"Kim Han-byul has no batting training" Lee Ho-joon's surprise announcement → "I couldn't believe I was just defending." He only really plays defense in the morning and afternoon

"Kim Han-byul has no batting training" Lee Ho-joon's surprise announcement → "I couldn't believe I was just defending." He only really plays defense in the morning and afternoon

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Lee Ho-joon (49), manager of the NC Dinos, revealed his plan for this year's CAMP 2 at a meeting with reporters in early January. This year's camp will start at Changwon NC Park on Saturday, stay for 20 nights in Tucson, Arizona, the U.S., and 12 nights in Tainan, Taiwan, before ending on March 5 when he returns home.안전놀이터

Lee, who mentioned the camp, aimed to nurture specialists. "During the U.S. camp on Tuesday, we can't afford to take 40 minutes of hitting, defense, and baserunning to catch anything. That's ridiculous," Lee said. "I'm trying to do even one thing." "When I play in the game (when I was a player), I don't even get a sign for stealing, so I wondered why I should do this training," he said.

Then, he mentioned the name of infielder Kim Han-byul (24). In his sixth year as a pro player, he had a batting average of 0.228 (37 hits in 178 at-bats), 0 homers, 7 RBIs and 16 runs scored, and OPS of 0.529 in 143 games through last year. He had a batting average of 0.318, but his performance was from 50 at-bats, so there are not many samples. When it comes to batting records alone, he is not an outstanding player.

However, Kim was always well received in the field when it came to defense. Former coach Lee Dong-wook and former coach Sohn Si-heon (current SSG defense coach) gave compliments, and Lee also said, "I thought Kim Han-byul was the best defense player in Korea." There is even a memory that when he was a coach at LG, he tried to bring Kim Han-byul, but NC declared no deal, so he couldn't bring him.

In response, Lee expressed his intention to deploy Kim only defense, which is his strength, in the spring camp. In fact, on the first day of the camp held in Changwon, Kim was not listed in batting training, but only in the morning and afternoon.

"After watching the schedule, I realized it," Kim told reporters after the first day of training. "I heard that I was only going to the camp and defending, but I didn't believe it at that time. I couldn't believe it even after reading the article," he said. "Coach Ji Seok-hoon also said, 'It's my first time doing this as a coach,' and it's amazing because it's my first time as well. I'm doing a lot of defensive training."

However, the coach cannot afford to let go of the strike. "Even if you tell me not to hit the bat, I will hit the bat. I have assured the coach that they will come by themselves." "I also don't think baseball players are the only ones who play defense," Kim Han-byul said. "It is right to prioritize defense, but I will take care of the hitting even if the coach doesn't tell me."

Lee, who praised Kim Han-byul, also criticized him after the final training session. "I told my coaches, 'You are bad people.' Han-byul was a player who played baseball this much three years ago, but his skills have stopped now," Lee said. "I think his style is different from when he was a rookie," he said. "When I was a rookie, I had a slim body and moved quickly, but I couldn't move as much as I did then as I blew up my body."

The range of defense itself has not been reduced. "In the past, I drew a circle to catch the ball, but since I changed to go with the shortest speed from two years ago, my movement has been reduced," Kim said. Still, Kim said, "I lost as much weight as I did when I was a rookie, and as much as I lost weight, I think I can move as well as I did." Kim reportedly lost 6-7 kilograms compared to last year.

Kim Han-byeol, who mentioned his goal for this season, said, "When the coach is leading by two or three points, he tries to put it in a logarithmic ratio in the seventh to eighth innings. To do that, the coach also has to have faith in me, so I want to instill that in him." "My biggest goal is to continue to show as much as I prepare," he said.