Should Lee Seung-yeop change just because he left? → Doosan Winnow should abandon its delusion

Jun 03, 2025

Should Lee Seung-yeop change just because he left? → Doosan Winnow should abandon its delusion
The KBO League KT Wiz and Doosan Bears match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 29th. Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop is in thought at the bottom of the seventh inning when he was being dragged 11 to 2. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.29/



Will the Doosan Bears change just because coach Lee Seung-yeop went out. Doosan needs to look back on the team's overall direction with the resignation of coach Lee Seung-yeop.

Doosan aimed to advance to the Korean Series this year. When the lid was opened, Doosan's power was below expectations. Key pitchers' line injuries also overlapped. I went through a harsh ordeal from the opening. Doosan is drifting from the ninth place with 23 wins, 3 draws and 32 losses as of Thursday, when it played 58 games.

In the end, head coach Lee Seung-yeop stepped down taking full responsibility for this. Coach Lee Seung-yeop visited the club's office on the 2nd and expressed his intention to resign. Doosan thanked manager Lee Seung-yeop for his hard work leading the team for three seasons. Coach Lee Seung-yeop took responsibility for his poor performance this season and made the decision to renew the team's atmosphere. The club accepted it after consideration," the official announcement said.




However, there are too many question marks to pass on all Doosan's sluggishness to manager Lee Seung-yeop's responsibility.

First, Doosan failed to 'self-objectification'. Doosan ranked fourth despite the failure of foreign farming in 2024. Doosan calculated that 'If only foreigners are selected well, they will go up even more.'" He did not take into account the ups and downs of Korean players. Didn't do any reinforcement throughout the stove league. I believed that the existing players would naturally maintain their skills and that the prospects would grow.

Should Lee Seung-yeop change just because he left? → Doosan Winnow should abandon its delusion
The game between SSG and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 20th, Doosan coach Lee Seung-yeop and Doosan coach Park Seok-min are watching the training. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.20/
In addition, the owner of the team came to the spring camp and played baseball to be fourth and fifth", and ordered 'at least third place'




The reality was completely different. Kim Jae-hwan, a designated hitter with 11.5 billion won, struggled with a batting average of 0.243 and an on-base plus slugging ratio of 0.739. First baseman Yang Seok-hwan, who was 7.8 billion won, showed a very weak appearance in the match. He has a batting average of 0.294 when there are no runners, 0.224 when there are runners, 0.225 when there are runners, and 16 at-bats when runners are on first and second bases. Shortstop Park Joon-young and key utility man Lee Yoo-chan were injured.

Kim Taek-yeon, who finished the Rookie of the Year award, suffered from jinx in her second year. Lee Byung-hun and Hong Gun-hee, a key left and right must-win group, are still not in the first team because they are sick from the opening. Colervin, Jack Rogue, and Jake Cave, the three foreigners who invested a total of 2.8 million dollars (about 4 billion won), are actually insignificant.

All these bad news poured in just one month after the opening. In addition to failing to select foreigners properly, the variables of domestic players also burst into the worst. At this point at the club level, Doosan had better acknowledge the 'failure to set goals' and change its direction to rebuilding, not Winnow.




Should Lee Seung-yeop change just because he left? → Doosan Winnow should abandon its delusion
Doosan won 12-3 at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 28th. Yang Eui-ji and Lee Seung-yeop share the joy of victory. Suwon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.28/
Manager Lee Seung-yeop can't even go on his own line to rebuild. Because of this, he had to cry and use high-paid employees. Pitchers also used excessive management to produce a winning result somehow. It is questionable whether coach Lee Seung-yeop has properly shown the baseball he wants under such unfavorable conditions.

Doosan should start to improve its constitution even now. It is necessary to organize high-paid players whose future is not certain and fully employ young players. It is time to distinguish between jade and stone. Just in time, new faces such as Im Jong-sung, Oh Myung-jin, Park Joon-soon, Kim Joon-sang, Kim Dae-han and Kim Min-seok appeared one after another. Doosan's 'Lee Seung-yeop resigned' became more important.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.