The key player of this season’s batting lineup selected by SSG coach Lee Soo-yong has been Han Yu-sum (35). With the batters Choi Jung and Guillermo Herredia at the front, the explosive power of the team’s batting lineup could change depending on how long Han Yu-sum hits.토토사이트
Last year, he suffered from lack of slugging. His batting form, which he changed to lessen the burden on his lower body, did not work as well as he did in actual games. Eventually, he had a hard time as he went down to the second tier due to poor batting performance in the middle of the season. Although he showed good performance in the second half of the season, he only hit seven home runs in 109 games of the season. He hit 31 home runs in 2021 and 21 in 2022. For Han Yu-sum, who has to watch the game through long balls anyway, the number of home runs was frustrating.
This year, his batting average fell sharply due to difficulties in adapting to the ABS zone. He started with a batting average of around 100 percent at one point in the early part of the season, and his batting average hovered around 230 percent since then, rarely rebounding. In the early part of the season, he tended to offset his falling batting average with a lot of home runs, but that was not the case after May. He expected a shot at the opportunity, but there were many aspects that he could not solve.
In the six games from Sept. 1 to Sept. 11, the team suffered a shocking hitting slump, with one hit from 26 times at bat. The batting average, which seemed to have nothing to be reduced, fell to 0.225. It was a crisis for anyone to see. However, when the team started fierce competition for ranking spots to advance to fall baseball, Han Yu-sum is showing a rebound. With long balls hitting the ground running in recent years, the batters of SSG are also gaining explosive power.
At an important game, he hit many important long balls. He had five hits in total in two important games against Samsung held in Incheon on Sept. 14 and Sept. 15. Four of his five hits were long balls with more than a double. SSG provided the driving force behind his team’s victory in all the slugfest games. Although he remained silent with no hits in four times at bat at the match against KIA in Incheon on Sept. 17, he regained his senses by playing a three-hit game against Kiwoom on Sunday.
He also saved his team with a decisive home run in the match against KT in Suwon on Monday, when he was trailing fifth-ranked KT by 1.5 games. Han Yu-som, who played as the starting right fielder, had only a fly ball to center field in his first at-bat in the first inning, but made a hit to the right field in his second at-bat in the fourth inning to revive his sense. In the sixth inning when the score was 1-1, he did not miss Ko Young-pyo’s fast ball entering the center, and turned his bat vigorously.
It was a powerful full swing that felt like a home run at the moment of hitting the ball. The ball extended as if it were not affected by gravity, and all the fielders of KT came to a standstill soon. According to the tally by “Trackman,” which provides tracking data to nine KBO League teams, the home run flew at a whopping 177.5 kilometers per hour, and the flying distance amounted to 138 meters. It was a bullet and a large home run that can only be seen in the Major League.
SSG, which recently lost all eight games against Ko Young-pyo, was able to win the game in the end due to Han Yu-sum’s winning home run in the sixth inning. This was also a strange relationship considering that Han Yu-sum (3 points in the first inning) was the hero of the winning home run in Suwon game on April 6, 2022, which gave Ko Young-pyo the last loss. SSG manager Lee Sung-yong picked two home runs as a match-winner after the game, saying, “Eredia’s home run tied the game and Yoo-sum’s come-from-behind home run brought the win.”
He has lost batting average so far. This is something that he needs to seriously review and supplement after the season. What he needs to think about now is batting in the remaining seven games. If he can contribute to his team by hitting long balls at a critical moment like Tuesday’s game, he can effectively perform his part. Choi Jeong, who is in the third position, and Herredia, who is in the fourth position, are in good condition right now, so if he gives pressure to Han Yu-sum to hit long balls, he cannot avoid leading batters.
Han has led the team to third place in the regular season with a batting average of .425 and 27 RBIs in 32 games since September last year. Fall has come again this year, and fans are looking forward to seeing Han’s bat come with him.