Until the start of this season, Lotte’s No. 1 hitter was Yoon Dong-hee (21).
The top hitter must open the door to the team’s attack. Yoon Dong-hee, who is in his second year in the first division, was given a heavy responsibility.룸알바
Yun Dong-hee seemed to suffer from a lot of pressure.
Until March, he had produced hits in all but two games out of seven games, faithfully fulfilling his role as a cleanup hitter. In April, however, he had a hard time as he suffered a slump in 22 games with a batting average of 0.229. He struggled in the belief that his team’s victory or defeat would affect his team a lot.
Now, however, the No. 2 hitter is better suited for Yoon. In an away game against KIA at Gwangju Stadium on the 5th, Yoon also played as the No. 2 hitter.
Yoon Dong-hee, who started as the second right fielder, led his team to a 9-3 victory with three hits in five at-bats, four RBIs and one run scored.
Yoon, who had a batting average of 0.366 with one homer and nine RBIs in 24 games in May, continued his steady batting performance in June. He had five hits and five RBIs from 10 times at bat in two games in June.
Yoon Dong-hee was able to survive because he laid down a little bit of pressure as the No. 1 hitter. “It is very helpful to take the batter’s box after (Hwang) Sung-bin. When Sung-bin is out as a runner, pitchers pitch mainly on fast balls,” he said. “I also hit fast balls well, leading to many good results.”
As Yoon said, Hwang has a batting average of 0.306 as the first batter. As long as he gets on base, he is a batter who can run no matter what, so the opposing pitcher is concerned. Yoon recorded a batting average of 0.275 by recording 36 hits in 131 at-bats for the first batting order, but showed better performance with 0.383 (23 hits in 60 at-bats) in the second batting order.
Although Yoon Dong-hee has established himself in this position this season, he is still learning from senior players. “I think young players are motivated and preparing harder because senior players have been actively engaged since the training period,” he said, expressing his gratitude to senior players.