Director, they all know...Hanwha also welcomed the lively trade
Aug 01, 2025
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Hanwha Eagles coach Kim Kyung-moon told the back story of recruiting Son Ah-seop 'Winning Player'. Hanwha received outfielder Son Ah-seop from the NC Dinos on the 31st of last month, the deadline of the trade, and made a trade that gave away the third round of the 2026 rookie draft and 300 million won in cash.
Hanwha is in a situation where it has to risk everything to win the unified championship this year. Hanwha leads the season with 59 wins, 3 draws and 37 losses, but is only two games apart from the second-place LG Twins. With more runs to run for the rest of the season, he succeeded in strengthening his power by recruiting Son Ah-seop, who can add texture to the lineup.
Hanwha has strengthened its fielder's depth by recruiting veterans with excellent batting skills and big game experience. Son Ah-seop, who holds the record for the most hits in professional baseball and has a postseason OPS of 1.008 in the last 10 years, made the trade because he thought it would be helpful for him to enter the fall baseball league."
Manager Kim Kyung-moon tried to talk to Ryu Hyun-jin about recruiting Son Ah-seop during cleaning time during the match against the Samsung Lions in Daejeon on the 31st of last month, but it is rumored that the players already knew about it then.
Coach Kim said "The players said they knew at 8 o'clock during the game. I was going to talk to (Ryu) Hyun-jin after the 5th episode, and he said, "Director, they already know all the kids." He laughed.
Son Ah-seop is the best teaching hitter in the league, boasting a career batting average of 0.320 (2,583 hits in 8073 at-bats). In 2023, he hit a batting average of 0.339 for the season and became the first batting champion of his career. He has recently been out due to a side injury, but the injury is not severe, so it is expected to be a great addition to the team soon.
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Coach Kim said, "(First of all, the date to play in the game) has not been reached. When the date comes, I'll take a little time to familiarize myself with our teammates, and then I'll go to Daejeon and train again next time, and if I think it's completely okay, I'll play a second-tier game and put it in right away or live batting and practice, and then I'll decide," he said.
When Son Ah-seop joined Hanwha, he said, "When I heard the trade news, it was another good opportunity for me, and I sincerely thought it would be a good opportunity to learn baseball again because Kim Kyung-moon is a team that I really wanted to play with before retiring at least once." he said.
Coach Kim said, `I think a player with a career will come and make good use of it. When a player with a career moves a team, there must be a lot of thoughts in his mind that the coach cannot say anything. I called yesterday (31st of last month) and had a good conversation. What kind of words does the coach need from that player now. I think the style of baseball he played will have a lot of good effects on the team as well as the juniors when he comes to Hanwha. We have some games left in the season now, but if we say we go to all evil in the postseason, it's very useful."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
