Lotte with the best team batting average? → 7th place in the second half of the year...The two men who hit 100% marked by Kim Tae-hyung should survive

Aug 09, 2025

Lotte-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 3rd. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung, who won 9-3 and decorated the weekend's three consecutive games with a winning series, is welcoming the players. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.3/

"Suddenly, the bat doesn't fit."

The fire bat, which was hot in the first half of the year, cooled down like a lie.

In the professional world 'I lost but I fought well' doesn't matter much. Victory is given preferential treatment even if it is mud-slinged rather than a clean and gentlemanly defeat.

This is why the strength of the batting lineup is important in baseball. No matter how perfect the pitching staff continues, they cannot win. After all, you need a shot to win.

It is a concern for the Lotte Giants in the second half of the year. He ranked first among the 10 clubs with a team batting average of 280 in the first half of the year. However, in the second half, it is only 244 percent. In contrast to LG Twins (2994) and Samsung Lions (2709), who have shown steady performance in the first half of the year.

The game between SSG and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 8th, and Yoon Dong-hee, with two outs and a runner on first base, is regretful as he stepped down with a fly to center field in the bottom of the second inning. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.08/

Team batting average is a very important indicator for Lotte, which has no big guns. Team home runs are overwhelmingly last (54). In the second half alone, only Lotte (six) has less than 10 team home runs. Reyes (10) is the only player who has hit double-digit home runs. Na Seung-yeop (eight) and Jeon Joon-woo (seven), who supported him, were eliminated from the first team.

In particular, Jeon Joon-woo, who served as a troubleshooter, is out due to a hamstring injury. Reyes was also beaten in the second half.

Yoon Dong-hee (five homers) and Ko Seung-min (four), who each hit 14 homers last year, slumped to a batting average of .100 in August. So far, Yoon Dong-hee's batting average in August is 155, and Ko Seung-min is 154, or four hits in 26 times at bat.

It is a sudden slump that even Kim Tae-hyung, the coach of the world, is embarrassed. Coach Kim Tae-hyung, who met at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 8th, expressed his disappointment, saying, `The bat is strangely out of sync all of a sudden.'

In the match against the Busan KIA Tigers during the week, the winning streak, which had been continuing for four consecutive series, ended with one win and two losses due to the lack of concentration of the lineup. Before the game, head coach Kim Tae-hyung lamented, `I couldn't even touch Yang Hyun-jong's ball.'

The game between SSG and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 8th, and Ko Seung-min, with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, is regretful as he stepped down with a fly to the left field. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.08/

Then, in the match against Busan SSG Landers on the 8th, he accepted the disastrous result of 0-1 defeat after failing to score a single point against substitute starter Choi Min-joon. In particular, none other than Ko Seung-min came to the batter's box with the bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, which was the best scoring chance. He targeted the first pitch of SSG must-win group Kim Min, but unfortunately turned around with a fly ball to left field.

On this day, Lotte revealed empty space with only three hits. Hwang Sung-bin, Yoo Kang-nam, and Noh Jin-hyuk each hit one hit, Yoon Dong-hee had no hits in two at-bats, and Ko Seung-min had no hits in three at-bats and only one walk. In particular, it was even regrettable that Yoon Dong-hee could not sprint due to thigh pain even though he hit a ground ball that could be an infield hit in the seventh inning.

Lotte is literally busy to go. We can't waste a minute. Will Velazquez, a new foreign pitcher who greeted the team for the first time on the 8th, be a turning point. Lotte has already chanted 'Winnow' followed by 'All In'. All that's left is a sprint.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.