'Will Hanwha Bay get in the sea → We do it too' Lotte Hwang Sung-bin, Ko Seung-min, Son Ho-young, Jang Doo-sung, autumn baseball origin Gadeokdo winter sea 'Pungdung'
'Will Hanwha Bay get in the sea → We do it too' Lotte Hwang Sung-bin, Ko Seung-min, Son Ho-young, Jang Doo-sung, autumn baseball origin Gadeokdo winter sea 'Pungdung'
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Lotte Giants Hwang Sung-bin (28), Ko Seung-min (25), Son Ho-young (31), and Jang Doo-sung (26) jumped into the winter sea hoping to advance to the fall baseball league this year.토토사이트
On the 2nd, Lotte's official YouTube "Giant's TV" released a video showing off the off-season of the team's main players, including "Captain" Jeon Joon-woo, Yoo Kang-nam, and Park Seung-wook. In the video, the players played Rock-paper-scissors to enter the water, and Hwang Sung-bin, Ko Seung-min, Son Ho-young, and Jang Doo-sung, who lost there, obtained it in the sea in front of their accommodation. Among them, Hwang Sung-bin and Ko Seung-min jumped into the water shouting, "Let's go to Lotte Giants 2025 Fall Baseball."
A similar thing happened in December last year. Veteran Hanwha Eagles players including Ryu Hyun-jin and Chae Eun-seong acquired the team from Taean to fulfill their pledge to be eliminated from the semifinals of the 2024 season. At the time, Ryu posted a video of him going into the winter sea with Lee Jae-won, Jang Si-hwan, Choi Jae-hoon, Chae Eun-seong, An Chi-hong, Jang Min-jae, and Lee Tae-yang on his SNS account, saying, "I went to the winter sea to keep my promise with my fans. I will do better next year."
Last year, Hanwha made an ambitious start to the season by announcing the end of its rebuilding campaign. Once ranked first in early April, the team continued to experience a rollercoaster ride since May. Hanwha, which showed a rollercoaster-like performance by dismissing Choi Won-ho and appointing Kim Kyung-moon, ended the season in eighth place.
Lotte needs a dramatic turnaround this year as much as the Hanwha Eagles. Lotte has never smelled autumn since 2017. It recruited a large number of high-priced free agents such as Yoo Kang-nam and Roh Jin-hyuk, and even brought in Kim Tae-hyung, the "winning contractor" last season, but failed to advance to the fall baseball league again.
Still, the team had good harvest. Young fielders, dubbed "Yoon Gonahwang," burst their potential and quickly became the main players. Son Ho-young, who joined the team through trade during this season, also showed great performance. Foreign batter Victor Reyes won the Golden Glove award by hitting 202 hits, the most in a single season in the history of the KBO league. It was the first time in 16 years that Lotte produced a foreign hitter since Kareem Garcia in 2008.
In addition, Lotte will also be able to see a noticeable increase in home runs by young mid- to long-distance hitters due to the "demolition of the castle wall" this off-season. In the pitching staff, the back door, which was considered a weakness due to the addition of Jung Cheol-won, the "New King" closer, and Choi Joon-yong, the return of the must-win group, is expected to become stronger.
In the video, Jeon said, "Since there are so many young players in our team who did well last year, you can think of them as 'Of course they will do well'. However, I hope they come in thinking that it will be even harder than now. At this juncture, young players must come forward to become an opportunity to take the team to the next level. I hope they will do much better than last year."
To Yoo Kang-nam, who failed to contribute to his team's strength due to knee injury last year, he said, "Since he underwent surgery last year, he will take good care of his body as well. He is also a player who has a great attachment to the team, so I hope he will lead the team with all the burden on him."