Director, are you still not going to use me? Four hits are crazy → Call-up selection
Jul 30, 2025
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SSG Landers called up outfielder Ha Jae-hoon and canceled outfielder Choi Jun-woo ahead of the home game against the Kiwoom Heroes at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 30th.
Ha Jae-hoon is returning to the first team in about four months. Ha Jae-hoon, who played the most number of games in the first team last year with 107 games after returning to the batter's box, had 10 home runs, but he couldn't completely take his place due to repeated injuries. There has been no opportunity for a first-team call-up since the beginning of the opening as he suffered from minor injuries this season as well.
Ha Jae-hoon, who began playing in the Futures League in mid-May after being removed from the first-team entry on April 6, continued to seek call-up opportunities in the second division. SSG includes Guillermo Herredia, Jihoon Choi, Oh Tae-gon, who can play at home and abroad, trade transfer Kim Sung-wook, Choi Jun-woo, and Park Ji-hwan, who moved to outfield. The outfield competition is particularly fierce. This is why Ha Jae-hoon's call-up opportunity rarely came.
However, Ha Jae-hoon hit four hits in the Futures League. In the game against the Goyang Heroes on the 29th, he made four hits in five at-bats (one home run) with two RBIs and three runs, expressing his strong presence.
Manager Lee Sung-yong, who continues to worry about strengthening the lineup, has been consistently receiving reports on Ha Jae-hoon's Futures League performance, but decided to make a surprise call-up after the four-hit game. It was also the time when Choi Jun-woo's batting balance was low.
Ha Jae-hoon, who was called up for the first time in 116 days, was immediately listed in the starting lineup as the eighth designated hitter.
Coach Lee Soo-yong said, `When I watched the game yesterday, I felt a lot more comfortable playing. Junwoo's balance? Tips?So, I sent him down to play and train to gain confidence"Jae-hoon's hitting is also stable and has good balance, so I'm sending him to the starting right away today."
Ha Jae-hoon is back in the first team for the first time in a long time. Ha Jae-hoon cannot afford to miss this opportunity. Director Lee Soo-yong said, `I saw your face for a moment earlier, and I said, 'You can't work hard, you have to do well, you have to do well.' He's not even a young friend anymore. I think I know better than anyone else, and I'm trying to use Ha Jae-hoon, who has a good balance, so that he can do better at a time when the team hits little by little."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
