Are you going to the 2nd Army for 100 percent of hitters giving up the season? → Except for Kim Jae-hwan and Jung Soo-bin, how should I look at it

Sep 16, 2025

Are you going to the 2nd Army for 100 percent of hitters giving up the season? → Except for Kim Jae-hwan and Jung Soo-bin, how should I look at it
The game between KIA and Doosan held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 12th. Kim Jae-hwan of the Doosan Bears struck out in the sixth inning as a pinch hitter. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.12/



Are you going to the 2nd Army for 100 percent of hitters giving up the season? → Except for Kim Jae-hwan and Jung Soo-bin, how should I look at it
A game between Doosan and KT at Jamsil Stadium on the 24th. Doosan's Jung Soo-bin hitting in the third inning. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.24/
In September, two batters with a batting average of 188 and 67 went down to the second division. Just by looking at the numbers, my head nods.

The two are Doosan Bears veteran outfielders Kim Jae-hwan and Jung Soo-bin. He is a star who has been a built-in main player in Doosan for a long time. As the two go down to the second division at the end of the season, there are various interpretations.

Doosan excluded Kim Jae-hwan and Jung Soo-bin from the first team on the 15th. With 132 games left in the regular season, Doosan has 56 wins, 6 draws and 70 losses, and 9th place is definitive. It is natural to interpret it as meaning to give even a little more opportunity to young players in the remaining 12 games.




But the professional world speaks by skill. Survival through competition comes first. It's extremely rare to be excluded from the first team just because you're old when you're a necessary player for the team.

If you erase 'name value' and talk about it as a record, you don't have to give it any special meaning.

Kim Jae-hwan injured his toe in August and was canceled before returning on September 4. Since then, he has struck out seven times with three hits in 16 at-bats for 18 at-bats in six games. The on-base percentage is 278 with a batting average of 188.




Jung Soo-bin will play in the second division for the first time of the season. He had a batting average of 677 in September and a batting average of .100 in the last 10 games.

Doosan has a lot to buyI've had a season. In early June, former coach Lee Seung-yeop resigned and entered the system of acting coach Cho Sung-hwan. As acting coach Cho Sung-hwan actively used young players, Doosan showed its focus on rebuilding instead of performance.

Are you going to the 2nd Army for 100 percent of hitters giving up the season? → Except for Kim Jae-hwan and Jung Soo-bin, how should I look at it
LG-Doosan match held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 10th. Doosan's acting manager Cho Sung-hwan is looking at the ground. Jamsil = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.9.10/
Are you going to the 2nd Army for 100 percent of hitters giving up the season? → Except for Kim Jae-hwan and Jung Soo-bin, how should I look at it
The game between KT and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 6th, and Kim Jae-hwan, with no outs and runners on the first and second bases, hit a come-from-behind three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning and is sharing joy with acting manager Cho Sung-hwan. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.06/
In fact, acting coach Cho Sung-hwan never said he would rebuild. Acting coach Cho Sung-hwan said he will give more chances to desperate players on the field and `We will send out players who are good today again tomorrow.'

Acting coach Cho Sung-hwan never said he would give up his grades. It always triggered a dynamic competitive structure in order to optimally organize the players under the given conditions.

Acting head coach Cho Sung-hwan also removed 'Iron rice bowl' He stressed that Yang Eui-ji should do as much as he did to hear the built-in main player with confidence.

In this context, the cancellation of Kim Jae-hwan's Jung Soo-bin is neither rebuilding nor giving up the season. Acting coach Cho Sung-hwan, who said he would give the best players a chance now, just kept his word.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.