Do you remember Hwang Dae-in, KIA's incomplete big gun...Futures AVG 0.432 Huge Bombardment, but this is 0 'No Place in the First Army'
Do you remember Hwang Dae-in, KIA's incomplete big gun...Futures AVG 0.432 Huge Bombardment, but this is 0 'No Place in the First Army'
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Hwang Dae-in (29), a slugger who is incomplete at the KIA Tigers, is making a big splash in the Futures League. Hwang started as the fourth first baseman in an away game against the Lotte Giants in the Futures League held at Sangdong Baseball Stadium in Gimhae on Monday, and posted four hits and one RBI from five times at bat.메이저놀이터
Hwang Dae-in is a right-handed slugger who graduated from Gyeonggi High School and joined the team as the No. 2 player in the second round in 2015. Kia has made great efforts to save Hwang. Two years passed since joining the team, the team immediately made him decide to serve in the military. After his return, he was appointed as a platoon first baseman along with Ryu Ji-hyuk of the Samsung Lions by former coach Matt Williams.
The year 2022 has been the best season. Kim Jong-kook gave Hwang and Kim Seok-hwan (26) a chance to become the main first baseman and main left fielder at the start of the season. The project failed in the end, but Hwang settled in. He batted .256 with 14 homers and 91 RBIs with an OPS of 0.716.
As he was the first full-time starting pitcher, he lacked the framework and know-how of his own. Still, spending one season as the starting pitcher was a big achievement. However, he failed to make further progress afterwards. Due to injury and sluggishness, he played in only 63 games over the past two years. In the meantime, Lee Woo-sung last year and Patrick Wisdom, a foreign hitter, became the main first baseman this season.
The 2024 season was particularly challenging for Hwang. Although he failed to make it to the first-tier spring camp, there were reports that he performed very well in the second-tier spring camp. Manager Lee Bum-ho called Hwang to the exhibition game. Hwang performed well with a batting average of 0.368, four homers and 12 RBIs in 10 games. He won the home run and the RBI title in an exhibition game.
He was lucky. As Na Sung-bum injured his hamstring at the end of an exhibition game, he couldn't play at the opening game. Lee sent Lee Woo-sung, who had been named the main first baseman, to the outfield, where Na Sung-bum was away, and used Hwang Dae-in as the main first baseman. However, his hamstring ruptured as soon as he stepped on the first base after throwing a hit that was unfavorable to his preference in the match against the Lotte Giants in Gwangju on March 27, the third game of the opening.
It took longer to rehabilitate due to blood buildup in his hamstring. Ultimately, Hwang was no longer able to return to the first team. As for this season, Wisdom has become the main first baseman, and Byun Woo-hyuk, who was an unfinished backup in the first and second teams along with Hwang, has become an infield backup for the first team.
Wisdom is out due to a back injury, but Hwang Dae-in does not have a chance. Byun Woo-hyuk can go out as first baseman at any time, and left-handed hitter Oh Sun-woo, who also serves as first baseman and left fielder, is active in the first division. On top of that, if Wisdom returns to the first division, it will not be easy for Hwang Dae-in to establish himself in the first division.
Still, Hwang has displayed impressive performance in the second division. His record is not as usual. He has low average and one shot due to his large number of strikeouts, but he has made 16 hits this season and has not had a single hit more than a double. All 16 hits are single hits. He has struck out three times, while walking 14 times. This is why he has recorded an ultra-high batting average.
As more samples are accumulated, we can see the representativeness of Hwang Dae-in's actions. If this tendency continues, it seems necessary to give him a chance by being in the first team. Home runs are good, but the change in style in the second team is quite encouraging in that it is an urgent priority to raise the level of completion as a batter.