30% → 10% plunge What happened to KIA's best hit product...You must have used up all your energy every day

Aug 10, 2025

30% → 10% plunge What happened to KIA's best hit product...You must have used up all your energy every day
The match between Hanwha and KIA at Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon on the 8th. KIA Oh Seon-woo makes a four-hit game with a hit in the seventh inning. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.08/



"You must have used up all your energy every day."

Oh Sun-woo, the KIA Tigers' best hit product this year, has not been able to use his strength at bat in the second half of the year. In the first half, he hit 69 games, hit .307 (75 hits in 244) with eight home runs and 34 RBIs, and in 14 games in the second half, he hit .178 (8 hits in 45 at-bats), two home runs and five RBIs.

This is what players who play their first full-time season in the first team always go through. Oh Sun-woo made his professional debut in 2019 and recorded 73 at-bats in 59 games in 2020. Oh Sun-woo was the lucky one when the main hitters such as Na Sung-bum, Kim Do-young, Kim Sun-bin and Patrick Wisdom left this year due to injuries after living as a backup for many years.




Oh Sun-woo has had few opportunities in the first team so far that he thought about retiring early. He couldn't miss the golden opportunity that came due to mass injury at the beginning of the season. He clenched his teeth and won the vacancy, and devoted his all-out efforts to each game at a difficult opportunity. It is also true that there was a lot of mental and physical consumption between the first baseman and the corner outfielder. He had 318 at-bats in 83 games until the 9th.

Despite Oh Sun-woo's silence in the second half of the year, KIA manager Lee Bum-ho said, `I'm really grateful that I haven't fallen so far. He is a player who has not had as much experience as he has now, so he must not know how to manage it physically, and he must have used up all his energy every day. Thank you for holding out when there was no main player without a slump at all. Rather, he encouraged.

30% → 10% plunge What happened to KIA's best hit product...You must have used up all your energy every day
The match between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 25th. Oh Sun-woo is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with two outs and a runner on first base in the top of the fifth inning. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.25/
In the second half of the year, KIA relieved itself as Na Sung-bum and Kim Sun-bin joined. It is regrettable that Kim Do-young was ruled out of the season after three games of his return, but if Oh Sun-woo shows his firepower in the first half again, he can ease his worries.




Manager Lee said, "(Now) all the injured players are coming in and playing, so I tell (Oh) Sun-woo to be more comfortable. I'm trying to make him overcome even in a difficult situation. I think I'm physically and sensibly away, so I'm trying to use Ko Jong-wook by giving him a break once."

With Kim Do-young's season out, Oh Sun-woo is expected to take over as first baseman again. This is because the first base defense is much more stable than the outfield defense.

Manager Lee said "Sunwoo should go to left field and protect the main player in the future." Kim Do-young's departure increased the probability of going back to third baseman Wisdom-1st baseman Oh Sun-woo.




30% → 10% plunge What happened to KIA's best hit product...You must have used up all your energy every day
A game between the LG Twins and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 29th. KIA Oh Sun-woo is cheering after hitting a timely hit with one out and third base in the top of the sixth inning. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.29/




This article was translated by Naver AI translator.