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| KIA-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 21st. Right fielder Choi Won-joon, who missed Jang Sung-woo's ordinary fly with one out and runners on first and third bases in the bottom of the first inning, is being replaced. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.21/ |
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| KIA-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 21st. Right fielder Choi Won-joon, who missed Jang Sung-woo's ordinary fly with one out and runners on first and third bases in the bottom of the first inning, is running to give the ball. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.21/ |
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KIA Tigers coach Lee Bum-ho is firmly angry. He replaced outfielder Choi Won-joon, who made a mistake, with a reprimand in the bottom of the first inning.
Choi Won-joon started as the seventh batter and right fielder in the game against KT Wiz in the '2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League' held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 21st. Since returning from reorganization in the second division, Choi Won-joon has been worried by hitting only 0.111 (2 hits in 18 at-bats) in five games, and he needed to rest outfielder Lee Woo-sung, who was in a more severe batting slump, so he got a chance to start the day.
Coach Lee's anger was caused by missing a very ordinary sacrifice fly ball. In the bottom of the first inning, Jang Sung-woo's ball was directed to right fielder Choi Won-joon with one out and runners on the first and third bases. It was a very easy ball to catch, and Choi Won-joon was greedy here. He missed the ball in vain while thinking about throwing home after catching the ball. Third baseman Hwang Jae-kyun came home with ease, and the situation that should have been two outs and a runner on first base led to a crisis with one out and runners on first and second bases.
Manager Lee instructed Kim Ho-ryeong, who was on the bench, to warm up without delay. Kim Ho-ryeong made several catches outside the dugout and ran to the ground. KIA bench instructed Choi Won-joon to come into the dugout, and Kim Ho-ryeong entered the center field. Park Jung-woo, who started in center field, moved to right field.
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| KIA-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 21st. Right fielder Choi Won-joon, who missed Jang Sung-woo's ordinary fly with one out and runners on first and third bases in the bottom of the first inning, is being replaced. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.21/ |
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| KIA-SSG match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 11th. Coach Lee Bum-ho is frustrated watching the game. Incheon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.11/ |
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Choi Won-joon's highly motivated play eventually led to additional runs. Starting pitcher Adam Oler allowed Rojas to hit a timely double to right-center, making it 0-2. If Choi Won-joon had only played the right catch and became a runner on first base with two outs, he could have finished the inning with one run. Aller put out the urgent fire by striking out Kang Baek-ho and Kim Sang-soo, respectively, with a groundout and a strikeout to the first base in the continued crisis with one out and runners on the second and third bases.
In fact, Choi Won-joon started in center field against Suwon KT on the 20th and failed to help starter Yoon Young-chul at all as he missed a ball that could be handled with a fly ball in the first inning of defense. It was not recorded as an error because he missed the ball while hitting the fence, but it was a safe play to consider as an error. Manager Lee could not see Choi Won-joon who made a mistake in giving KT the atmosphere from the first inning for two consecutive days.
I had no choice but to have a strong will to show Choi Won-joon on the ground this year. After finishing this season, he will become the first FA in his life. KIA club actively defended Choi Won-joon's salary this year by raising the FA premium to a whopping 400 million won.
However, if the current pace continues, Choi Won-joon's value in the FA market is expected to drop sharply. Choi Won-joon had a batting average of 0.195 (24 hits in 123 times at bat), three homers, 11 RBIs and an OPS of 0.546 in 37 games until the 20th. If this trend continues to the end of the season, it is a serious situation that may require considering the FA grace period.
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| KIA-KT match held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 21st. Right fielder Choi Won-joon, who missed Jang Sung-woo's ordinary fly with one out and runners on first and third bases in the bottom of the first inning, is being replaced. Suwon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.21/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
