I was against sending him to the outfield. The pinch runner agent became the national team coach and was selected as the main second baseman. How far is Shin Minjae's Cinderella life

Nov 05, 2025

I was against sending him to the outfield. The pinch runner agent became the national team coach and was selected as the main second baseman. How far is Shin Minjae's Cinderella life
The Korean national baseball team held training at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 4th. Head coach Ryu Ji-hyun is on the ground. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.11.04/



I was against sending him to the outfield. The pinch runner agent became the national team coach and was selected as the main second baseman. How far is Shin Minjae's Cinderella life
The Korean national baseball team held training at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 4th. Shin Min-jae is warming up. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.11.04/
I was against sending him to the outfield. The pinch runner agent became the national team coach and was selected as the main second baseman. How far is Shin Minjae's Cinderella life
On the 16th, the Premier 12 baseball team played against the Dominican Republic at Taipei Tiananmen Stadium in Taiwan. Hitting Shin Min-jae. Taipei (Taiwan) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.11.16/
"Isn't he the best at defense now?"

I met an old student in the national team. Ryu Ji-hyun, head coach of the Korean baseball team, was a former franchise star of the LG Twins for a long time and served as a manager from 2021 to 2022. He advanced to the semi-playoff as third place in 2021 and went to the playoffs as second place in 2022, but failed to renew his contract.

Some of the players who came to the national team from LG this time joined Ryu. Son Joo-young, Kim Young-woo (pitcher), Park Dong-won (catcher), Moon Bo-kyung, Shin Min-jae (infielder), and Park Hae-min (outfielder) were selected for LG this time. Moon Sung-joo was also selected, but he was unable to come due to injury, and Lee Jae-won of Sangmu, a member of LG, came instead.




In the case of Park Hae-min, he was with manager Ryu in 2022, the first year of the FA transfer, but Park Dong-won moved to the FA in 2023 and could not be with him, and Kim Young-woo is a rookie this year. Son Joo-young, Moon Bo-kyung, Shin Min-jae, and Lee Jae-won joined LG and have been with Ryu for a long time.

Among them, the most prominent person is Shin Min-jae. Shin Min-jae, who only played as a big-time or pinch-runner during Ryu's time, was selected as a pinch-runner after Yeom Kyung-yeop's appointment in 2023 and played in the first division, but later moved to second base due to Seo Geon-chang's sluggish performance, securing his main position and reaching the current position. This year, he became a leading candidate for the Golden Glove due to his stable defense.

I was against sending him to the outfield. The pinch runner agent became the national team coach and was selected as the main second baseman. How far is Shin Minjae's Cinderella life
The Korean national baseball team held training at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 4th. Coach Ryu Ji-hyun is watching the training. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.11.04/
I was against sending him to the outfield. The pinch runner agent became the national team coach and was selected as the main second baseman. How far is Shin Minjae's Cinderella life
The Premier 12 baseball team will play Taiwan at Taipei Dome Stadium in Taiwan on the 13th. Shin Min-jae, who is doing defensive training. Taipei (Taiwan) = Song Jeong-heon Reporter songs@sportschosun.com/2024.11.13/
Due to the current composition of the national team, Shin Min-jae is the only second baseman, so Shin Min-jae is likely to be the main second baseman. Compared to when head coach Ryu was at LG, it can be said that it is truly a complete wall.

When asked about Shin Min-jae at the time, coach Ryu said, `It was time to go back and forth between the inside and the outside, and to make a big defense. It was when there was no identity in the defense." "I don't know if I did it with all the infield and outfield, but there was a little bit of identity." He's confused, too…", he said of Shin Min-jae's difficult times.

There was also a saying that Min-jae should send him to the outfield completely because he couldn't field. Still, I remember Min-jae opposing that he should not go to the outfield in order to live. After that, he said he grew up well. "I think he's been the best at defending second baseman recently. I feel comfortable enough to play with it. At that time, Min-jae's defense would collide. I didn't have many opportunities, so I was anxious and if I couldn't afford it, I'm doing it so comfortably now"I was surprised by the stormy growth of my student.

Shin Min-jae hit .313 with 145 hits, 61 RBIs and 87 runs this season, marking his career high season. In the Korean Series, he also played a big role in his team's 4-1 victory with a batting average of 409 (nine hits in 22 at-bats) and three RBIs and six runs in five games.




Shin Min-jae's growth period, starting as a pinch runner, seizing the team's main second baseman and now becoming a second baseman for the national team, is likely to give strength and courage to many players.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.