Believe in yourself 10R 93rd place to become a professional, 7 years → a word that awakened you...I'm getting married this winter!

Apr 22, 2025

Believe in yourself 10R 93rd place to become a professional, 7 years → a word that awakened you...I'm getting married this winter!
Jang Doo-sung who responded to the interview. Reporter Kim Young-rok



Believe in yourself 10R 93rd place to become a professional, 7 years → a word that awakened you...I'm getting married this winter!
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
Believe in yourself 10R 93rd place to become a professional, 7 years → a word that awakened you...I'm getting married this winter!
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
"(Jang) Doo-sung, listen to me. You're a living runner. Trust yourself."

He wore a professional uniform in the second 10 rounds (93 times overall). 103rd out of 110 if the first 10 nominations are included. There are many players who will be released in a year.

Jang Doo-sung, 26, survived. It's been seven years since he wore the Lotte Giants uniform in the 2018 rookie draft. Excluding this season, the overall batting average for the first team is 183. Still, he endured for a year and a year.




It is widely believed that the ranking of new nominees does not mean much except for down payment. Once you enter the professional stage, you are just competing on the same starting line. In general, lower-round players are pushed out of the 'talent' dimension. However, sometimes still pick comes out, or some players pick up like treasures from low rankings.

The representative player is Moon Sung-joo of the LG Twins. The same year as Jang Doo-sung. Although he wore the LG uniform four times later than Jang Doo-sung, he has now been reborn as a confident main outfielder, the leader of the team's victory, and a troubleshooter.

Believe in yourself 10R 93rd place to become a professional, 7 years → a word that awakened you...I'm getting married this winter!
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
In the same year, Lotte's top nominees are Han Dong-hee in the first round, Lee Seung-heon, Jung Sung-jong, and Kim Do-gyu. Lee Ho-yeon (2nd 6th, KT Wiz) Choi Ha-neul (2nd 7th, Samsung Lions) also left the team but is playing on the professional stage.




Currently, only two players in Lotte's first team are Cho In-geun in the 9th round and Jang Doo-sung in the 10th round. Jang Doo-sung is always supportive because Bo-geun is together. I feel like I have more days to play baseball because I've endured it well."

He is a player who leads Lotte's atmosphere that has changed this season. It was a good start for individual players as well. I went to the first spring camp in the last two years, but I failed the second camp. This year, he opened to the second camp and was also named camp MVP. In addition to best friend Information Geun, Jeon Min-jae also joined, and his friends increased.

He has played in 22 games this season and has a batting average of 256 (11 hits in 43 times at bat). At the same time, he is competing for the top of the league with speed that penetrates from first base to home. In addition, he has a shoulder that he has complied with. Yoon Dong-hee filled the gap where he briefly vacated the first team.




Yoon Dong-hee gave up the main position when he returned, but Jang Doo-sung is not frustrated. "I may not be able to start right now, but Dong-hee is a player who should be. You have to do well when you have a chance again someday. I will prepare well so that the director can choose me"I am determined.

Believe in yourself 10R 93rd place to become a professional, 7 years → a word that awakened you...I'm getting married this winter!
Lotte Jang Doo-sung hits a game between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 10th. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.04.10/
Along with Hwang Sung-bin and Kim Dong-hyuk, he is also called the "Three Musketeers" of Lotte's track and field division. Among them, Hwang Sung-bin rose to the main position first. He ranked third (51) in stolen bases last year and spent a full season with a batting average of 320 and an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of 0.815.

Jang Doo-sung is playing as a pinch runner-to-large defense behind him. If Hwang Seong-bin feels more energetic, Jang Doo-seong is relatively light and fast.

Jurusense was not well received. At best, he would go out as a pinch runner and get checked and raise the blood pressure of his fans. When asked about the secret of showing a more advanced base run recently, the answer came back, "'Trust Coach Ko Young-min, just look forward and play hard.'"

"It is true that I was a little intimidated because I kept dying at that time. I really want to thank Coach Ko Young-min. 'You're the best. It's not a dead runner, it's a living runner. Don't think you have to steal. You don't have to go if you decide it's not you.'" I gained confidence because he said so many things. I think it's an experience after all. "(Hwang) I'm trying to be more aggressive like Sungbin."

Believe in yourself 10R 93rd place to become a professional, 7 years → a word that awakened you...I'm getting married this winter!
photo courtesy of Lotte Giants
Throwing and hitting have also improved especially this season. Coach Cho Won-woo and Coach Yoo Jae-shin corrected the bad step when defending, although Jang Doo-sung has a good catch ball shoulder. 'You have to work together and hit himHe said '"I'm still receiving throwing training twice a week so that I don't miss that feeling."," he added. As for the batting, it is worthwhile to completely change the batting form under the guidance of coach Lim Hoon. I'm not going to do it anymore," he said with a big smile.

"I'm getting married this winter. I've met him for more than three years, and my wife is a native of Busan. Now that I have someone to feed me, I've prepared harder this season. I can't express it all to my wife, but I really appreciate it. Of course, my parents are grateful, and on the day I came down alone in Busan, my mother-in-law takes care of me like my own son. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you very much."



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.