Will I be reborn as a 'real strong team' in 2025...Director Kim Kyung-moon said, "I'll show you a different Hanwha."

Will I be reborn as a 'real strong team' in 2025...Director Kim Kyung-moon said, "I'll show you a different Hanwha."

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Kim Kyung-moon took the helm of Hanwha, which ranks among the lowest in the entire lifespan, in June last year. After returning to the professional field in six years, Kim promised to make Hanwha a "real strong team." Kim's goal to the 2025 spring camp has become even more solid.

Coach Kim met with reporters before leaving for Melbourne, Australia on the 22nd and said, "I was heartbroken because I couldn't keep the promise I made to the fans last year," adding, "This year, we will make a season in which all the players sweat and work hard to repay the fans' love."

Hanwha, along with Kim, who took office during the last season, failed to advance to the post season by ranking eighth in the regular season league. Kim's promise to keep fall baseball as his short-term goal was also failed to keep his promise. Veteran players including Ryu Hyun-jin failed to fulfill their promise to advance to the semi-finals, which led to their acquisition in the winter sea.

Although it did not produce the desired results, Hanwha continued its efforts to become a strong team by playing a high-intensity finishing camp under coach Kim. Unlike the general finishing camp, which is mainly organized by young players, a large number of senior members, including captain Chae Eun-sung, participated in Hanwha's finishing camp last year.

Hanwha hopes to advance to the top five this year. It has beefed up its capacity by recruiting sidearm starter Um Sang-baek (four-year 7.8 billion won) and shortstop Shim Woo-joon (four-year 5 billion won) from the free agent market. It is the first season for the Korean baseball team, which is dubbed "Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark," and has completely changed its uniform.

At the last camp, Kim drew some sketches for the 2025 season. "Through the final training session, I have completed the plan for 75 to 80 percent of the final training sessions. I will fill the remaining 20 percent after going through the Australian camp and the Okinawa camp (second round)," Kim said.

The biggest challenge is strengthening the starting lineup. This year, Hanwha plans to operate a rotation of starting pitchers consisting of Ryu Hyun-jin, Cody Ponce, Ryan Weiss, Um Sang-baek and Moon Dong-ju. "We need to make the starting lineup stronger. We need to prepare four or five more players to prepare for when the existing starting lineup is sick," Kim said. This means that the team will set up a "Plan B" to block out variables.

Defensive defense and base running are keywords that cannot be left out of Kim's baseball games. "Defensive anxiety is common among weak teams. We need to reduce invisible errors," Kim said. "We need to increase our motivation to put pressure on the opponent team's battery to play at any time. We will show you that Hanwha has changed."

Kim hinted at intensive training in the upcoming camp as well. "I was planning to hold 'four-day training, one-day rest, four-day training,' but I will hold 'four-day training, one-day rest, and three-day training' in consideration of practice matches and other events," Kim said. "A lot of young and inexperienced players also participate in the training, so I need to practice enough."

Hanwha has excluded Hwang Joon-seo (left-hander), the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 KBO rookie draft, from its camp in Australia. Instead, six rookies were brought with them this year, and "stranger names" who played in the Futures League last year were also on board the plane to Australia. The team's message is that everyone has an opportunity. 토토사이트

"There is a set order for players to enter the professional league, but there is no order for them to participate in the game," coach Kim said. "It's important how much effort they put in in the professional league. Especially, I hope young players will have more time to persevere and try, not to care about what is hard right now."

Hanwha's team, which departed for Australia through Incheon International Airport on this day, will play the first camp at Melbourne Ball Park from the 25th to the 19th of next month and then move to Okinawa, Japan, for the second camp.