‘KS winning members’ Kim Do-young and Jeong Hae-young “bring good energy to the national team”

Director Ryu Joong-il jokingly pointed out Kim Do-young’s mistakes.

Coach Ryu Joong-il interviewed ahead of the friendly match against Cuba

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jinwook Lee = National baseball coach Ryu Joong-il (center) is being interviewed ahead of the evaluation match for the 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12 at Gocheok Sky Dome in Guro-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 1st. From the left, KIA Jeong Hae-young, Director Ryu, and KIA Kim Do-young. 2024.11.1 [email protected]

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Dae-ho Lee = Kim Do-young (21), the hottest hitter in the 2024 Korean Professional Baseball KBO League, and relief king Jeong Hae-young (24, KIA Tigers) joined the national team with the energy of winning the Korean Series (KS). .

Coach Ryu Joong-il, who will lead the Korean national baseball team in the 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12, welcomed the two who successfully completed KS and joined the national team.

At the Gocheok Sky Dome in Guro-gu, Seoul on the 1st, when the first warm-up match against Cuba, the first match prepared for the Premier 12, is held, Coach Ryu praised Kim Do-young, saying, “I feel reassured by the arrival of Kim Do-young. The young player hit a lot of home runs and stole a lot of bases,” but added, “It’s disappointing.” “There are too many mistakes. I hope to reduce them to single digits next year,” he added.

Kim Do-young, who entered the press conference together, burst into laughter at Director Ryu’s joking remarks.

Coach Ryu pointed out, “Kim Do-young made 30 errors in this year’s regular season, the most in the league,” and added, “When he first started as a third baseman, his footwork was not good. He said his footwork improved in the second half of the season and the number of errors decreased. He made 30 errors this year.” “I made a lot of mistakes, so I hope we can focus more on defense and reduce the number of mistakes,” he said.

Kim Do-young played an active part in this year’s regular season with a batting average of 0.347, 38 home runs, 40 stolen bases, 109 RBI, and 143 points.

He became the youngest player in the KBO League to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases, and ranked first in runs scored and slugging percentage (0.647).

However, as coach Ryu pointed out, they made the most mistakes in the league.

Still, Kim Do-young, who committed 19 errors in 81 games in the first half, reduced them to 11 in 60 games in the second half.

Before Kim Do-young joined the national team, Coach Ryu hoped, “Still, he didn’t make any mistakes in KS. I hope he plays without mistakes in the national team as well.”

Kim Do-young responded to Coach Ryu by saying, “I have to live up to expectations. I want to show a better performance than last year’s Asian Professional Baseball Championship (APBC),” and added, “Compared to last year, I have more faith in myself this year.”

He then pledged, “If I am placed in the top batting lineup in the Premier 12, I will contribute to the team’s victory by consistently getting on base and accumulating a lot of RBIs.”

Coach Ryu Joong-il interviewed ahead of the friendly match against Cuba

Jung Hae-young won the relief king title (1st place in saves) this year, pitching well with 2 wins, 3 losses, 31 saves, and an ERA of 2.49.

In KS, he threw the ball that confirmed the championship and became known as the ‘Henggarae pitcher.’

I joined the national team still excited.

Jeong Hae-young said, “I received a lot of congratulations after throwing the last ball in KS. There were some players who were familiar with the national team and some I had never seen before, but everyone welcomed me so I had a comfortable training time.”

This national team includes young players from each club, including Park Young-hyun (KT Wiz) and Kim Taek-yeon (Doosan Bears).

Jeong Hae-young said, “It feels good to play with the Taegeuk emblem on. It doesn’t matter what position I’m in. I just want to pitch well no matter what inning I go out in.” He added, “There are good pitchers from 10 teams, so we’ll work together and do well.” I made up my mind.

In Premier 12, a ‘pitch clock’ is applied, requiring pitches to be pitched within 20 seconds when there are no runners.

Jeong Hae-young said calmly, “It’s okay because I don’t have to be in a pitch preparation position for a long time. I will adapt as quickly as possible.”

Can the energy brought by ‘winning members’ Kim Do-young and Jeong Hae-young spread to the Premier 12 national team?

Kim Do-young and Jung Hae-young said in unison, “I came with good energy. I will do my best to be of help to the team.”

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