A home run in 448 days as a big shot prospect, but even if it's 70-80% of the first team...
Jun 24, 2025
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Kim Min-hyuk (29, Doosan Bears) hit a home run against the LG Twins in Jamsil on the 22nd. My first home run of the season.
He appeared as a leadoff hitter in the bottom of the fifth inning when he was losing 0-10, and hit a 145km fastball on the second pitch of LG starter Song Seung-ki to hit a 129.1m left-handed home run. It was a home run on the 448th since the game against the KIA Tigers in Jamsil on March 31 last year
Kim Min-hyuk, who was nominated by Doosan in the second round (16th overall) of the rookie draft in 2015, was expected to be a big shot prospect when he joined the team. The power was evaluated as the best since Kim Jae-hwan, making a hit that directly hit Jamsil Stadium at the top of the outfield.
However, he rarely had a chance in the first team. It was the career high season that he hit .284 with five home runs in 38 games in 2022.
Kim Min-hyuk, who also traveled between the first and second divisions this year, was given another opportunity after acting coach Cho Sung-hwan took the helm. However, he was excluded from the entry again after playing in four games.
At the time, acting coach Cho said "The timing of posting was not good. In the largest stadium (Jamsil), the opponent gave him a chance when he made the best start. I'm going to think about it in more detail and upload it."
Kim Min-hyuk, who had been waiting for a chance in the Futures League, came up to the first team on the 18th. He even hit his first home run, but was eventually excluded from the entry in five days.
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The home run came out, but Cho explained that if a more sophisticated swing was made, a good appearance would continue. Acting Cho said "Kim Min-hyuk's pattern of being beaten is too similar. If the first pitch is not decided, the count will be disadvantageous, and the more you do, the less chance you can send it into the ground. "I explained clearly to the player how it came out when the good performance came out. He said what he did next can lead to results in the first team. I've continued to supplement it from various angles so far, but I chose to give it time in the first team because I thought that one swing would lead to a better feeling the next time I came up if I went down to Futures and overlapped with various works" he said.
Acting player Cho said, `Kim Min-hyuk is a player with great body and power. There are many thoughts of trying to swing with all one's strength. Even if such a strong hitter is a little more concise, he said, "There are 70 to 80% of the balls that others have to swing 100% of the time."
It's a disappointing step toward Futures, but Kim Min-hyuk also accepted it. Acting Cho said "Kim Min-hyuk seems to be a little more mature, too. It may be painful to hit such a home run and go down, but I will think about how to make it more concise and in-play."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
