Third place Lotte in precarious position, the main player is back...Deletion of the trade fortune entry
Jul 23, 2025
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The Lotte Giants replaced the three entries ahead of the game against the Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 23rd, registered Ko Seung-min, Son Ho-young and Park Seung-wook, and canceled infielder Jeon Min-jae, Park Chan-hyung and Jung Hoon.
Lotte has been shaken to one win and four losses in its last five games. He is in third place with 48 wins, 3 draws and 42 losses, but is 0.5 games ahead of the fourth-place KIA Tigers (46 wins, 3 draws and 41 losses). KIA has also been sluggish with one win and four losses in its last five games, and Lotte is barely keeping third place. In the midst of this, the main player returned.
Ko Seung-min hit 299 in 71 games this season. He was excluded from the first-team entry on July 2 due to a side injury, but returned after recovering.
'Third baseman' Son Ho-young was out in mid-June due to a muscle injury in his right finger. Last year, he was traded from the LG Twins to Lotte and showed good performance with a batting average of 317 in 102 games, but this season, he slowed down a bit with a batting average of 253 in 53 games.
Along with them, Park Seung-wook also returned. He posted a batting average of 1.28 in 33 games this season.
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Jeon Min-jae, who was traded to Lotte ahead of this season, has been on a high pace with a batting average of 387 in 43 games through May.
There was a limit to the lack of full-time experience as a main player. He lost his stamina little by little, and his batting average also fell. At the same time, minor errors began to appear in defense. In the fourth game of the second half, he didn't get off to a good start, failing to get a hit. Eventually, he was excluded from the first team and had time to reorganize.
In addition, Park Chan-hyung, who joined the team after seeing the tryout test this season and recorded a batting average of 340 in 19 games, will take a break. He didn't get a hit in three games in the second half of the year, showing a slightly lower batting sense.
Jung Hoon hit .233 with two home runs in 65 games. In the second half, he recorded one hit in seven at-bats in three games.
Lotte formed the starting lineup in the order of Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (second baseman), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Victor Reyes (left fielder), Jeon Joon-woo (designated hitter), Na Seung-yeop (first baseman), Yoo Kang-nam (catcher), Park Seung-wook (striker), and Han Tae-yang (third baseman). The starting pitcher is Park Se-woong.
Gochuk = Reporter Lee Jong-seo bellstop@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
