Is the 34-year-old captain the seventh batter? I can’t see

Is the 34-year-old captain the seventh batter? I can’t see…KIA complete pitching lineup OPS 0.877 ‘breathtaking’

The world’s Kim Sun Bin is the 7th batter?

KIA captain Kim Sun-bin (34) returned from a right thumb fracture against Suwon KT on the 8th and played two games. What stands out is the batting order. That’s seven times. From the 8th to the 9th, he recorded one hit in seven at-bats in all games. After his return, his median score was.250 points, one RBI. 스포츠토토

It is not that the seventh batter is not important, but it is the first time in about 11 months that Kim Sun-bin has played as the seventh batter in KIA since the match against Daegu Samsung on August 12, 2022. His contact ability, especially his ability to push right, is the best in the league, but there was no reason to lower his batting order to No. 7. He is a prize-winning hitter and can also do five to six times.

This season, Kim Sun-bin did not have time to enter No. 7, Na Sung-bum, Kim Do-young, and Choi Won-joon were missing, and Socrates Brito also had a bad pace at the beginning of the season. Of course, Kim Sun-bin usually entered No. 3, No. 5, and No. 6. Productivity under number 7 is probably low.

But things have changed now. Starting with Choi Won-joon in mid-June, Na Sung-bum and Kim Do-young returned at the same time at the end of June. Ryu Ji-hyuk (Samsung) left, but catcher Kim Tae-gun, who does not discriminate between offense and defense, joined. Park Chan Ho~ Choi Won Jun~Kim Do-young has built the No. 9 and No. 2 triple setter, and Na Sung-bum, Choi Hyung-woo, Socrates, and Lee Woo-sung will build the No. 3 and No. 6 centerline.

The Rest page has disappeared. As a result, the best batting order that Kim Sun-bin, who returned on the 8th, can enter is No. 7. Currently, Lee Woo-sung’s batting sense is not so good, but Ko Jong-wook or Lee Chang-jin may form No. 5 to 6 with Socrates. Kim Sun-bin may accidentally enter the 5th to 6th batting order, but considering the balance of the overall lineup in many ways, No. 7 is ideal.

In other words, the full lineup of KIA is scary. Among the five consecutive wins last week, he ranked third with a team batting average of 0.317, and second with a team OPS of 0.877. There were nine home runs everywhere. It is possible to create opportunities in a triple setter and solve them on your own. They create synergy with the batting order three or six times. In that situation, if No. 7 Kim Sun-bin shoots, KIA can make a big inning. On top of that, even No. 8 Kim Tae-gun is not KIA’s No. 8 batting order in the past, so it is safe to say that the resting batting order has disappeared.

Of course, the batting cycle is not reliable. No matter how famous a batter is, he has ups and downs. LG’s batting lineup, which is currently No. 1 in the league, has not always been good so far. However, LG’s batting average is definitely higher than other teams. This is because there are various scoring routes and even if one or two players are sluggish, other players have the power to maintain their average scoring ability.

KIA is still not as good as LG as the depth of the fielders. LG has a lot of main backups, but KIA still has a big gap between main backups and backups. Hwang Dae-in and Byun Woo-hyuk can play that role when they return from injury. Still, KIA should also expect the potential to maintain the average with the strength of other players even if one or two players are sluggish in the second half. KIA’s batters struggled throughout the first half unless Choi Hyung-woo, Lee Woo-sung, and Socrates burst.

After hitting consecutive at-bats home runs against KT in Suwon on the 8th, Na Sung-beom said, “Our batters are very strong right now,” adding, “I hit well today, but yesterday I had no hits in five at-bats.” That’s true. The hit can be different from yesterday and today. Injuries and fitness variables cannot be ignored.

Even so, it is quite welcome that KIA has increased its scoring route. The basic physical strength of KIA’s batters has certainly been strengthened as world-class veteran Kim Sun-bin, who still boasts the best contact ability among the league’s central infielders, is fixed to the seventh batting order.

Kim Sun-bin only hit a timely hit for seven consecutive days, and even if he didn’t make a big impact, he didn’t stand out much. It has become an environment where Kim Sun-bin can raise his condition little by little without any burden. That’s how much the burden on the individual has been reduced. The key to KIA’s batting line is to minimize the collective slump in the second half.