Lotte scratched the most itchy spot with a 3-2 trade
Lotte scratched the most itchy spot with a 3-2 trade
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The biggest concern for the Lotte Giants in the 2024 season was the bullpen. Except for Kim Sang-soo, Koo Seung-min and Kim Won-joong, there were no reliable pitchers. To make matters worse, Koo Seung-min, Kim Won-joong, and Kim Sang-soo were often shaken at critical moments, and had a more difficult season than ever.
Lotte spent the off-season busy not to repeat its pain and suffering. It acquired internal free agents Kim Won-joong and Koo Seung-min at a reasonable price, and successfully acquired bullpen pitcher, its biggest weakness, by exchanging them with relatively abundant outfield resources. On top of that, it has strengthened its infield resources to prepare for the 2025 season in a good mood.
Lotte said on the 22nd, "We made a 3-2 trade by giving outfielders Kim Min-seok, Choo Jae-hyun, and Choi Woo-in to Doosan Bears and recruiting pitcher Jung Chul-won and infielder Jeon Min-jae."
Kim Min-seok and Jeong Cheol-won are notable names. Kim joined Lotte in the first round of the 2023 Rookie Draft. He had a batting average of 0.255 (102 hits in 400 times at bat), three homers, 39 RBIs and 53 runs scored in 129 games last year, his debut season. He had 100 hits in the KBO league as a high school graduate. However, he was completely behind the competition to become a starting member in the 2024 season and only had a batting average of 0.211 (16 hits in 76 times at bat), six RBIs and 14 runs scored in 41 games.
Lotte gave up its first-round prospect, who had only been named for two years. In the background was a rich outfield.
Lotte has set up an outfield team comprised of Victor Reyes, Hwang Sung-bin and Yoon Dong-hee this year. On top of this, Jeon Joon-woo played as designated hitter and left fielder. In addition, Jo Se-jin will join the team in the 2025 season.
Lotte has already moved Ko from the outfield to the second base to clean up traffic in the outfield ahead of this season. However, there were still not enough seats for outfield players, and in the end, the team sent Kim Min-seok from the first round with tears in his eyes to make up for the shortfall.
Although Kim Min-seok was lost, Lotte reinforced its bullpen and relatively poor shortstop position, which had been a concern for the 2024 season. Jung Cheol-won appeared like a comet in the 2022 season and won the Rookie of the Year award with 4 wins, 3 losses with 23 holds, 3 saves and an ERA of 3.10 in 58 games. Since then, he has played in 67 games with 7 wins, 6 losses, 11 holds, 13 saves, and an ERA of 3.96 but has slowed down for a while with 2-1 losses, 6 holds, 1 save and an ERA of 6.10 this year, but if he recovers his appearance as in the 2022 season, it will be a great help to Lotte. 바카라사이트
In addition, Lotte, which lacked backup shortstop to support its starting pitcher Park Seung-wook, even brought in Jeon Min-jae to strengthen its defense capability. Park committed 23 errors while playing shortstop this year. Lotte plans to make up for the loss through Jeon Min-jae, who is strong in defense.
Lotte succeeded in scratching the most itchy place in the 2024 season through a 3-2 trade.