Intentional 4 pitches → Pitcher Grounder The humiliation of NYY's top prospect, eventually changing the batting order... #3 → #6 Take the pressure off

Apr 04, 2025

Intentional 4 pitches → Pitcher Grounder The humiliation of NYY's top prospect, eventually changing the batting order... 3 → 6 Take the pressure off
KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd. Hanwha's Floral, who walks out with two outs and a runner on first base in the fifth inning, strikes out swinging. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.03/



Hanwha Eagles, who were in a slump in hitting, made changes to the starting lineup.

Hanwha will play an away game against the Samsung Lions at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 4th.

On this day, Hanwha made changes to its starting lineup. Hwang Young-mook (2nd baseman), Ahn Chi-hong (designated hitter), Kim Tae-yeon (left fielder), Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Chae Eun-sung (first baseman), Esteban Floral (center fielder), Lee Won-seok (right fielder), Choi Jae-hoon (captor), and Shim Woo-jun (striker).




Floral, a foreign hitter who has been consistently placed in the third batting order, has moved to the sixth batting order.

Intentional 4 pitches → Pitcher Grounder The humiliation of NYY's top prospect, eventually changing the batting order... 3 → 6 Take the pressure off
KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd. Hanwha's Floral, who walks out with two outs and a runner on first base in the fifth inning, strikes out swinging. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.03/
Floral, who was the top prospect of the New York Yankees in the Major League, had a batting average of 111, one stolen base and seven RBIs in 10 games this season. He showed good performance with a batting average of 400 in the exhibition game, but his batting sense has dropped sharply since the opening.

In particular, in the match against the Lotte Giants in Daejeon on the 3rd, there was even a scene in which the opposing pitcher intentionally skipped An Chi-hong with four pitches in the bottom of the ninth inning with one out and runners on the second and third bases. Floral picked up a first pitch ball against Lotte closer Kim Won-joong, but hit a fork in the second pitch, resulting in a grounder out for the pitcher.




Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon explained, `As the third hitter, there may be pressure, so I changed it to the sixth hitter in the sense of playing comfortably.'

Intentional 4 pitches → Pitcher Grounder The humiliation of NYY's top prospect, eventually changing the batting order... 3 → 6 Take the pressure off
The KIA-Hanwha match at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 29th. Hanwha starter Weiss pitches. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.29/
Meanwhile, Hanwha will put Ryan Weiss as its starting pitcher. He played in two games this season and had a 5.73 ERA without winning or losing. He allowed four runs (three earned) in six innings against KT Wiz on the 23rd of last month, his first appearance, and four runs in five innings against KIA Tigers on the 29th.

Manager Kim said "The pitchers are doing well. Ponce is doing his part enough, and now I hope Weiss wins so that he can have confidence. I hope the timing is today," he said of the wind.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.