Is it a man's record. A batting average of 0.625. It's comfortable when you have a runner. The 97th place with a 153km rookie list gave me goosebumps. I could also hit a slider.
Apr 16, 2025
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Moon Sung-joo, who has had a bad back since the spring camp this season, returned only at the end of the exhibition game and was able to play as a substitute at the opening. Moon Sung-joo, who has been out of the first team once since then and took a rest, has recently had abscesses on his hip, limiting his activities to 100%. So, he is currently playing as the sixth batter, not the second batter, and he is not able to go out of defense and is only playing as the designated hitter.
However, he is still playing well as the sixth batter. He started as the sixth designated hitter against the Samsung Lions in Jamsil on the 15th and recorded two hits and two RBIs in four times at bat. He hit a two-run double in the left-center at the bottom of the eighth inning with one out and runners on the second and third bases. He scored one point in the bottom of the first inning to give a valuable extra point to the team that was leading the ice.
It also hit a fastball by Bae Chan-seung, the third-largest rookie in the entire year, which Samsung boasts.
He plays less due to injuries, but his batting performance is enormous. He has a batting average of 393 (11 hits in 28 at-bats) for the season. In addition, he has a batting average of 625 with five hits in eight at-bats in the scoring position. It means that you're that strong in chances.
As for competing in sixth place instead of second, Moon said, `I'm running with a comfortable feeling because I'm behind second"I think it's more comfortable because it seems to take a lot of scoring."
There are many batters who feel burdened by scoring, but this is an unexpected answer that it is comfortable. Moon Sung-joo said, "In 2022, when I experienced a scoring situation, I was nervous and struck out a lot."But as I've been experiencing it more and more, I think I'll be okay now. Since I am confident in the contact, I can make an RBI if I hit it, so I go to the batter's box with the thought that I want to solve it"
It was like that on this day, too. "The third baseman was Choi Won-young, a fast runner, so I hit it because I thought the third baseman could come in if I got the ball right, but there was a good result."
Opponent pitcher Bae Chan-seung is left-handed and boasts a fastball with a maximum fastball speed of 155km. On this day, the maximum speed was 153km. Moon Sung-joo hit a low fastball of 149km on the third pitch in 1B1S to make it a double.
Moon Sung-joo learned the trajectory by looking at the first slider. "I saw the second fastball, and I thought I could hit it because I was used to it. "I went out at the timing of the fastball, but I could have hit it even if I had a slider," he said with confidence.
The only obstacle to Moon Sung-joo, who is good at it, seems to be the injury. Moon Sung-joo, who also had a hard time last year due to injuries such as hamstring and side, has not played 100% due to injuries earlier this season. Moon Sung-joo "I'm glad I'm a little better now. I'm trying to make sure that I can play for one season without injury somehow."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
