Choo Shin-soo (SSG Landers)’s pace in the exhibition game is unusual.
Choo Shin-soo joined SSG ahead of the 2021 season. He entered South Korea in February 2021 and joined the spring camp late after completing his self-isolation. He came to camp late last season after undergoing elbow ligament surgery.
This season, Choo Shin-soo participated in an overseas spring camp for the first time in his SSG. It is also the season that completed the camp from start to finish. On the last day of the Okinawa camp, Choo Shin-soo said,안전놀이터 “I was in a hurry for the past two years, but I think it was good because I was not in a hurry this year. I had time to rest when I was in a bad condition.” “I am preparing well. I am not in a hurry.” .
Choo Shin-soo, who has more time to spare, is very good at the pace of the demonstration game. Choo Shin-soo started as a designated hitter against the Hanwha Eagles in the 2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League demonstration game held at Hanwha Life Insurance Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 21st and scored 2 hits, 1 walk and 1 point in 3 at-bats.
Choo Shin-soo got on base with a straight walk in his first at-bat. In the second at-bat in the top of the 3rd inning, Kim Min-woo’s first pitch was hit. He then scored on Choi Ji-hoon’s hit and Heredia’s sacrifice fly. In the 5th inning, he retired with an infield grounder, but after hitting a double in the 7th inning, he was replaced with Choi Sang-min, the runner, and finished the game.
Shin-soo Choo recorded 6 hits in 14 at-bats, 1 home run, 5 walks, 1 strikeout, 1 RBI, 6 runs, batting average of 0.429, 0.786 slugging percentage, 0.579 on-base percentage, and 1.365 OPS in the demonstration game. It is a season compared to the 2021 season 18 at-bats 5 hits batting average 0.278 OPS 0.687, the 2022 season 18 at-3 hits 0.167 OPS 0.508. He has been in good shape since the trial match.
Choo Shin-soo plans to increase the defense portion again from this season. He played in two games in right field after undergoing surgery the previous season. However, he plans to alternate appearances with Hanyu Island this season. He also expressed his desire to play in right field. When he returned home from the first camp in Vero Beach, Florida, USA, he said, “You can play three games a week.”
Choo Shin-soo, who is entering his third season in the KBO League, is at a good pace. Attention is focusing on whether the momentum of his demonstration games will continue into the regular season.