Futures batting average of 0.485 was tough...Register for Ha Joo-seok's first team entry
Apr 08, 2025
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Ha Joo-seok was registered in the first division entry for an away game against the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 8th.
It has been two days since he joined the team's training ahead of the Daegu Samsung match on the 6th.
After graduating from Shinil High School, he was nominated by Hanwha in the first round of the rookie draft in 2012. He gained experience when he was given the opportunity to play in his first 70 games, but he became a first-team player in earnest from 2016 after completing his military service at Sangmu.
He played in 115 games in 2016 and hit 10 home runs with a batting average of 279, his first double-digit home run since his debut, and began to make his name known as a `big shot shortstop' with 11 home runs in 2017. Since then, he has been disciplined for a series of personal incidents after injuries, and has not been able to properly improve his sense of action since then.
Last year, when he was a preliminary FA, he did not have a bad performance with a batting average of 292 in 64 games. However, Ha's position diminished as Hanwha signed a four-year contract with shortstop Shim Woo-joon, who has good defense, for a total of 5 billion won before Ha.
It was not easy to sign a contract with other clubs, and Ha Joo-seok signed a contract with Hanwha for a total of 110 million won per year.
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Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon said, `I was doing well in the Futures League. I've watched a few games play as well. "If there is a player in bad condition or if there is a player to change, I'm going to register and use it as soon as possible. I know my colleagues, but it's also important to work with them. Rather than calling him when something happens, I call him once and try to work with the players, practice together, and register when the time comes."
Hanwha has a team batting average of only one hit against Samsung on the 6th. On the 7th, when there was no game, infielder Ahn Chi-hong and outfielder Lim Jong-chan pitcher Kwon Min-gyu were excluded from the first-team entry. In particular, An Chi-hong, who had been nailed as the main second baseman, was sluggish with a batting average of 677 in 10 games, forcing the infield to reorganize.
Hanwha registered Lee Sang-kyu and Lee Sang-hyuk with Ha Joo-seok.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
