Kim Kyung-moon, Hanwha manager Kim In-hwan, the content was good in the second division
Aug 20, 2025
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Hanwha lowered An Chi-hong Heo In-seo to the second division ahead of the 2025 KBO League Doosan Bears match at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 20th. I called Kim In-hwan and Hwang Young-mook.
Kim In-hwan was immediately put on the starting list. Kim In-hwan will start as the sixth batter and first baseman. Kim In-hwan failed to get on base in four games and eight at-bats in the first team this year. On May 28th, he went down to the second division. Kim In-hwan showed off a decent batting performance with a batting average of 0.387 in the last 10 games in the Futures League.
Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon said, `Kim In-hwan was good in the second division. So I hired him right away" he said.
Hwang Young-mook was canceled on the 10th and returned to the first team in 10 days. He played in five Futures League games and recorded a batting average of 0.353.
Manager Kim Kyung-moon said "(Hwang) Young-mook also went, so it was consistently good. If you go to the second division, you will think of last year. When I first started, I wanted to take a time to look back on how I felt to come here and take the lead. I think I came here because I prepared well."
Meanwhile, An Chi-hong has been sluggish with a batting average of 0.168 this season. At 172 at-bats in 55 games, he hit only 0.168/on-base percentage 0.231/ slugging percentage 0.213.
In the last 10 games, he has been struggling with three hits in 21 at-bats with a batting average of 0.143. He was hitless and silent in three at-bats against Doosan on the 19th.
Manager Kim Kyung-moon said, "(An) Chi-hong thought it was time for me to do it, but my condition was not that perfect. He seems to be under a lot of stress in his own way. I needed more preparation, so I went down."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
