"Droping is not a pleasant thing"...'No. 1 → No. 3 → No. 6' SSG, will it be able to take off in the new year
"Droping is not a pleasant thing"...'No. 1 → No. 3 → No. 6' SSG, will it be able to take off in the new year
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Will SSG Landers, who failed to make it to the baseball stage last fall, be able to make up for the disappointment.메이저놀이터
SSG ended its regular season schedule by tying for fifth with KT Wiz last year by posting 72 wins, two draws and 70 losses (0.507). Despite negative developments, SSG had a winning rate of over 500%.
However, the final one was a sad ending. SSG failed to advance to the postseason as it lost to KT 3-4 in the KBO League's first game of fifth place on Oct. 1. It put everything into it until the end, but it had to accept the result. SSG's final ranking for the regular season is sixth.
SSG has started preparation for the new season, leaving disappointment behind. For starters, Kim gave up left-hander Oh Won-seok to KT through a 1:1 trade with KT Wiz on Oct. 31 last year, embracing right-hander Kim Min. Kim's rich experience, strong pitching, and high quality sliders were notable.
The contracts of internal free agents, which had been the biggest challenge in the Stove League, went smoothly. SSG renewed its contract with "Living Legend" Choi Jeong (a four-year total of 11 billion won) on Nov. 6, and "Hold King" Noh Kyung-eun (a total of 2.5 billion won (2+1 year) on Nov. 22.
They also quickly concluded the composition of foreign players. After acquiring Mitch White on Nov. 15 for a total of 1 million dollars, they renewed their contracts with Drew Anderson (total of 1.2 million dollars) on Nov. 16, and they renewed their contracts with batter Guillermo Herredia (total of 1.8 million dollars) on Nov. 25. They did not recruit any external free agents, but they are now facing 2025 without significant electricity leaks.
"It was a time to make up for what we were disappointed about last year, and we have to produce results because we've filled up to a certain extent," SSG General Manager Kim Jae-hyun said in a telephone interview with EXPOTS News on Tuesday. "There are so many things we need to do in the spring camp. We need to prepare well."
SSG confirmed the growth of young players including Park Ji-hwan, Jung Joon-jae, and Cho Byung-hyun through last season. However, it was regrettable to see the team rank sixth. "As the team ranked first in 2022, ranked third in 2023, and then sixth, it is not such a pleasant thing for the players to see a slight drop in the rankings. The same goes for the team," Kim said.
"As we have to face the era of Cheongdam in 2028, our goal is to make our team stronger. That's how the players feel," he said. "The remodeling cannot be done in a year. We need to continuously thicken our players' base. I hope many young players come to the team."
SSG plans to complete the final puzzle pieces through the first (Florida, U.S.) and the second (Okinawa) spring camps. There are still some challenges that have yet to be solved, including the selection of players from the fourth to fifth.
Kim Jae-hyun, the general manager of the team, said, "The second-tier players are also planning to go to Japan for camp. There, the players will compete to go to the first-tier camp, and I think the exhibition games will help determine who will get the jade seats."
"I will consult with coach Lee Sung-yong, but I am considering (Moon) Seung-won as the fourth starting member," Kim said. Among the five candidates are (Song) Young-jin and (Park) Jong-hoon, and (Jeong) Dong-yoon from the second division. "We will compete and meet before the opening of the game."