8 billion U-Gangnam → 5 billion Roh Jin-hyuk starts! Lotte Announces Lineup on Velazquez's Arrival Day With Winning Cut

Aug 08, 2025

8 billion U-Gangnam → 5 billion Roh Jin-hyuk starts! Lotte Announces Lineup on Velazquez's Arrival Day With Winning Cut
The game between KIA and Lotte was held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 6th. In the bottom of the second inning, Lotte's Noh Jin-hyuk is happy to hit an RBI equalizer with no outs and runners on the first and second bases. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.06/



8 billion U-Gangnam → 5 billion Roh Jin-hyuk starts! Lotte Announces Lineup on Velazquez's Arrival Day With Winning Cut
Lotte Noh Jin-hyuk is conducting defensive training in a game between KIA and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 7th. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.07/
The Lotte Giants, who finished the match against the KIA Tigers in China with one win and two losses, will play three consecutive games on the weekend with a new mind.

Lotte will play the first game of the weekend series against SSG Landers at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 8th.

On this day, Lotte will play in the lineup of Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (first base), Son Ho-young (third base), Reyes (left wing), Yoo Kang-nam (possession), Noh Jin-hyuk (designated hitter), Yoon Dong-hee (right wing), Han Tae-yang (second base), and Park Seung-wook (striker). The starter is Na Kyun-an.




It is notable that Yoo Kang-nam and Roh Jin-hyuk are placed side by side at No. 5-6. Yoo Kang-nam played catcher, his main position, while Roh Jin-hyuk was placed as a designated hitter, not on first or third base.

Noh Jin-hyuk did his part against KIA in Busan on the 6th with one hit and one walk from three times at bat, including a timely RBI. In the previous day's game, he appeared as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the ninth inning, but he was hitless in one at-bats.

Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung called up Noh Jin-hyuk to the first team even though he did not show a particularly noticeable performance in the Futures League, and he was not bad in the first game. Roh Jin-hyuk's utilization in the future is the key. Yoo Kang-nam is playing as the backbone of the lineup this season.




8 billion U-Gangnam → 5 billion Roh Jin-hyuk starts! Lotte Announces Lineup on Velazquez's Arrival Day With Winning Cut
The game between KIA and Lotte was held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 6th. Yoo Kang-nam is happy with a hit in the bottom of the fifth inning. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.06/
Captain Jeon Joon-woo and bullpen must-win group Choi Jun-yong are out due to injuries, and Lotte is key to how to overcome another crisis.

Meanwhile, Lotte released Davison, who pitched well with one run in six innings on the 6th, and recruited new foreigner Vince Velazquez. Velazquez entered the country on the same day, but will return home after a brief greeting with the team.

Recruitment of Velazquez is a big adventure for Lotte and manager Kim Tae-hyung. He is a pitcher with 38 major league wins and more than five seasons of big league starting pitcher experience, but he took a full year off last year after undergoing Tommy John surgery. This season, he played only in Triple-A and did not receive a big league call-up.




Manager Kim Tae-hyung and other players, including Park Se-woong, are now starting to put 'higher ' instead of 'Autumn Baseball'. Coach Kim Tae-hyung aimed to win the Korean Series within 3 years when he took office, but there is no reason to refuse to say that the opportunity came a year earlier.

Right now, neither foreign players, young players who have been raised well, nor veterans who make up the center of the team, such as Jeon Jun-woo, can easily predict next year. You have to catch it when the opportunity comes. With the LG Twins' strong performance, Hanwha Eagles and Lotte, who are competing in autumn baseball for the first time in seven to eight years, are challenging.

KIA and SSG follow the top three, but they are only two and a half games apart from KIA to KT Wiz, Samsung Lions, and NC Dinos. Attention is also being paid to who will fill the remaining seats of the fifth round.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.