Invoking Lotte's chronic disease injury ward at the beginning of the season? Even Son Ho-young was eliminated from the first team, and Ko Seung-min → Hwang Sung-bin → Son Sung-bin left again

Apr 03, 2025

KBO League SSG and Lotte match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 25th. He hit an RBI double in the fifth inning with one out and runners on second base. Son Ho-young scored a goal. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.25/

Lotte Son Ho-young hitting.

Lotte Giants have been struggling with repeated injuries since the beginning of the season.

The Lotte team announced Son Ho-young's cancellation of the first team and catcher Park Jae-yeop's registration ahead of the Hanwha Eagles match at Hanwha Life Ball Park on the 3rd.

Son Ho-young suffered from severe sluggishness during the exhibition game, but he hit the final hit against SSG Landers on the 25th of last month to drive Lotte Giants' first win of the season. The previous day, he scored two hits, one RBI, and one run from four times at bat against Hanwha, and the hitting sense was revived, but as he was canceled from the first team, fans were disappointed.

The player registered instead of Son Ho-young is catcher Park Jae-yeop. Earlier in the spring camp, he showed a hard hit, hitting a hit against Taiwan's WBC national team.

Son Ho-young is a player who had many minor injuries when he was with his former team, the LG Twins. This is why he received a customized program at a muscle rehabilitation center in Tokyo, Japan, with the special consideration of the club ahead of this season. Through this, he showed confidence in his health by strengthening his hip joint, including his hamstring, but he will not be able to see it as an injury for the time being.

A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. Lotte third baseman Son Ho-young is defending. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.22/

As a result, Lotte also lost its first-team main fielder, starting with Ko Seung-min, who injured his ankle during the base running, Hwang Sung-bin, who suffered a finger injury while diving to first base, and Son Sung-bin, who suffered from the aftereffects of wrist surgery at the end of last year.

The situation in which the batters do not explode well also reminds me of March and April last year, which was like a nightmare.

Son Ho-young is one of the few professional players from Chunghoon High School who has just been established for more than 20 years. In addition to Son Ho-young, there is currently only one professional player in the first team, Hwang Young-mook (Hanwha Eagles).

KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 2nd. The bases loaded with one out in the fourth inning. Lotte Son Ho-young, who has an RBI by walking. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.02/

After challenging the U.S. stage, he made a comeback to Korea and wore an LG uniform in the second third round in 2020. He steadily knocked on the first team under the impression of Ryu Ji-hyun and Yeom Kyung-yeop, but was unfortunately hampered by repeated injuries.

He played his first full-time match last year and hit a big hit with a batting average of 318, 18 home runs, 78 RBIs, and an on-base plus slugging percentage of 0.896, but the key is whether he will be able to continue his momentum this year when he faces intensive analysis from each team. Lotte's batters, who are ranked ninth in the team's batting average this season, are also expected to be a significant blow.

On this day, Lotte will play in the lineup of Jeon Joon-woo (left fielder), Jung Hoon (designated hitter), Na Seung-yeop (first base), Reyes (right fielder), Kim Min-sung (second base), Yoon Dong-hee (middle fielder), Lee Ho-joon (striker), Jeon Min-jae (third base), and Information-geun (catcher).

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.