The news of the shock release that I heard when I was in the midst of 27 years old, a top outfield prospect who was raging in the second division, is blooming at Samsung

Mar 06, 2025

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"I was expecting the release."

Samsung Lions' spring camp. The player with number 121 hit the bat vigorously in the practice game and stirred the ground.

A three-digit number for a young player. But his face looked familiar. It was Hong Hyun-bin who played for KT Wiz.

A promising player who was nominated in the second third round of the 2017 rookie draft. He has good contact skills, complies with outfield defense, and is quick, so he has high expectations. He also participated in the first-team spring camp for his rookie season.

But it didn't explode, it didn't explode. If you go to the second team, you will be 'blank', but the season has been repeated in the first team without any significant results.

Born in 1997. He was 27 last season. Releasing would have been unexpected because it was a resource that could be used as a loan shark or logarithmic expense and was young. But what's wrong with this. KT included Hong Hyun-bin on the release list.

Other clubs were surprised. It was why this player was released. And of course, there was a recruitment battle. Hong Hyun-bin's choice was Samsung.

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It was a contract for nurturing players. The first team in the spring camp was the Futures team. However, he joined the second Okinawa camp dramatically and was clearly impressed by coach Park Jin-man as he played an active role in the practice game. MVP in the camp outfield category. He hit 6 for 12 with a .500 batting average. He played in a uniform with No. 121 but was immediately converted to an official player around the start of the camp. This is an expression of the club and coaching staff's willingness to use it immediately without waiting until May 1st, when Yook Sung's official player transition is possible. The changed uniform number is 63.

Hong Hyun-bin, who returned from Okinawa training, said "The expansion entry was announced last year, and my name was not there at the time. And he was also part of the Remainer Army, not the 2nd Army. I thought I could be released then"I was preparing myself," he said," he added.

Hong Hyun-bin said, `There have been other teams' contacts as well. But choose Samsung. Samsung thought well of me. The head of the team, the operation team leader, actively expressed his willingness to recruit and gave him faith in the Samsung selection process.

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Regarding the spring camp in his new team, which he found difficult after his release, Hong Hyun-bin said, `It's a spring camp training that I do every year, and only the team has changed." And as I continued to be in the position of the 1.5th team at KT, I felt that I had lost my mind to enjoy baseball. So I thought about enjoying this camp without any burden. Baseball was also fun and enjoyable. The coaches and coaches also praised him saying, `He's better than I thought, he's good.'

Hong Hyun-bin turned around baseball at KT and said, `It's not like I didn't get a chance. I just didn't save it. I think there was a little lack of desperation at that time." When asked if he would not fire up his fighting power if he met KT as an enemy, Hong Hyun-bin said, `I also played in Okinawa, and it felt like I was playing in KT's Blue and White games. It was awkward. Of course, there will be no such thing as vindictiveness."

Hong Hyun-bin last signed a contract as a nurturing player for this season's goal, so his goal was to become an official player. I don't think about records or numbers at all. I just want to be a player who serves as the foundation for my team to win the championship."

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.