If the Lotte Giants hadn’t recruited Han Hyun-hee from the FA market last winter, the current Lotte would have been in a bit of trouble. However, Han Hyun-hee once again played well and solidified his 5th starting position.

Han Hyun-hee started the game against the Lotte Giants held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 25th and came down the mound after 5 innings, 74 pitches, 2 hits, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts and no runs. 

In the first inning, Han Hyeon-hee handled the lead batter, Noh Soo-gwang, as a left fielder. Jeong Eun-won got a heavy hit, but Chae Eun-seong was hit by a straight hit to the third baseman, and even Jeong Eun-won, the first base runner who started with second base, was caught. He closed out the inning with three batters. 

In the second inning, he eliminated O’Grady with a fly ball from center fielder, Si-hwan Noh with a ground ball from shortstop, and Sang-bin Yoo with a strikeout. In the third inning, Kim Tae-yeon was grounded by shortstop, Park Sang-eon struck out, and Park Jung-hyun was grounded by third baseman. 2 consecutive innings, 3-way offense. 

In the 4th inning, lead hitter Noh Soo-gwang was grounded by second baseman and Eun-won Jeong was grounded by third baseman, leading a nine-batter streak. After two outs, he gave Chae Eun-seong a walk and sent a runner to the ground, but he overcame the fourth inning by cooking O’Grady with a left fielder’s floating ball. 

In the 5th inning, after catching lead batter Noh Si-hwan with a shortstop ground ball, Yoo Sang-bin got a right-handed hit. Kim Tae-yeon struck out, but Park Sang-eon allowed a walk and was driven into a crisis with 2 out and 1st and 2nd base. However, he struck out Park Jung-hyun with a swing in a crisis. The pitch to finish the mound on the day. 

This is Han Hyun-hee, who became a free agent a year late after failing to obtain free agency last year. However, it was not very popular in the free agent market due to the restrictions on compensation players of A grade and recent appearances that are regrettable compared to the past. However, Lotte reached out and returned to his hometown with a 3 + 1 year contract worth up to 4 billion won.

Since then, he has lost a great deal of weight. Even when he was a free agent, he had already lost 9 kg at the time of contract without neglecting individual training, and he lost more weight through more intense training in spring camp. In 2013-2014, he cut his bones to return to the shape he had then when he won the hold king for two consecutive years. 

It’s an exhibition match, but it’s bearing fruit. On the 14th, against Doosan, 4 innings, 2 hits, no 4 walks, 5 strikeouts, no runs, and against LG on the 19th, 3 ⅔ innings, 3 hits, 2 walks, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts and 3 runs. And again on this day, he played a good pitch without conceding. His performance in three exhibition games was an earned run average of 2.13 (3 earned runs in 12⅔ innings). 

On this day, the fastball (41 pitches) reached a maximum speed of 147 km, threw 29 curveballs, and threw 4 forkballs to cook Hanwha hitters. 

It can be seen that Han Hyun-hee has virtually confirmed the 5th start as he finishes his last appearance in the demonstration game. If Han Hyun-hee had not been recruited, Lotte’s situation would have been dizzy. Seo Jun-won, a junior submarine prospect from Gyeongnam High School and also included in the 5th selection list, was indicted without detention for committing a crime against minors, and the club opened a disciplinary committee and immediately issued a notice of release. 

In the end, without Han Hyun-hee, Lotte would not have had a clear card for the pitching staff and starters. Even Lee In-bok underwent surgery to remove bone fragments in his elbow ahead of the spring camp. Recruiting Han Hyun-hee seems to be becoming a godsend in the chain of pitching staff departures.메이저놀이터

Lotte suffered a come-from-behind defeat 1-5 despite Han Hyun-hee’s reverse fight. Han Hyun-hee Lee Woo Choi Jun-yong, who came up, was beaten. /jhrae@osen.co.kr