At the upcoming Arizona camp, the LG Twins have mostly fielders who will play in the first division. Of the 42, 23 pitchers accounted for more than half, and four catchers, eight infielders and seven outfielders participated in the camp.핑크알바
Outfielders included Choi Seung-min, Song Chan-ui, and rookie Kim Hyun-jong among the four starters, including Kim Hyun-soo, Park Hae-min, Moon Sung-joo and Hong Chang-ki.
Choi Seung-min is a fast-paced loan player who was brought in through a trade with the NC Dinos last year. Chances are high that he will mostly play as loan players and big defense agents. As all four of LG’s main outfielders are left-handed batters, right-handed batters are needed when opposing left-handed pitchers take the mound, while Song Chan-ui and Kim Hyun-jong are right-handed batters. There is a possibility that they will start as right-handed pinch-hitter or left-handed starters. As Kim is a high school graduate rookie, it is still unclear whether he will be able to join the first division. In terms of experience, Song should be given a chance before Kim.
This is his third chance. Having garnered six homeruns at the exhibition game in 2022, Song had high expectations from fans, but he failed to adapt to the first team that came up for the first time in the regular season. He played in 33 games and recorded 236 hits (17 hits in 72 at-bats) in three homers and 10 RBIs.
After the season, he played in the Australian league as a member of Geelong Korea. Having played in 28 games, Song showed good performance with a batting average of .324 with seven homers and 24 RBIs. Then he had a spring camp in the first division, and posted a batting average of .239 with three homers and 10 RBIs at exhibition games. He showed poor performance again during the regular season. He only played in 19 games, posting a batting average of 56 (one hit from 18 times at bat) and one RBI without a home run. Due to the circumstances of the team that was poised to win the championship, he had no choice but to focus on the team’s performance rather than on the growth of players, which meant he could not give many chances to promising players. Also, because there was a promising big hitter in the outfield named Lee Jae-won, Song was pushed back further.
As Lee Jae-won decided to join Sangmu this year, Song has become a priority. After switching from leg kick to toe tap in the second half of last season, Song underwent LASIK surgery after the season. He also changed his position from infielder to outfielder to focus on batting.
LG succeeded in changing its batting form from leg kick to toe tap. He is Hong Chang-ki, who won two gold medals in this season’s batting champion and the Golden Glove Award. Ahead of the 2020 season, he changed his batting form to toe tap during the spring camp, and created his own on-base hit by combining with his signature pitching eye, and surpassed 500 million won (85,000 U.S. dollars) in annual salary in just four seasons.
There is no way that such a miracle should not happen to Song Chan-eui. Obviously, he is also given a chance to play in the first division. It is clear that this year is a chance for Song Chan-eui to settle in the first division.