What would he have done if he hadn't been to the second division? Yum-ryang picked the best contributor to LG's batting. Cinderella, who was an athlete. I filled the gap for the on-base man

Aug 05, 2025

A game between Doosan and LG held at Jamsil Stadium on the 27th. LG Shin Min-jae, who hit an RBI timely hit in the third inning. Jamsil=Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.27/

The LG-KIA match at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 23rd. Shin Min-jae, third base with no outs, is happy after hitting an RBI timely hit in the top of the seventh inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.23/

The game between the Lotte Giants and the LG Twins at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 3rd. In the top of the third inning, LG Shin Min-jae is hitting with one out and runners on the first and second bases. Busan = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.03/

The LG Twins' lineup is not complete. Key hitters are missing. Hong Chang-ki, who was on base for the second consecutive year, was out due to an injury in mid-May, and Austin Dean, the RBI king last year, was left vacant due to a side injury after the game on July 1. Nevertheless, LG showed a high march of 13 wins and 2 losses in the second half, narrowing the 5.5 game gap with the first-place Hanwha Eagles to 0 games, and now it is at a point where it is trying to become the first in earnest.

Two-stroke is good overall in the second half. The mound ranks second after the Lotte Giants (2.95) with an ERA of 3.05. The starting lineup is 2.59 after the Doosan Bears (2.32), and the bullpen is third overall with 3.81.

The batting line is good. He ranks first overall with a batting average of 292. 5.9 points per game is also the top. With a slugging percentage of 0.460 and an on-base percentage of 0.363, OPS is also ranked first with 0.823.

When asked who he wants to praise the most among the batters, LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop picked Shin Min-jae.

Director Yeom said, `Shin Min-jae did the best. Looking at the overall flow, Min-jae clearly blocked the gap between top hitters without (Hong) Chang-ki, "And (Moon) Sung-joo's revival helped a lot, and (Kim) Hyun-soo continued to do it." (Moon)Bogyeong had ups and downs, but he did it when he did it, and (Park) Dong-won's part was a little off, but overall, it came up a lot."

A game between the LG Twins and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 29th. In the bottom of the seventh inning, LG Austin, with the bases loaded with two outs, is stepping down with a fly ball to the left field. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.29/

A game between the Doosan Bears and the LG Twins at Jamsil Stadium on the 25th. LG Moon Sung-joo is cheering after hitting a hit. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.25/

A game between Doosan and LG at Jamsil Stadium on the 26th. LG won Doosan and recorded six consecutive wins. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop, who is sharing high fives with the players after the game. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.26/

Shin Min-jae has a batting average of 312 (93 hits in 298 at-bats) with one home run, 37 RBIs and 54 runs this season. He is ranked sixth overall in batting.

He has a batting average of 340 (18 hits in 53 at-bats) with eight RBIs and 13 runs scored in the second half of the season.

Who would believe that such a good hitter was so bad at the beginning of the season that he went down to the second division.

Shin Min-jae moved down to the second division on May 12. It was because of a lackluster performance. At that time, Shin Min-jae's batting average was only 1991 (18 hits in 94 at-bats), which is now unimaginable. Although he used various methods, Shin Min-jae's batting sense did not recover, and he eventually decided to train a lot in the second division to revive his sense. Shin Min-jae, who returned after 10 days, changed. Since returning, his batting average has reached a whopping 368 (75 hits in 204 times at bat). The on-base percentage was also 440.

As Shin Min-jae eliminated Hong Chang-ki's gap with a high on-base percentage, LG was able to take the old offensive style as it was. As Moon Sung-joo's hit revived, LG's typical offense was made, with Shin Min-jae and Moon Sung-joo's table setters getting on base a lot and Kim Hyun-soo, Moon Bo-kyung, and Park Dong-won swept them.

In the second half of the year, Koo Bon-hyuk recorded .40 (19 hits in 45 at-bats) and Park Hae-min recorded .319 (15 hits in 47 at-bats), and the lower lineup is also improving. On top of that, Oh Ji-hwan is showing signs of rebounding by hitting home runs for two consecutive days against Samsung on the 2nd and 3rd.

LG's Austin, who was out due to injury, is scheduled to return to the game against Doosan in Jamsil on the 5th. Coach Yeom expects that the recent rise of the batting lineup will also help Austin recover his batting sense. Coach Yeom said, `I think Austin's return will be a plus alpha with our batters coming up as a whole"It's different for Austin to adapt when the team is away and when it's on the rise." I expect Austin to be able to recover his batting quickly when it comes to following the team atmosphere."

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.