"If you get caught in a corner, you can't die." Shaky on-base machine, the coach's 'expected' also missed
"If you get caught in a corner, you can't die." Shaky on-base machine, the coach's 'expected' also missed
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This is what LG Twins manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said about Hong Chang-ki (32), the undisputed leadoff.메이저사이트
Hong's poor performance at the beginning of this season is quite serious. As of Friday, he played in 31 games and posted a batting average of 0.226 (24 hits in 106 times at bat). He ranked 48th in batting average among 61 batters who met the required number of hits. As the accuracy of his batting faltered, his on-base percentage also fell to 25th place (0.361). Although it is better than his batting average, it is regrettable when comparing to his career as the on-base hit king three times (2021 and 2023-24). As he hit the ground ball percentage (0.245), his on-base percentage and slugging percentage combined will remain at 55th place (0.606).
Asked by reporters that Hong Chang-ki's strikeouts have increased before the match against the SSG Landers in Jamsil on Wednesday, Yeom said, "The strikeout rate has sharply increased. I've seen that happen a lot again this year. We can just let it go, but it's not easy to do it fundamentally." What Yeom said in this case refers to an ambiguous pitch that is marked on the corner of the automatic ball-strike system (ABS). Players complain that the ABS zone is already different for different stadiums, making it difficult to adapt, but it is not easy due to the combination of "decision on corner." In particular, pitches taken at left and right corners of the ABS zone are more of a "difficulty" for batters to target.
Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop defended Hong as having a hard time judging corners. "If you have a breaking ball on the edge, you can't die. If you eat strikeouts like that, you think you have to hit the ball, and you get a lot of swings in high balls," Yeom said. Hong, who is good at pioneering, has a low strikeout rate. The strikeout rate per at-bat (KK/PA) ratio was 0.14 last season, but it has risen to 0.22 this year. Although Hong has been an "ideal batter" with more walks than strikeouts for the past two consecutive years, he has far outnumbered walks (18) this season.
The adjusted ABS effect is also negligible. The ABS zone has been lowered compared to the previous year. For a batter who is 1 meter 80 centimeters tall, the strike zone has decreased by about 1 centimeter. "Changing the zone is beneficial to Chang Ki in a way," Yeom said. "Though the strike zone has come down, it is still a tall ball (to Chang-ki)," Yeom said. "A fastball cuts to a certain extent, but when a breaking ball ends up in the end, it doesn't come into Chang-ki's eyes at all." "In fact, batters have to hit better (when the strike zone is lowered). It is much more difficult to hit high balls. Korean hitters sometimes have low batting swings (including Hong Chang-ki), but I have no idea about baseball. "I thought the pitcher could be more difficult, but I have nothing to say when I go the other way (throwing and hitting)."