It's harder than doubleheader, but I'm still proud of myself...The goal has already been overachieved

Jul 12, 2025

It's harder than doubleheader, but I'm still proud of myself...The goal has already been overachieved
Home run derby for the 2025 All-Star Game held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 11th. KT Ahn Hyun-min was unfortunately eliminated from the preliminary round. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.11/



It's harder than doubleheader, but I'm still proud of myself...The goal has already been overachieved
Home run derby for the 2025 All-Star Game held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 11th. KT Ahn Hyun-min hits hard. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.11/
"My original goal was to become a Futures All-Star...."

Ahn Hyun-min (22, KT Wiz) was selected as a coach recommendation player at the 2025 KBO All-Star Game.

This season's performance was enough to be 'Star'. Ahn Hyun-min, who joined KT in the second round of the 2022 rookie draft (38th place), hit 356, 16 home runs, 53 RBIs, and posted an OPS (long hit + on base) of 1.113 in 60 games. While he played only 16 games last year, he has stood as a big shot representing the league this season.




Although he was behind Jeon Joon-woo (Lotte) and Park Byung-ho (Samsung) in the fan vote, he was recognized for his performance this season with 221 votes in the team vote.

It became a KBO League 'signal star' on the 12th, appearing in the All-Star Home Run Derby.

Ahn Hyun-min, who came out to the All-Star Game after trimming his hair neatly, said "I'm so happy to be out in the All-Star Game. Surprising. I'm going to have fun " "I was going to cut my hair two weeks ago, but I didn't have time. I was thinking about when to cut it, but I thought I would be late after the All-Star game, so I cut it in advance. "




It's harder than doubleheader, but I'm still proud of myself...The goal has already been overachieved
Home run derby for the 2025 All-Star Game held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 11th. KT Ahn Hyun-min was unfortunately eliminated from the preliminary round. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.11/
He consistently produced home runs well over 120m, but only four in Home Run Derby. Ahn Hyun-min said "It was hard. I think it's harder than doubleheader"I was embarrassed because it didn't come out until 1 minute and 30 seconds" he recalled.

To Bae Jeong-dae, who was a batting ball pitcher, "He threw well."```.

In many cases, the batting balance collapses after the home run derby and falls into a slump. Ahn Hyun-min also said "I'm worried about it".




However, the reason was different. "There may be a sluggish situation not because of the Home Run Derby, but other people are looking for the cause and the Home Run Derby?"I'm worried that it might be called a door."

As for this season's performance, "It's too much beyond expectation and beyond imagination. The only thing I imagined happened " "I didn't think I watched it last year when I was an All-Star. This year's goal was to become a Futures All-Star, and I'm surprised to achieve it one step higher."

As he showed good performance in the first half, his performance in the second half is also expected. Ahn Hyun-min said "It's not a burden when you do well. If it's a burden when you slow down, it's a burden, but it's important how to control it.'

It's harder than doubleheader, but I'm still proud of myself...The goal has already been overachieved
Home run derby for the 2025 All-Star Game held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 11th. KT Ahn Hyun-min hits hard. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.11/




This article was translated by Naver AI translator.