The second-tier stage is bound to be narrow. When he was a rookie, he hit 351 (68 hits in 194 at-bats) with seven home runs and 34 RBIs in 2022, almost compiling the second-tier stage.
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This is why head coach Kim Tae-hyung did not show a special response to Cho Se-jin after being discharged from the military. Although he acknowledged his brilliant talent at every moment, the nuance of 'the first team stage was still strong. This is because most of the main fielders in the first division have bombed and come up.
Was it just that the military meal didn't fit. Cho Se-jin consistently showed off his good batting throughout the spring camp. In the exhibition game, he recorded two hits and two walks in five at-bats, including a double, at not many opportunities, and appears to be demonstrating force with the opening of the Futures League.
For now, he was excluded from the opening entry. Of the total 28 pitchers, only 12 pitchers (three starters) and eight infielders and six outfielders were filled, but Cho Se-jin's name was not there.
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Now, after Sunday's game, the pitching entry will be adjusted. It will be changed to 14 to 16 including a call-up of two starting pitchers (Kim Jin-wook and Na Kyun-an). Arithmetically, it is expected that one person will be excluded from the inside and outside first. In order for Cho Se-jin to be in the first team, he has to push other fielders additionally.
From the club's point of view, it may be better to play steadily in the second division and get a sense of the game than to come up to the first division as a pinch hitter or logistical ratio right now.
However, the club's expectations for Cho Se-jin are sky high. The trust in Cho Se-jin was behind the bold trade of Kim Min-seok, who showed overflowing talent by hitting 100 hits for the first time as a high school hitter in Lotte's history in his first year of debut. In an acrostic poem with his uniform number (No. 5) on the club's YouTube earlier, "I will only go for victory."," he said, expressing his heavy intentions.
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From the beginning of the season, he showed off his hot bat and showed that the 'second division stage is narrow'. Can they have an opportunity.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
