Trade → Trade again..."Lotte 0 at-bats." How did players become camp MVP? "Thanks to coach Lee Seung-yeop's lesson."

Trade → Trade again..."Lotte 0 at-bats." How did players become camp MVP? "Thanks to coach Lee Seung-yeop's lesson."

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How could a player other than Jeon, who only had 0 at-bats in the first team at the Lotte Giants last year, become the first spring camp MVP of the Doosan Bears.

Doosan Bears manager Lee Seung-yeop selected "trade transfer student" Choo Jae-hyun as the MVP of the first spring camp in Sydney, Australia, which ended on the 15th.

Choo Jae-hyun displayed a solid training attitude in Sydney, hitting a .500 (three hits in six at-bats), one homer, two RBIs, and two runs scored in three games against the Blue and White teams. When he was an active manager, he engraved his uniform number "36" and hit the winning home run in his second match against the Blue and White teams, which was overwhelming. "Choo Jae-hyun showed the best and most outstanding performance in the camp," coach Lee said with a thumbs-up.
Choo Jae-hyun, who returned home through Incheon International Airport on the 16th, said, "Coach, Coach, and Senior all helped me a lot to adapt well to the new team. He approached me first and guided me well, so I was able to hold the camp personally comfortably," adding, "I don't think I worked harder than other players. I just tried to naturally melt into the team, but I think he gave me the MVP in the sense of doing better."

Behind the batting average of .500 in the Blue and White games was a special one-point lesson by 'national batter' Lee Seung-yeop. Choo Jae-hyun thanked, "I didn't fix my form particularly. Originally, I had a tendency to swing a little, but the coach caught it and corrected it so that the swing could be made in front of me."

He said, "Yang Seok-hwan, a high school senior (Shinil High School), took really good care of me. At first, I didn't think I was good at adapting, so I came up first and talked a lot. Personally, I was able to adapt comfortably to the camp," and Yang Seok-hwan was cited as another adaptation assistant.

One could also hear why the number "36" was inscribed on his background as well as the transfer to Doosan. "This is a meaningful number to me because I have worn the number 36 since I was with Lotte. I was not particularly conscious of the fact that the coach used to wear the number 36," Choo said. "I came to the team just in time, and Lim Jong-sung, who wore the number 36 last year, tried to change his number, so I was lucky to have the number 36 engraved."

Choo Jae-hyun left Shinil High School and entered the professional league as the 28th in the second third round of the Nexen Heroes in the 2018 Rookie Draft.

He achieved his dream of becoming a top-ranked player, but his professional wall was high. He also played in the second division and was finally called up for the first division in 2019, only to play one at-bat against the KIA Tigers on April 6. Choo Jae-hyun spent time again in the second division before trading for the Lotte Giants in April 2020.

After 13 games in 2020, Choo Jae-hyun finally made his name known by hitting .252 with 66 hits, five home runs, 26 RBIs and career highs in 95 games in 2021. However, he failed to continue his momentum by hitting .224 in 33 games in 2022, and he joined the military as a managing director to fulfill his military service obligations.

Choo, who was discharged from the military in July 2024, did not make it to Lotte's Kim Tae-hyung's plan. He only played in the first division as a substitute in two games (zero at-bats) last year. What's worse, he lost his foothold in the club after suffering an injury in the Futures League.

Some teams wanted Choo Jae-hyun, so Doosan needed a young blood transfusion in the outfield. Doosan gave up pitcher Jung Cheol-won and infielder Jeon Min-jae to Lotte in November last year and made a two-to-three trade in return for outfielders Kim Min-seok, Choo Jae-hyun and pitcher Choi Woo-in.

Lotte suggested the trade first. Lotte mentioned Jeong Cheol-won to Doosan, but Doosan, which needs young outfielders in the process of matching cards, picked Kim Min-seok and Choo Jae-hyun, the first-rounders. Doosan said, "Choo Jae-hyun has outstanding pioneering skills. Having his own distinct strengths, he will greatly contribute to the outfielders' depth."

Choo Jae-hyun is fiercely competing with Kim Min-seok, who was traded together, as well as Kim Dae-han, Jeon Da-min, Cho Ha-soo, and Kang Hyun-gu. He gained the upper hand by hitting a home run in the match against Cheongbaek, but he has never thought he had a real upper hand. 메이저사이트

Choo Jae-hyun said, "I put more effort into playing my baseball naturally rather than being conscious of other players. I don't have a specific position that I'm given, so I'm going to focus and work harder to make the first-team entry from now on."

Finally, I asked Choo about his commitment to participate in the second Miyazaki Spring camp in Japan, which will start on July 19. "Since we prepared well in Australia, we will go to Japan and make sure that comes out well," he said. "My goal is to make good use of my current good vibes and play baseball in the first team. It will be a puzzle for Doosan to achieve good results."