Let's just take it easy. The key shortstop disappeared. Why?
Jul 06, 2025
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SSG Landers' main shortstop Park Sung-han was given a break. SSG made changes to its starting lineup in an away game against the NC Dinos at Changwon NC Park on the 6th.
Choi Jung will be the designated hitter, and Kim Chan-hyung will play as the starting third baseman. In addition, shortstop Park Sung-han was excluded, and infield multi-agent Ahn Sang-hyun was the starting shortstop.
In the case of Park Sung-han, it is a simple rest. SSG coach Lee Soo-yong, who met him before the game, said "He looks tired. It's a bit awkward to move since the Gwangju expedition. So I thought about it and just took it out comfortably. "I missed Sunday's game last time, but if I miss Sunday's game, I can take two days off in a row until Monday, so I'm going to do that. Park Sung-han went out so much, and there are two days off and the last series against KT Wiz in the first half is left, so we need to make him play then", he explained.
Ahead of the All-Star break, managing the physical strength of the main players is the biggest topic of each team. The same goes for SSG. In the case of Jihoon Choi and Park Sung-han, who had difficulty managing their physical strength last year as the core of offense and defense, this year is setting the timing to give them as much rest as possible than last year. Fortunately, it is also positive that the number of available players has increased slightly as alternative resource players have performed well.
Director Lee Soo-yong said, `I felt that a lot last year. So I'm going to give you more rest than last year. Now (Kim) Sung-wook comes in, and friends like (Chae) Hyun-woo are using it, and even if it wasn't Ji-hoon, I used Oh Tae-gon as a center fielder, and it was okay. It seems important to actively utilize the players in the entry and manage the players. That way, we can do something for sure in August. At that time, I said, "Adjusting now so that I don't get too tired."
SSG suffered a nightmare in August last year, when it was in the middle of summer, when it ranked 9th (0.320) in monthly winning percentage with 8 wins and 17 losses. This season, he seems to be paying attention to controlling his physical strength early ahead of the match.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
