You're the MVP of the camp, but you're out of the competition?→ 2 perfect innings of force... I thought it would start from the bottom

Mar 10, 2025

You're the MVP of the camp, but you're out of the competition?→ 2 perfect innings of force... I thought it would start from the bottom
Lotte Giants' Park Jin, who will be interviewed after the game on the 9th. Busan = Reporter Lee Jong-seo



You're the MVP of the camp, but you're out of the competition?→ 2 perfect innings of force... I thought it would start from the bottom
The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th. Lotte Park Jin-young is pitching. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.09/
"I'm fine."

Park Jin (26, Lotte Giants) was the best star of the Lotte Giants spring camp. During the camp in Tainan, Taiwan, and Miyazaki, Japan, he pitched in a total of four games, allowing only three hits and allowing one run in seven ⅔ innings. As it was a match between the Taiwanese WBC national team and the Japanese professional team, Park Jin's camp performance was even more remarkable. He pitched overwhelmingly and was named the spring camp MVP.

Park Jin, who joined Lotte in the second round of the rookie draft (38th overall) in 2019, only played in two games in 2019. He returned from military service, but he appeared in the first team in 2023. However, he only played in four games.




Last year, Park Jin-eun received a clear impression by recording a 1.93 ERA in four ⅔ innings in four exhibition games. Based on his performance in exhibition games, he appeared in 38 games in the first team and played 49 ⅓ innings, and finished the season with 2 wins, 4 losses, 1 save, and an ERA of 4.38. Although he went back and forth between the first and second teams, it was enough to promote the name Park Jin.

You're the MVP of the camp, but you're out of the competition?→ 2 perfect innings of force... I thought it would start from the bottom
The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th. Lotte pitching coach Joo Hyung-kwang watching Park Jin pitch. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.09/
This season, Park Jin was mentioned as a candidate for the 5th selection along with Na Kyun-an and Park Joon-woo. He has grown one step further and has shown a clear performance since the camp, raising the possibility of settling for the fifth starter.

Ahead of the exhibition game, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung announced the fifth starter. It went back to Na Kyun-an. Coach Kim explained, `He was the most experienced and prepared among the players who competed in the starting competition,' `Since he prepared well, I'm going to give him a chance first.' Park Jin appealed by even being selected as camp MVP, but for now, he faces the season with an intermediate fight.




On the 9th, Park Jin still showed off his skills. An exhibition game against last year's unified championship team, the KIA Tigers. Park Jin-jin came to the mound as the second pitcher and perfectly stopped two innings. There was not a single hit and four outs. He threw a total of 20 pitches, and the maximum speed of his fastball was 144 kilometers per hour. Sliders (4) and curves (1) were added as breaking balls.

After the game, Park Jin-eun "Since it was his first appearance, he was strong and played against the first batter." After that, I found balance and had good results."

As a key to his consistent performance in the spring camp, he sent him to a training center in Tokyo during the closing camp. It's a place where you watch weight, but it helped me when I worked out and thought about what to do in the future. "During the camp, I focused on the feeling of throwing or throwing where I wanted to throw, and there was a good result."




You're the MVP of the camp, but you're out of the competition?→ 2 perfect innings of force... I thought it would start from the bottom
Lotte Park Jin, who was selected as the MVP of the pitching group in the camp.
He got off to a good start for the second consecutive year by continuously pitching in exhibition games following the camp. Park Jin-eun "I'm still finding my place. However, he said, "I'm trying to be aggressive without avoiding the mound." In addition, he said "Last year, it was good in the exhibition game, but I went back and forth because I was nervous at the beginning. I think I've gotten better since June because I know exactly how to throw it"I'm trying to be a little more aggressive because I think I have to throw aggressively this year as well."

As he showed a clear rise, he was very disappointed to be eliminated from the starting lineup. However, Park Jin-eun "It's because the coach has a lot of experience in selecting (B) Kyun-an." I thought a lot about starting from the bottom. It's not without regret, but it's okay."

Park Jin-eun continued "I have a desire to start, but if that greed is excessive, I may overface and get worse. I think there will be another opportunity if I prepare slowly and do it like now" he said.

Although the opportunity did not come immediately as a starter, he expressed his willingness to be firmly reborn as a first-team player regardless of his position. He said "I think my individual performance follows when I get a team performance. I will try to be as helpful to the team as possible while playing in the first team."

You're the MVP of the camp, but you're out of the competition?→ 2 perfect innings of force... I thought it would start from the bottom
The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th. Lotte Park Jin-young is pitching. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.09/


This article was translated by Naver AI translator.