Samsung’s Koo Ja-wook and Hanwha’s Kim Tae-yeon are used as top hitters.
Doosan Ramos, who recently appeared as the number one hitter
Recently, in professional baseball, it is easy to see a player with a ‘good hitter’ being appointed as the number one hitter instead of a player with a good ability.
From the 21st, KT Wiz has been using Mel Rojas Jr., who has not recorded a single stolen base this season, as the number 1 hitter, and the Doosan Bears has Henry Ramos, who has stolen only 2 bases this season, as the top hitter in the game against KT on the 29th. I sent it out.
It’s not just this. The Samsung Lions recently used middle- and long-distance hitter Koo Ja-wook as No. 1. The Hanwha Eagles also use Kim Tae-yeon, who has good slugging power, as their leadoff.
Among these, KT and Doosan, which used foreign players as number 1, both saw great results.
KT Rojas has been at the forefront of the batting lineup, showing good results with a batting average of 0.387 and an on-base percentage of 0.457 in 7 games starting on the 21st.
Doosan Ramos also led the team to a 12-6 victory with 3 hits in 5 at-bats, 2 RBIs, and 2 runs in the game against KT on the 29th, where he appeared as the number 1 hitter for the first time this season.
Doosan coach Lee Seung-yeop, who saw the effect of placing Ramos at number 1 in the batting order, said ahead of the home game against KT held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 30th, “Ramos will play number 1 again today,” and “He created a good atmosphere, so we plan to use him as number 1 for the time being.” He said.
In modern baseball, the roles of each batting order are constantly changing.
In the 20th century, it was considered the ‘right answer’ to place the strongest hitter at number 4, but in 21st century baseball, the strongest hitter is placed at number 3.
Recently, it has become common to place the team’s best hitter in the second batting order.
In the past, a player with good operational ability was put in number 2, but now the story has changed.
American professional baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) superstar Shohei Ohtani will also play second hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Recently, the role of the number one hitter also seems to be changing.
As the meaning of the batting order disappears after the first inning, there is a concern about maximizing the efficiency of the team’s batting lineup through various experiments. 토토사이트