I'm not going to be the top player for 3 years in a row, but I'm withdrawing from the 2nd team again...I'm sure you're disappointed

Jul 26, 2025

I'm not going to be the top player for 3 years in a row, but I'm withdrawing from the 2nd team again...I'm sure you're disappointed
The second game of a doubleheader between NC and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 11th, Kang Seung-ho of Doosan is regretful as he struck out in the bottom of the third inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.11/



"There must be some disappointment that I didn't get a lot of opportunities, but I told them to prepare well."

Doosan Bears infielder Kang Seung-ho was also notified of his second leg. It is the second time this season since the beginning of last month.

Doosan canceled Kang Seung-ho and outfielder Kim Dae-han from the first-team entry before the LG Twins match in Jamsil on the 26th, and registered outfielder Kim In-tae and infielder Lee Sun-woo.




Kang Seung-ho has rarely regained his pace this year. Kang Seung-ho is a player who ranked No. 1 in non-FA fielders for three consecutive years from 2022 to last year. In particular, it peaked last year with 140 games, a batting average of 0.280 (146 hits in 521 at-bats), 18 home runs, and 81 RBIs. As he signed an annual salary of 370 million won this year, he seemed to be establishing himself as the main second baseman.

However, is it because he changed his position to third baseman ahead of this season. It is hard to get out of the swamp of sluggishness. Doosan needed a replacement as Huh Kyung-min, who was the undisputed third baseman until last year, moved to KT Wiz as an FA, and Kang Seung-ho was the most likely offensive third baseman, so it made bold changes.

The problem is that Kang Seung-ho's cold bat shows no signs of heating up. He has a batting average of 0.216 (52 hits in 241 at-bats), three homers, 26 RBIs and an OPS of 0.614 in 78 games this season. It is the worst pace since moving to Doosan in 2021.




Regarding Kang Seung-ho's poor performance, Doosan's acting manager Cho Sung-hwan said, `I'm not used to the change in position. When coach Lee Seung-yeop talked with our staff, Kang Seung-ho continued to do well, but anyway, he is a player who has a little more advantage in attack. While thinking about how to maximize it, I thought of it as an offensive third baseman and changed my position. Rather than being insufficient in defense, I think the results of the attack were not insufficient."

I'm not going to be the top player for 3 years in a row, but I'm withdrawing from the 2nd team again...I'm sure you're disappointed
A game between the LG Twins and the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 21st. Kang Seung-ho of the Doosan Bears is doing batting training. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.21/
I'm not going to be the top player for 3 years in a row, but I'm withdrawing from the 2nd team again...I'm sure you're disappointed
A game between the Doosan Bears and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 23rd. Doosan's acting manager Cho Sung-hwan is watching the game. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.23/
Then "I was late because I thought it would be a little better if I went back to second base, but I also changed it to second base." As a result, Kang Seung-ho should do better than other infielders who played coolly, but I think he fell short. There was also a position problem, and it would not have been easy to adapt because the player who continued to play was not continuous. There must have been a lot of difficulties."

Doosan is now in ninth place, but Kang Seung-ho is a necessary player for the team's normalization from a long-term perspective. This is why it is important for Kang Seung-ho to survive even at the end of the second half.




Acting Cho said, "(Kang) Seung-ho has a lot of poor sense of play, and there must be a lot of sadness that he didn't get many opportunities. He said, "Please prepare well."

The same goes for Kim Dae-han. He is a player who should play as the mainstay of the lineup with Kang Seung-ho, but he has not played his best since joining Doosan as the first designated player in 2019. This year, he has a batting average of 0.205 (7 hits in 34 at-bats), one home run, five RBIs, and an OPS of 0.523 in 15 games.

Acting Cho said "Kim Dae-han is more valuable when he starts, and I thought Kim In-tae would be superior compared to the few games he plays in the Futures League." The next time I was more ready, I came up and asked him to be ready to start."
I'm not going to be the top player for 3 years in a row, but I'm withdrawing from the 2nd team again...I'm sure you're disappointed
A game between the Doosan Bears and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 23rd. Doosan's Kim Dae-han is cheering after hitting a timely hit in the bottom of the fourth inning with one out and 2.3 bases. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.23/




This article was translated by Naver AI translator.