FA Market 'Big Hands' Hanwha, Awards Ceremony Chief Line 'Empty Hands'
FA Market 'Big Hands' Hanwha, Awards Ceremony Chief Line 'Empty Hands'
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The Hanwha Eagles is the only team that failed to produce any winners at the 2024 Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) Awards. The remaining nine teams except the Hanwha Eagles produced at least one winner at the KBO or Golden Glove Awards. This means that no team showed superior pitching and batting indicators or overall performance. This will be a good stimulus to Hanwha players who have pledged to advance to the post season in 2025. Although the team spends winter empty-handed this year, there are players who know the weight of trophies or gold gloves in the Hanwha Eagles.
Hanwha finished eighth in the 2024 season. It ranked eighth with a team batting average of 0.270, and fifth with a team ERA of 4.98. There were no troubleshooters in the lineup, and none of the pitchers whose performances were relatively good except for the closing players. Ryu Hyun-jin, who returned to the KBO League in 12 years, also performed as an ace pitcher for the Hanwha Eagles, but was disappointed when looking at the overall league. He replaced both of the existing foreign pitchers during the season, which illustrated his performance as a foreign player.
Hanwha is aiming for its first fall baseball game in seven years after the 2018 season. The Korean team, which will open its new stadium in 2025, has beefed up its capabilities by recruiting free agent infielder Shim Woo-joon (five billion won for four years) and pitcher Um Sang-baek (7.8 billion won for four years) in the Stove League. Except for Ryan Weiss (pitcher), foreign players filled in with "new faces." Cody Ponce, who has played in both the U.S. and Japanese leagues, and center fielder Esteban Floral, who has slugging capability, will join the team.
In addition to recruiting, Ryu has ample room to seek improvement in his capacity through rebounding from existing players. Ryu, who is entering his second year of return, has a lot on his shoulders. Ryu has posted 10-8 record and 3.87 ERA in 28 games this year. He struggled due to persistent contact between ABS and KBO league hitters in the early days of this season, but displayed unique sharp pitching throughout the season. Ryu, who had advanced to the MLB after dominating the domestic league as an MVP, is committed to dispel regret from this season and perform better next year.
The central hitter Noh Si-hwan will also play an important role. 카지노사이트 With a batting average of 0.298, 31 homers and 101 RBIs in 131 games last year, Noh has become the home run king, RBI king, and third baseman Golden Glove. However, he has slowed down a bit this year by posting a batting average of 0.272, 24 homers and 89 RBIs in 136 games. "I will work harder with caution," Noh said. Moon Dong-ju, who left a strong impression with eight wins, eight losses and an earned run average of 3.72 in 23 games in the 2023 season, is also preparing to fly to the ground again.
Hanwha hopes to play baseball as long as possible until fall of the 2025 season. If the team harvests the targeted fruits next fall, it is more likely that it will face a "rich winter" than this year.