Was 51G too much in the first half? Can't catch one out and bang five runs with a grand slam...There are too many upsetting first ball for the head coach.

Jul 06, 2025

The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 24th. Lotte Jung Hyun-soo is catching his breath. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.24/

A game between the Doosan Bears and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 6th. Lotte's Jung Hyun-soo is coming down from the mound right after dune. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.06/

"There are too many first-pitch balls these days. As a result, it's not a count fight."

Lotte Giants Jung Hyun-soo (24) is shaking. Throughout the first half of the year, he has played a good role as a middle bridge to continue the team's mound flow, but it is difficult because it is his first full-time.

Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung, who met at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 6th, said, `The ball didn't look very good these days. I think it's a style that needs to be thrown a little longer than 'shortly and often' he looked back.

The previous day, Chung Hyun-soo had the worst day of his life, 0 out and 5 runs. He took the mound at the second and third bases with no outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, trailing 0-5, but he walked Choi Won-joon and was hit with a bases-loaded walk by Kim Ho-ryeong.

After that, Han Jun-su walked Kim Kyu-sung one after another and was replaced by Ko Jong-wook after an infield hit. Since then, Wisdom and Choi Hyung-woo's timely hit continued, and all three runners sent out were homered and five runs were engraved on the record sheet.

Lotte-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 4th. Head coach Kim Tae-hyung is watching the training. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.4/

Coach Kim Tae-hyung said, "(If the ball was good like at the beginning of the season), I would have given it to Choi Hyung-woo and Oh Sun-woo right away. Jung Hyun-soo's ball is not very good, and the two batters are better at left-handed ball. So I pushed Park Se-woong...I got hit a lot," he sighed.

Then "Jung Hyun-soo is not doing well in the count fight these days. As the ball comes out from the first pitch, the situation where he gets tired first continues to come." As a result, he has rarely had a chance to play in recent years, and the game took place three days after the LG Twins match on the 7th and 1st.

The 51 games in the first half are the most played by any of the 10 clubs. Chung Hyun-soo is followed by KIA Jeon Sang-hyun (48 games), LG Kim Jin-sung (47 games), Hanwha Park Sang-won (46 games), SSG Lee Rowoon (46 games), Doosan Park Chi-guk (46 games), SSG Noh Kyung-eun (45 games), KIA Cho Sang-woo (44 games), Doosan Lee Young-ha (44 games), and Lotte Jung Chul-won (43 games). All of them are must-win bullpens responsible for each team's waist.

Lotte Jung Hyun-soo is pitching hard in the bottom of the fifth inning against Lotte and KIA at Gwangju KIA Champions Field on the 14th. Gwangju = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.05.14/

However, Chung Hyun-soo's innings are only 31 ⅓ innings. He threw the least among the top 20 players. For Lotte, even if they want to use it for a long time, they do not have enough left-hander resources in the team, so they are using it similarly to one-point relief. Head coach Kim Tae-hyung has emphasized several times since the beginning of the season, `I want to write long if possible, but I have to play many games, so I can't help it.'

"I don't use three consecutive games unless it's a very necessary situation. We will continue to use it as carefully as we can."

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.