Doosan Bears coach Lee Seung-yeop is giving a greeting at the ceremony commemorating the team's 42nd anniversary held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 15th.
“No player or manager would be satisfied if it weren’t for winning.”
The Doosan Bears revealed their desire to win the 2024 season.
Doosan, which has advanced to the Korean Series for seven consecutive years, has not produced satisfactory results over the past two years. In the 2022 season, they finished in 9th place and were unable to play fall baseball. Last season, they advanced to the wild card game in 5th place, but lost to the NC Dinos in 1 game and ended the game early.
Coach Lee Seung-yeop, who took the helm of Doosan for the first time last season, took credit for bringing the team back to fall baseball, but it was still a season with greater disappointment. 카지노사이트
At the New Year's event for the 42nd anniversary of Doosan's founding held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 15th, Manager Seung-yeop Lee said, "Last season was a disappointing year," and expressed his determination, saying, "This season, we must achieve better results than last year."
The keyword for success in the new season for Coach Lee Seung-yeop and the Doosan Bears, who emphasized change, is ‘resurgence of offense.’
Doosan Bears player Kim Jae-hwan.
Doosan, which has traditionally been strong in hitting, was cited as an overall weakness of the team, including slumping slugger Kim Jae-hwan (35) last season.
Last season, the team's batting average was 0.255, ranking 9th overall, last in team RBI (565 points), 8th in team scores (620 points), and 9th in team hits (1,238).
The starting lineup and bullpen consisting of Kwak Bin, Choi Seung-yong, Kim Dong-ju, and Choi Won-jun, who became a native ace in addition to the foreign one-two punch of Raul Alcantara and Brandon Waddell, were strong enough to rank third overall in team ERA, but were overshadowed by weak offense.
Coach Lee is also focusing on strengthening his offensive ability as he prepares for the new season. First, head coach Kim Han-soo was moved to batting coach. Coach Kim is a leader who made a name for himself as a famous hitting coach during his time at Samsung.
In line with changes in base size this season, more aggressive base running play is being called for. In addition, if Kim Jae-hwan, who fell into the worst slump last season, comes back, there is a high possibility that Doosan's offensive power in the new season will be different from last year.
Kim Jae-hwan received intensive guidance from manager Lee Seung-yeop at the finishing camp, and in December of last year, he also visited former major leaguer Kang Jeong-ho's hitting academy in Los Angeles, USA.
He expressed his expectations for the new season, saying, “(During off-season training), I was able to feel what had changed in the three good years in the past and the three bad years in the past six years,” and “I learned a lot in the U.S. as well.” 슬롯