Lee Yoo-chan (25), who is aiming for Doosan’s next keystone combination, expressed his aspirations, saying, “I will play a stable defense like senior Kim Jae-ho.”
Lee Yoo-chan started as second baseman at No. 8 in the home game against Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League KIA 2023 held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 12th and led the team to a 6-1 victory with 2 hits and 3 RBIs in 4 at-bats.먹튀검증
Yoo-chan Lee, who was back with a strikeout in the 2nd inning with a 1-0 lead, met KIA starter Eui-Ri Lee after a 2-0 lead in the 4th inning and reported a heavy hit at the end of nine pitches. After two outs in the 6th inning with a 3-0 lead, the first baseman stopped grounding, but in the 8th inning, with a narrow lead of 3-1, with 2 outs and a full base, Kim Ki-hoon hit a triple to sweep away 3 RBIs to seal the game. In 1B-1S, the 3rd pitch 143km high fastball was properly hit and led to a long hit that hit the left wall directly. It was the moment when he hit his second career triple in three years since 2020.
Lee Yu-chan said after the game, “I had a lot of worries about hitting, but the coaches really helped me a lot. He practiced, trained a lot, and from the side he said, ‘I can do well. do not worry. “Believe in yourself,” he said, and because of that, I think I gained a lot of confidence at bat.” conveyed his impressions.
Lee Yu-chan showed off his stable skills in defense that day and contributed to the victory. As a shortstop resource, he took over as second baseman instead of Kang Seung-ho, and after a run in the 5th inning, he dived caught Han Seung-taek’s hit ball and threw it to 1st base to increase the outcount. After catching it, he contributed to one out by throwing non-stop toward pitcher Hong Kun-hee, who started to cover first base.
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Lee Yu-chan said, “In the case of defense, I wasn’t lacking in confidence, but I was able to shrink because there were a lot of bad performances recently. So he talked a lot with coach Seong-hwan Cho and did a lot of training. The defense also leads to good results at the baseball field, so I wonder if confidence will increase. Still, my strength is that I have a wider range of defense than others.”
Lee Yu-chan graduated from Bukil High School and was nominated in the 50th place in the 2nd round of the 5th round by Doosan in the 2017 rookie draft. Later, in 2019, he changed his name from Byeonghui to Yuchan, and that year he was included in the Korean Series entry and tasted the championship, winning his first championship ring in his life.
Lee Yu-chan, who fulfilled his military service by enlisting as Sangmu in 2021, returned from the military last year and drew attention as a resource for Doosan’s next shortstop to succeed Kim Jae-ho this year. At the same time, he trained hard with defensive coach Cho Seong-hwan at the Australian spring camp to further upgrade the defense. Of course, in 28 games played this season, he committed 5 errors, but his defense is getting better with game after game.
Lee Yoo-chan said, “I can’t say which position is comfortable. I am a player who has to do everything no matter where I go. Because there is no place for me yet. I just want to do well in any position.”
The nickname Post Kim Jae-ho is excessive. Instead, my goal is to become a worthy infielder. Lee Yu-chan said, “It is a grateful thing that the word that I have to follow in the footsteps of (Kim) Jae-ho comes out. I’m happy too. I don’t want to tarnish that reputation,” he said, expressing his ambition, “I want to show a lot of stable defense like Jaeho, if not as much as Jaeho.”