Majority that was obsessed with ML, maybe it's constitution? ...Will the 1st assignment finally be solved after going through the FA transfer to the 1st goal of the new stadium

May 22, 2025

Majority that was obsessed with ML, maybe it's constitution? ...Will the 1st assignment finally be solved after going through the FA transfer to the 1st goal of the new stadium
The game between the NC Dinos and the Hanwha Eagles at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan on the 21st. Hanwha Floral is catching his breath. Ulsan=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com/2025.05.21/



Will there be a new main character of Hanwha Eagles' No. 1 batting order.

Hanwha placed foreign hitter Esteban Floral (28) in the first batting order against the Ulsan NC Dinos on the 21st. It was to relieve the burden of the recent drop in hitting.

It worked.Floral hit in the third and eighth innings respectively, playing multi-hit games in six games.




This season, Hanwha has been agonizing a lot since the spring camp over the first batting order. Shim Woo-jun was deployed in the first spring camp in Australia, and Lee Won-seok and Lee Jin-young were used in the second spring camp in Okinawa, Japan. In particular, Shim Woo-joon was the most ideal player as the first batter. Until last year, the on-base percentage was low at 0.303, but there was a focus fast enough to become the steal king. I was able to shake the opponent's battery from the beginning.

In the end, Kim Tae-yeon is the first hitter in the opening game. Kim Tae-yeon, who hit a home run in the final game of the exhibition game and became the main character of the "first home run at the new stadium", showed good batting performance with a batting average of .400 in eight games.

However, head coach Kim has been struggling to find the best combination by changing the order of the batters as the batters fell into collective silence early this season. Following Kim Tae-yeon, Hwang Young-mook, An Chi-hong, Lee Do-yoon, Lee Won-seok, Lee Jin-young, and Choi In-ho came forward in the first batter's box, and recently Kim Tae-yeon filled it again.




Although it was intended to ease the burden on the players, 'Leadoff' Floral was not a bad picture.

Majority that was obsessed with ML, maybe it's constitution? ...Will the 1st assignment finally be solved after going through the FA transfer to the 1st goal of the new stadium
The game between the NC Dinos and the Hanwha Eagles at Munsu Baseball Stadium in Ulsan on the 21st. Hanwha Floral is cheering after hitting a hit. Ulsan=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com/2025.05.21/
This season, Kiwoom used Yasiel Puig and KT Wiz used Mel Rojas Jr. as the first hitter. The idea was to increase the scoring ability a little more as those with good hitting ability with 'strong No. 1' were forward-deployed.

Floral signed with the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball in 2015. Expectations were high as he ranked first in the team's promising players in MLB Pipeline, Baseball America, and FanGraphs in 2019. In particular, it was evaluated that he could steal 20 home runs and 20 steals because of his fast feet and some long-shot power, which was considered the highest level in the Major League.




Floral has stolen 10 bases this season. The batting average is only 260%, but if the on-base is reached, he has enough ability to busy the opponent's battery. On top of that, the slugging ratio is not bad at 0.406, so it can be effective enough to gain the upper hand in the early stages.

This season, Moon Hyun-bin showed a step up from hitting, filling the third batter. Although he recently suffered a hitting slump, he completed the picture of the center batting line if Noh Si-hwan, who was the "home run king", took the fourth batter and Chae Eun-sung and Lee Jin-young, who have a good batting sense, supported him from behind.

As the 21st is Floral's first hitter, we have to watch the game for the time being. However, if Floral provides an opportunity for a rebound, Hanwha will be able to solve one of the long-running concerns.

Reporter Lee Jong-seo bellstop@sportschosun.com

Majority that was obsessed with ML, maybe it's constitution? ...Will the 1st assignment finally be solved after going through the FA transfer to the 1st goal of the new stadium
SSG-Hanwha match at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 18th. Floral is happy after hitting a double with one out in the bottom of the third inning. Daejeon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025..May 18/


This article was translated by Naver AI translator.