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| A game between LG and Lotte at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Manager Kim Tae-hyung is watching the players' training. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.20/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 2nd. Lotte's Noh Jin-hyuk is cheering after hitting a hit. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.02/ |
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| A game between LG and Lotte at Jamsil Stadium on the 20th. Lotte's Noh Jin-hyuk, who is training to hit. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.20/ |
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Lotte Giants, who are busy going, canceled 5 billion FA Noh Jin-hyuk from the first team.
Prior to the away game against KT Wiz at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd, Lotte lowered Noh Jin-hyuk to the second division and called catcher Information Geun and outfielder Cho Se-jin to the first division.
Information-geun was a player who would come up to the first team in time for the expanded entry in September. He joined the first team the day before, and he was listed because he was able to register for the first team on that day.
Roh Jin-hyuk should be seen as a result of reflecting the regret of the previous day. Lotte chased Kim Min-sung's two-run timely hit in the top of the ninth inning, trailing 0-3 against LG in Jamsil on the 2nd. And with one out and runners on the first and third bases, Noh Jin-hyuk played against LG closer Yoo Young-chan, but unfortunately, he struck out three pitches. Even if he couldn't get a hit, he hoped for a sacrifice fly that tied the score, but Noh Jin-hyuk swung and missed all three of Yoo Young-chan's balls and struck out. After that, Han Tae-yang's walk led to a chance to load the bases again, but Lotte lost by one point due to Lee Ho-joon striking out.
Noh Jin-hyuk came to the first team on August 6 and played in 21 games with a batting average of 278 (15 hits in 54 at-bats) and one home run and five RBIs.
However, Cho Se-jin, who came up instead of Roh Jin-hyuk, is not yet a batter who can be used as a main player in the first team. Cho Se-jin, a promising player who was selected by Lotte as the fourth overall pick in the second round of the 2022 Rookie Draft, played in 39 games in 2022 and immediately joined Sangmu and completed his military service. Cho Se-jin, who was named MVP in the Futures All-Star Game last year, returned to Lotte this year, but has yet to burst his potential. He played in nine games in the first team and batted .143 (one hit in eight at-bats).
In the Futures League, he played in 48 games and posted a batting average of 297 (49 hits in 165 at-bats) with five home runs and 28 RBIs.
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| The match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon on the 14th. Lotte's Noh Jin-hyuk hit as a pinch hitter in the top of the ninth inning. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.14/ |
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| Lotte Cho Se-jin hits a game between Doosan and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 10th. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.10/ |
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| The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and KIA at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th. Lotte's Cho Se-jin hit a double in the fourth inning. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.09/ |
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From August 4 to 23, he flew to the Driveline Baseball Center, a baseball academy in Seattle, Washington, USA, to train with U.S. pitchers Park Joon-woo, Kim Ki-joon and outfielder Kim Dong-hyun.
After returning home, he played in three games in the Futures League and had a good batting average of 455 with five hits in 11 at-bats.
However, it is not easy for a promising player to get a chance to play as Lotte is engaged in a fierce battle for the semifinals. Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung also reacted somewhat cautiously to Cho Se-jin's role.
Coach Kim said "Will it be his turn (to Cho Se-jin)," adding "Now, "Even if we lose four or five points, we are not in a situation to put a chasing team." You have to block it," he said, explaining Lotte's current status. "Yesterday (2nd), if we lost 0-3 against LG, we would have put up a chasing group such as Jung Sung-jong in normal times, but we raised Kim Kang-hyun and blocked him to the end."Coach Kim said, `Now, it is not easy to change unless the main players are usually running against each other or something like that happens. I don't know if it's my turn to Se-jin." Since it is September, more fielders have been added due to the expanded entry, so pinch hitters, pinch runners, and logistical agents have some room. Cho Se-jin is not a player who can play a decisive role in the team's victory or defeat right away, but a prospect who needs to increase his experience. It is expected that he will be able to come out to arrange the physical strength of the main players when the game is decided.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
