"Kang Jung-ho has a point...Not Kim Do-young, but going to ML right away? It's not easy." What KBO master wants to say is the value of challenge
"Kang Jung-ho has a point...Not Kim Do-young, but going to ML right away? It's not easy." What KBO master wants to say is the value of challenge
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Last week, Korean baseball was abuzz with Kang Jung-ho's remark from the Irvine Spring camp of the U.S. at the KIA Tigers last week. Kang repeated what he said on his YouTube channel. "I don't see any Korean batter other than Kim Do-young who will play in the Major League."토토사이트
There have been a myriad of controversies, including the recognition of Kim Do-young's clear future and the controversy over passing Kang Baek-ho (26, KT Wiz), the biggest fish in the preliminary FA. Some point out that the good performance of KBO league hitters is not an objective evaluation index because it was made against low-quality KBO league pitchers. Anyway, it seems that young hitters from the 10 teams need to make great efforts in the future.
I was curious. I asked Lotte Giants manager Kim Tae-hyung and KBO League veteran coach Kim what he thought about Kang's remarks. "He may be right. He has a point," Kim said at the Tainan Asia-Pacific International Baseball Training Center in Taiwan on Wednesday.
Kim Do-young is a batter who can go to the Major League in the future, which implies that he has no other batter to go to than Kim. Manager Kim Tae-hyung, however, has taken one step further. Still, players should continue to challenge themselves to the Major League.
Coach Kim Tae-hyung pointed out that Taiwan's skills have improved a lot while leading a practice match against Taiwan's World Baseball Classic team from the 12th to the 13th. He is not an easy opponent anymore. Already, the recent performance of the national team's six matches against each other is inferior with 2 wins and 4 losses.
Manager Kim Tae-hyung said, "Taiwan players just leave the U.S. right away. Major League Baseball is not easy right now. I'm not saying that there is a chance, but I just go there. If these players feel like they are good at baseball, they will go for it. If they fail, they can come back here."
Manager Kim Tae-hyung said, "I would like to explain the value of challenges and the importance of processes. In fact, Korea rarely considers processes. Just looking at the results." It is true that the term "rocking with an egg" means knocking on minor leagues and actively challenging themselves to major leagues. It is not that easy.
Therefore, there are many people in Korea who tell them how to get more treatment and go to the Major League once they have experience in the KBO League and make good results. Therefore, at some point, the number of players who are trying to enter the U.S. stage after graduating from high school has decreased significantly. It is also true that a two-year grace period is a burden when returning to the KBO League without going through the draft.
In any case, it is not a matter to be forced to do. There are still promising players including Shim Joon-seok (Pittsburgh Pirates) and Choi Hyun-il (Los Angeles Dodgers), who challenged the U.S. without going through the KBO League. Even if they fail to join the Major League in the future, the challenge itself is meaningful.
If you tell them not to challenge them because they are less likely to go to the Major League, the competitiveness of Korean baseball is like losing the opportunity to increase that much. Even if they get a posting or FA qualification in the KBO League, there is no guarantee that they will try and succeed in the Major League. Many point out that it is not a matter of being right or wrong, but that they should get what they have to gain through the process of challenging in any way and make the part that will be used as a driving force for development.
Kang's statement that there is no batter to go to the Major League immediately other than Kim Do-young gained consensus. However, if KBO league hitters are afraid of challenging themselves to a higher level, neither individuals nor development of the KBO league is possible. The reality of most players is that FA is awesome. That is good, but the value of baseball does not lie only in money.