No. 1 in home runs and No. 2 in batting average → But he strengthened his offense...The winning piece yet? Do you want me to knock on the market

Dec 03, 2025

No. 1 in home runs and No. 2 in batting average → But he strengthened his offense...The winning piece yet? Do you want me to knock on the market
The LG-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 22nd. Choi Hyung-woo is happy after hitting a double with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.22/



Strengths become stronger. Is there time for weakness.

The Samsung Lions used their hot attack strength as a weapon this season. The team's home run topped the list with 161 home runs, and the team's batting average was also powerful, ranking second (0.271). There were ups and downs in the middle, but the power of the strong bat was the driving force that led Samsung to fall baseball.

Samsung, which finished fourth in the regular season, advanced to the playoffs and made them look forward to next season.




However, the pitching power remained a bit disappointing. He finished fifth with a 4.12 ERA. Among them, the ERA of relievers ranked sixth with 4.48.

Reinforcing the bullpen in the offseason was cited as a homework. Lee Ho-sung, Lee Seung-min, and Bae Chan-seung showed their growth, but it was pointed out that they needed a player who would be more experienced and reliably center.

In the FA market, there are pitchers that can be reinforced by Lee Young-ha, Kim Bum-soo, Cho Sang-woo and others. In addition, Home Gun-hee, who came out of Doosan Bears as opt-out, is a resource that can be recruited without compensation players and compensation.




No. 1 in home runs and No. 2 in batting average → But he strengthened his offense...The winning piece yet? Do you want me to knock on the market
The first round of the KS between Hanwha and LG at Jamsil Stadium on the 26th. Hanwha Kim Bum-soo, who took the mound in relief in the fifth inning. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.10.26/
No. 1 in home runs and No. 2 in batting average → But he strengthened his offense...The winning piece yet? Do you want me to knock on the market
The match between the KIA Tigers and the LG Twins at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 23rd. KIA Cho Sang-woo is pitching hard. Gwangju = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.08.23/
No. 1 in home runs and No. 2 in batting average → But he strengthened his offense...The winning piece yet? Do you want me to knock on the market
A game between the LG Twins and the Doosan Bears at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. Doosan Bears' Hong Gun-hee is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.22/
Some say, `In order for Samsung to try to win the championship, it is necessary to strengthen the pitcher", he also pointed out. There were many voices about the need for a pitcher, but Samsung's first move was 'strengthen the batting line'. Recruitment of veteran batter Choi Hyung-woo is only left in the announcement stage.

Choi Hyung-woo is over the top of the league with a batting average of 37 percent, 24 home runs, 86 RBIs, and an OPS of 0.928 in 133 games this season. After his professional career at Samsung in 2002, he moved to KIA after the 2016 season and returned to Samsung after nine years.

While Samsung was paying attention to recruiting Choi Hyung-woo, Lee Young-ha, who has experience of '17 wins' and 'Double-digit holds', was caught by Doosan, the original team. It will remain worth a total of 5.2 billion won for four years.




Kim Bum-soo is the biggest pitcher left in the market. He is a left-hander who throws fast balls in the early and mid 150 kilometers and has a 2.25 ERA with 2 wins, 1 loss, 2 saves and 6 holds in 73 games this season.

He came out as a 'one point' at the beginning of the season, but as he gradually grew, he bragged about his ability to completely stop one inning. The advantage is that the difference between the left-handed batter's relative hit rate (0.176) and the right-handed batter's relative hit rate (0.190) is not large.

Cho Sang-woo is a proven pitcher, playing 28 holds in 72 games, although he is said to be less powerful than before. However, it is a stumbling block that there is a large amount of bleeding when recruited as a grade A.

Hong Gun-hee, who came out of Doosan this year, played only 20 games in the aftermath of his elbow injury, but has been playing as a key bullpen by easily playing 60 innings. Rather, some say that not playing many games this year could be a factor in rebounding next season.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.