The center of NC Dinos' batting lineup is three batters with a career average of 0.326, Park Gun-woo (0.326), Son A-seop (0.322), and Park Min-woo (0.320). As Lee Jung-hoo (San Francisco Giants) left for the Major League, they rank first to third in overall batting average. Their accurate batting is NC's biggest weapon. 토토사이트먹튀
For the 2023 season, Son Ah-seop took the leadoff, Park Min-woo took the second and Park Gun-woo took the third. Although foreign hitter Jason Martin's productivity was unstable, his strength in batting order 1 to 3 was the strongest in the league. However, coach Kang In-kwon said through Incheon International Airport on the 5th, "I'm going to make a little different plan for batting order this year. Kwon Hee-dong is the key."
Kwon Hee-dong's annual salary from 2021 to 2023 was 170 million won, 110 million won, and 90 million won. In the 2022-2023 FA market, he signed a one-year contract for a total of 125 million won, including 90 million won in annual salary and 35 million won in options. Of all things, he had a batting average of 0.227 with five homers and 22 RBIs in 82 games ahead of qualifying for the FA.
The contract was signed at the end of February. He even failed to make it to the Tucson spring camp in Arizona, the U.S.A. Starting in May of the 2023 season, Kwon appeared in the first division and became the ultimate winner. He rebounded from 96 games with a batting average of 0.285 with seven homers and 63 RBIs, with an OPS of 0.793. Consequently, he signed a contract with an annual salary of 150 million won for this season.
Why is Kwon the key player in the lineup? He has one shot and a scoring percentage of 0.327 days as of last year, displaying robust capability. He is also likely to join the cleanup trio with Matt Davidson, a new foreign hitter. In 2021 and 2023, his on-base percentage was 0.406 and 0.388, respectively, which were good enough. Kwon may rise to No. 2, and one of the three batting average of 0.3 may come as the cleanup trio.
Kwon Hee-dong was named MVP as he showed good performance at a Tucson spring camp practice game, posting a batting average of 0.462 with six hits in 13 times at bat. "It's dazed. I think he made an impact last year in an important situation. However, baseball doesn't go as you wish. I have to do my best somehow, and I got lucky last year," Kwon said at Incheon International Airport.
When Kang In-kwon said that he was a key player in the batting lineup, Kwon Hee-dong said, "We have three hitters in our team. It is important to play the role whether it is in the middle or back of the players. They are hitters with a good on-base percentage, so if I connect them, it will be a plus for the team."
This season's NC best lineup is expected to be revealed in the match against the KIA Tigers in Changwon on the 9th. Kwon Hee-dong said, "Our outfielders are good. Each player has distinct characteristics. It motivates me, too."