Firework passion! Independent League → Full bloom after 3 months of professional career...The secret of Park Chan-hyung's boldness.
Aug 27, 2025
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Lotte Giants' Park Chan-hyung (23) is the main character. When he joined Lotte in May after passing through Hwaseong Coreyo and 「Firework Baseball」, attention was focused on the background rather than the name Park Chan-hyung.
It's different now. He was proudly reborn as the vanguard of Lotte as a 'hit team'. After coming back to the first team on the 16th, he had 12 hits in nine games. The monthly batting average for August reached 522 (12 hits in 23 times at bat). It includes six doubles and one triple, so the slugging percentage is 807%. It was just buried in Lotte's 12th consecutive loss.
Earlier, while playing in the first team for about a month from June, he showed talent in the bat, creating multi-hit games four times. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung also exclaimed, `He's better in the first team than in the Futures team.' He is a player who has been soft enough to admire senior players since the days of 「Firework Baseball」.
He led his team to escape 12 consecutive losses by hitting 4 hits and 4 RBIs in 5 at-bats against the Changwon NC Dinos on the 24th, and also played a 100% role as a leadoff with 3 hits in 4 at-bats against the Busan KT Wiz on the 26th.
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"In the first half of the year, there was a high percentage of swinging at the breaking ball that fell on the body. I think I've learned some angles to discuss how to deal with breaking balls with coach Lee Byung-kyu and watch breaking balls. Knowing what the problem was, I was able to make up for it quickly in practice."
The defense is also the result of training hard with coach Park Jung-hyun and learning basic skills suitable for the first team.
There is also a regret that his performance was buried in 12 consecutive losses. But Park Chan-hyung said, `I just do my best in my position. It's important for the team to go higher."
At first, I hit comfortably in the bottom batting order. He has already played as a leadoff for three consecutive games after serving as a table setter. Even if you come out as a leadoff, you try to hit the ball well rather than see more balls or improve your pioneering eye.
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"I don't care about batting order. Pitchers are bound to throw about one at-bats. I'm working with the simple idea of getting it right on my timing. When I hit the center of the bat exactly, it became a long shot. I'm trying to save more of what I'm good at."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
