In fact, he is giving up renewing his contract, and will KIA's next first baseman push him...I can't tolerate mistakes this year. First baseman is better
Sep 25, 2025
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KIA Tigers' 2025 hit product Oh Sun-woo challenged the next main first baseman. KIA manager Lee Bum-ho has also recently been providing support. Coach Lee continued to hold Oh Sun-woo one-on-one during training sessions and gave defense-related advice, and in the game against the Gocheok Kiwoom Heroes on the 24th, Patrick Wisdom was benched and Oh Sun-woo started as the first baseman.
Oh Sun-woo said, "(With coach and one-on-one defensive training), I definitely gain confidence. I came out as a first baseman for the first time in a long time today (24th), and I certainly did a little bit of defensive training. That's why I move my legs well and gain confidence. He said, "I hope only one hit comes to my heart." I've tried practicing, but none of it came (laughs). The director teaches you the basics of infielders, leg movements, footwork, bounding, and so on. I think I'll be better at first base. First baseman is more comfortable than outfielders."
It can be interpreted that KIA is not considering renewing its contract with Wisdom. Manager Lee wants to go in the direction of planning next year's power by using all domestic players instead of Wisdom as KIA is in eighth place and it is difficult to advance to autumn baseball.
Manager Lee continued to start Wisdom because he had no first baseman. Now, I'm going to turn (Oh) Sun-woo into the first baseman as much as possible and put young players in the corner in the outfield to see how they play. (Park)heon has seen a lot of right field, and (Park) Jae-hyun has seen a lot of center field and left field. Hearn keeps putting it in right field, and Jae-hyun wants to see how (Kim) Ho-ryeong moves by putting it in center field or left field when he takes a break. Even if there is a bad play, I want to give strength again so that I can go to the game and grow. I will prepare well to grow this year and next year and become a main player again later."
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KIA identified a foreign hitter as a big shot infielder this year to fill the first base, which was Muju Gongsan last year. Wisdom drew expectations as a batter who can play first and third base and hit 30 home runs easily.
Wisdom has 114 games, a batting average of 0.234 (96 hits in 411 times at bat), 33 homers, 81 RBIs and an OPS of 0.844. The pros and cons are so clear. It has been sufficiently proven that if you get hit, you will move on, but the batting average is too low and the scoring batting average is lower at 0.203.
Oh Sun-woo started this season in the second division and took a chance in the first division due to the injuries of key hitters such as Na Sung-bum and Kim Do-young. He had a batting average of 0.266 (111 hits in 417 at-bats), 18 homers, 53 RBIs, and an OPS of 0.764 in 118 games. In the first full-time year of the first team, he struck out 151 due to his lack of experience and poor physical strength in the second half, ranking first in the league.
Still, when looking at KIA's future, it may be better to fix Oh Sun-woo as the main first baseman and look for a big shot outfielder next year than Wizdom, which has too clear shortcomings. Just watching coach Lee separately watch Oh Sun-woo's defense training at first base seems to be somewhat relieved.
Coach Lee said, "(Oh) Sun-woo has entered more than 400 at-bats without injury this year, so he must have studied a lot about how other team players compete. If we pay attention to those points, we will be able to perform well next year without any problems."
Oh Sun-woo "I've already set my goal for next year. I don't think the mistakes I made this year are acceptable next year. I think all the mistakes I made this year are experiences, and even if I make a little more (mistakes), I think I study. I'll do really well next year so that I don't make such a mistake. I think I need to pay attention to weight loss next year, and I have a lot of strikeouts, but I think I can hit 30 percent if I reduce about 60," he said emphatically.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
