An independent club player excites Lotte and Busan just a month agoI fixed this one and it's a behind-the-scenes story

Jun 30, 2025

An independent club player excites Lotte and Busan just a month agoI fixed this one and it's a behind-the-scenes story
Lotte and KT at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 27th. Lotte Park Chan-hyung hit a solo home run against KT Ko Young-pyo in the bottom of the second inning. Park Chan-hyung, who is walking around the ground with a bright expression. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.27/



"I tried to change the swing track only..."

Busan fans are enthusiastic about Lotte Giants' 'gum baseball'. Lotte's main players, including Yoon Dong-hee, Na Seung-yeop, and Hwang Sung-bin, left due to a string of injuries, but rather, it is causing a `Gi-Phenomenon' in which the performance is better. This is because Jang Doo-sung, Kim Dong-hyuk, Han Tae-yang, Park Jae-yeop, Lee Ho-joon, Hong Min-ki, and Yoon Sung-bin, who have been far from the main titles, are showing their presence more than the existing main players.

There's another player who left a strong impression on me, infielder Park Chan-hyung. He has just joined the professional team and is showing great performance to the point where I wonder if he is the right player to debut in the first division. He was called up to the first team for the first time on the 18th. It's a great pleasure to become a full-time athlete from a nurturing player. On this day, he showed off his quick feet as a pinch runner against the Hanwha Eagles. Then, he came out as a pinch hitter against Hanwha on the 19th and hit the first pitch of the 150-kilometer fastball by opposing pitcher Han Seung-hyuk to hit his first hit as a pro.




An independent club player excites Lotte and Busan just a month agoI fixed this one and it's a behind-the-scenes story
The game between Hanwha and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 19th, and Lotte Park Chan-hyung, with two outs and runners on first base, is happy to hit in the bottom of the seventh inning. Busan = Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.19/
On the 26th, NC Dinos had a hit on the first pitch as a pinch hitter. Thus, he got his first start against KT Wiz on the 27th, and hit the first pitch of KT's native ace Ko Young-pyo again to hit his first home run. He then hit a hit at-bat to set a tie for the most consecutive hits at-bats since his third debut in the KBO League. Unfortunately, he did not achieve a new record for consecutive hits in five at-bats, but he received another pinch-hit against KT on the 28th and rewarded it with multiple hits on the 29th. Hit in five consecutive games since debut.

He is a player with a lot of stories. After graduating from Baejae High School, I threw a professional challenge, but I didn't get a nomination from either team in the 2021 rookie draft. He had good contact skills and good infield defense, but he seemed unlikely to succeed in the professional league. A normal build of 1m75, 78kg. It was evaluated that he had no choice but to lose to professional seniors in power, and it was difficult to say that his actual performance was at the professional level right away.

He immediately served in the military and entered the independent club Yeoncheon Miracle in 2023 without letting go of baseball's strings. And last year, he won the MVP of the Gyeonggi-do League of Independent Baseball and gradually made his name known.




An independent club player excites Lotte and Busan just a month agoI fixed this one and it's a behind-the-scenes story
Lotte and KT at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 27th. Lotte Park Chan-hyung hit a solo home run against KT Ko Young-pyo in the bottom of the second inning. Park Chan-hyung looking at the ball. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.27/
And Park Chan-hyung threw the game of baseball's life. Chosen to move to Mars Coriyo. Just in time, Hwaseong appointed Shin Kyung-sik, who had a thick fine bone and coached Seongnam McPais on the professional stage. Park Chan-hyung called director Shin and said, `I want to try it together"I asked.

It was lucky for Park Chan-hyung to meet coach Shin, who has a good eye for batting guidance. Coach Shin said "Leaving the power, there was a problem with the swing trajectory. Even now, the hitting position is not standing dry and awkward, and in that position, the left shoulder had no choice but to fall down. Only when an in-out trajectory was made could the quality of the ball go up. It was the only thing I practiced to die for. So the ball began to gain strength." He also tried to fix the awkward posture. Park Chan-hyung joined the baseball entertainment program Tryout this year and made his name more widely known. Head coach Kim Sung-geun also looked at this form, and it is rumored that the player told him to play comfortably, saying, `I can't see the ball with my normal form.'

An independent club player excites Lotte and Busan just a month agoI fixed this one and it's a behind-the-scenes story
photo courtesy of Coriyo Hwaseong
In any case, as the batting improved, the interest of professional teams increased further, and eventually enjoyed the excitement of signing a contract with Lotte last month. It just happened to be on Lotte's radar network looking for a good, fast, and combative infielder. And in less than a month, he became a new star who made his name known to baseball fans across the country. After receiving the second-tier report that "'It's said to be for real use', head coach Kim Tae-hyung boldly gave him a chance, but 'Awesome' is exploding. It's a complete reversal of life.




Coach Shin said, `Park Chan-hyung was originally a good player. And one of my goals was to become a professional player. I did my best"There are many really good players in the independent league besides Park Chan-hyung. If you revise and supplement only small parts, you can see many players who will work in the professional league right away. I hope professional teams watch our athletes silently working out in the dark," he said. Hwaseong Coreyo recently sent two infielders to the Doosan Bears, Lee Han-byeol and Ji Kang-hyuk, and coach Shin introduced "The two players are also likely to meet in the first team soon."





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.