Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop praised Moon ahead of the match against the SSG Landers in Jamsil on the 5th, saying, “I think he has genius.” In his fourth year as a pro, Moon has established himself as the mainstay of the LG lineup this season. He has a batting average of 0.297 (135 hits in 454 times at bat) with 18 homers and 82 RBIs in 127 games this season. He also has an OPS of 0.867, which is the combination of on-base percentage (0.367) and slugging percentage (0.500). Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop, who highly valued him, was appointed as the fourth batter in 38 consecutive games from the game against the KIA Tigers in Jamsil on July 10 to the game against SSG.메이저사이트
After replacing Moon with the fourth batter, Yeom said, “I think the fourth batter should have the same mentality as the closing pitcher (who can quickly dispel bad things). Moon has that mentality,” adding, “He is a bit like Kang Jung-ho (former Pittsburgh Pirates). Kang is kind of nice (I guess). He is gentle, but he also has greed for his baseball and competitive edge.” Kang is a hot hitter infielder who opened the era of 40 home runs as a slugger in the KBO league in 2014. Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop, who coached Kang during the Heroes, discovered a similar possibility to Moon. Since then, he has been pushing ahead with the “Card of Moon Bo-kyung as the fourth batter.” The third and Austin Dean-4 Moon Bo-kyung are the core of LG’s strong batting performance.
“He has a good sense of hitting, and he learns it quickly. He has a good sense of hitting, and should I say it is a trend. He has established what he has to do at bat more than anyone else,” manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said. “He has no curves because he has been established.” One of Moon’s strengths is his consistency. In this season alone, he has recorded a batting average of 0.290 or higher every month except May. He exceeded 0.320 in April and August. “I don’t wear anything (because I’m in the right place), but I don’t see anything dripping,” Yeom said. “If I wake up (from hitting) from 0.280 to 0.290 and it goes up to 0.300, of course, the number of home runs will go up.” Since his debut in 2021, Moon has steadily increased to eight → nine → 10 → 18.
LG, which won the combined title for the first time in 29 years last year, is undergoing replacement of pitching and hitting. Moon is a key resource that can be classified as the future of LG. “The focus will be on (Moon) Bo-kyung and (Hong) Chang-gi,” said Yeom Kyung-yeop, the team’s coach.