Will Moon Dong-ju and Kim Seo-hyun, who Kim Kyung-moon speaks with, and Yang Sang-moon, a pitcher trainer, rebound…Second Half Hanwha X-Factor
Will Moon Dong-ju and Kim Seo-hyun, who Kim Kyung-moon speaks with, and Yang Sang-moon, a pitcher trainer, rebound…Second Half Hanwha X-Factor
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Moon Dong-ju (21), born in 2003, and Kim Seo-hyun (20, Hanwha Eagles) will meet with SPOTV commentator Yang Sang-moon (63), "pitcher trainer." They are X-factors of the latter half of the Hanwha Eagles.
As the news of commentator Yang Sang-moon's appointment as Hanwha's first-team pitching coach in the second half of the year became known, the most interesting thing is to meet with Hanwha Young-guns. Yang Sang-moon has found many young pitchers while serving as manager and coach at Lotte Giants and LG Twins in the past.
Hanwha also has many young guns that have not yet burst their potential. The most urgent thing is also Moon Dong-ju and Kim Seo-hyun. Moon Dong-ju thought it had burst from last year, but not yet. Kim Seo-hyun has not shown much in the first team yet.
Coach Kim Kyung-moon, who is famous for his outstanding intuition about players, was also appointed, and the two must have naturally caught their eye. Moon has also witnessed his performance by writing songs. However, Moon finished the first half of this year with three wins, six losses and an earned run average of 6.92 from 13 games. These are numbers that no one expected.
"There are many things I want to say in my heart, but I have to endure it now," manager Kim Kyung-moon said at the three consecutive games held in Gwangju last month. And he will likely assign the task to Yang Sang-moon, the team's pitching coach. Moon is not currently in the first division, but he will return to the team after all. He is also a pitcher who naturally needs to be a native ace if Ryu's athletic ability declines a few years later. However, Moon still needs verification in his ball control, command, ability to throw breaking balls, and game management.
Not to mention Kim Seo-hyun. Many say that he failed to find his form after playing various roles in the past two years since his debut. The former coach told him to return to his form that he was comfortable with in the past, but he had weak points that he was unstable in control of the ball. He lost 2.25 ERA in seven games this season, however, with 2 wins, 2 losses, 1 save, 2 holds, and an ERA of 8.40 in 15 games in the Futures League.
Yang Sang-moon, the pitching coach, will now have a sense of responsibility to guide Kim Seo-hyun in his direction. Kim put Kim in a special entry for a doubleheader at the match against the Lotte Giants in Busan on April 30, and registered him in the first division again in time for the match against the KT Wiz in Daejeon on April 3. He then took the mound at the top of the eighth inning when his team was losing 0-3, with no outs and runners on the first and second bases. 유흥알바
Coach Kim Kyung-moon deployed Kim Seo-hyun at a relatively urgent moment upon his return to the first team. The move is interpreted as a vague expression of his intention to strengthen Kim in the future. He calmly defended the bunt of the team, showed control difficulties to Hwang Jae-gyun, and induced Kim Sang-soo to play a double play by banking on his 152 km shot. He showed everything he could show during one inning.
Yang Sang-moon has been very far from the Lotte Giants since he took charge of the team in the first half of 2019. However, he constantly checked the site by commentating on the KBO League, and he seems to have thoughts on Moon Dong-ju and Kim Seo-hyun. He also showed leadership while serving as the women's team head coach.
Since Kim Kyung-moon's inauguration, the Hanwha Eagles has failed to move forward. Instead, the team is trailing the lowest-ranked Kiwoom Heroes by 0.5 game. The leadership of pitcher coach Yang Sang-moon and whether Moon Dong-ju and Kim Seo-hyun, who failed to contribute to the team in the first half, will grow or not are key keywords for the second half of the year. It is rare for a player to see his or her performance suddenly improve. However, Hanwha is in desperate need. They are X-factor in the second half of the year.