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Eventually, he turns around and sits in his family's arms...
From a player's point of view, it is very inconvenient to move the team often without intention. If you make a transfer through trade, you have to adapt to the atmosphere of the new team and move. It's lonely if it's a team that doesn't have close players.
However, on the contrary, it also means that he is a valuable player. Clubs don't trade anything. Bring players who think they can burst, which is essential to the team.
Choo Jae-hyun, who has a professional batting average of 235, has had three transfers in five years. In 2018, he was nominated by Nexen, the predecessor of the Kiwoom Heroes. When he was in high school, he was so good at bat that he was a prospect who heard 'genius' sounds.
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Therefore, the clubs who had been paying attention to him came in. Lotte Giants took Choo Jae-hyun, who played just one game in the first division, as a trade in the 2020 season.
The potential for the 2021 season seemed to burst. He played as many as 95 games and had a batting average of 252, five homers and 26 RBIs. However, when he went to Sangmu, his position narrowed again. And after the end of last season, he moved to the Doosan Bears during a hot trade involving Kim Min-seok and Jung Cheol-won.
At the spring camp earlier this year, Choo Jae-hyun captured the hearts of former coach Lee Seung-yeop. It looked like it was going to be used for moderation. However, he was hampered by injuries, and he eventually played only 34 games in the first team this season.
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And after a year, I moved to another team. This time, it was the second draft. Kiwoom, who picked himself and knew him better than anyone else, was the new team. I turned around and ran again at Gocheok Dome.
Choo Jae-hyun said "It's a team that made its professional debut, so of course I feel attached to it. I feel like I'm home now."
Any leader acknowledges the possibility by looking at Choo Jae-hyun's training. But why didn't it explode. Why couldn't it explode its potential. Looking back on his Lotte days, Chu Jae-hyun said, `At that time, I lacked professional consciousness than now. I was young. Now I have a clear direction on how to play baseball", he explained. This is the mental part.
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There was also a technical problem. Choo Jae-hyun said, "After playing a little bit in the 2021 season, I changed it because I wanted to do better. I thought I had to get it right, so I asked them to contact me with the hitting point behind me, but this was the outfit that didn't fit me" he said. Then "Next year, I will become a player who hits hard again." I have to show it as a hit in the end.'
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Kiwoom does not have a thick player base. So it can be a land of opportunity for Chu Jae-hyun. However, the evidence that Chu Jae-hyun has become mentally stronger is in this comment. Chu Jae-hyun said, `I don't care about competition. Looking back at the various teams, in the end, there is competition in any team and a player who does well will play." Of course, Kiwoom knows that there will be competition. Choo Jae-hyun said "Coach Seol Jong-jin told me to think it was the last team and do well. I think it's really the last time, too. I know I'm a player who needs to hit well to go to the game. You'll get ready to sleep," he stressed.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
