The most memorable scene when the LG Twins won the 2023 Korean Series was Park Dong-won's come-from-behind two-run shot in the eighth inning in Game 2 and Oh Ji-hwan's come-from-behind three-run shot in the ninth inning in Game 3. With two home runs, LG turned the tide with two consecutive wins after losing Game 1, winning Game 5 following a big win in Game 4, beating KT Wiz to lift the trophy for the first time in 29 years.메이저사이트
As seen in the Korean Series, a big shot plays a big role when needed. This means that the team needs to have some slugging power in order to win.
Last year, LG ranked third in the regular league. The biggest problem was the bullpen. Even if the starting pitcher blocked well, it was too much for Kim Jin-sung and Yoo Young-chan to block them alone.
His batting average was not bad but not as explosive as it was when he won the title in 2023. He ranked third with a team batting average of 283, following the KIA Tigers (0.301) and the Lotte Giants (0.285), while his team scored 808 points to rank second after the KIA Tigers (858 points).
It was good, but there was something that was left to be desired. Long hit power. The total number of home runs last year increased 55.6 percent from 924 in 2023 to 1,438, but LG only increased 22 from 93 (sixth) in 2023 to 115 last year. Overall, LG ranked ninth in home runs.
Austin hit 32, Moon Bo-kyung hit 22, Park Dong-won hit 20, and Oh Ji-hwan hit 10, but the rest of the batters lacked slugging power.
The on-base percentage is second with 0.366, but the slugging percentage is eighth with 0.414, so the OPS fell to fourth place with 0.780.
The batters without home runs collapsed in the playoffs against the Samsung Lions. At the first game held in Daegu, a small stadium, the team had three home runs and lost four to ten, and lost five home runs in the second game. LG also hit two home runs in the ninth inning, but the game was already decided.
In addition, Kang Min-ho's solo shot in the top of the eighth inning, when Game 4 was 0-0 in Jamsil, which was 1 win and 2 losses, lost 0-1 to Samsung and gave up the Korean Series berth to Samsung.
In the end, home runs are the key to LG's batting performance for next year. How much the team will increase its slugging percentage while maintaining its batting average at last year's level. It is not easy to hit as many home runs as it is at Jamsil Stadium. However, it is not easy to understand that even an away game smaller than Jamsil does not produce as many home runs.
LG hit 57 home runs in 82 games held in Jamsil last year, and 58 in 62 games held in other stadiums. It hit 0.7 per game in Jamsil and 0.94 per game in other stadiums.
One of the reasons why there are not many home runs is that there are many table-setter hitters such as Hong Chang-ki, Moon Sung-joo, Park Hae-min and Shin Min-jae. Therefore, they have high expectations on backup members such as Song Chan's Kim Bum-suk, Lee Young-bin and Moon Jung-bin. If they show their slugging abilities when they have the opportunity to play, they will be able to give the main players enough time to rest and win a win-win in which the main players can hit well in their physical condition.
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