I felt the sweetness in heaven in 2021 and the bitterness in hell in 2022. The roar of the 12 billion man, Samsung fans are waiting.
2021 for Samsung Lions outfielder Koo Ja-wook was fantastic. In 139 games he played, he had a batting average of .306 with 166 hits, 22 homers, 88 RBIs, and 107 runs for an OPS of .880. He also joined the first 20 home run -20 steal club in his debut. He led Samsung to the fall baseball stage for the first time in six years.
Along with the first scorer in his debut, Ja-wook Koo enjoyed the joy of winning the first golden glove of his life at the year-end Golden Glove Awards. 메이저사이트
Ja-wook Koo signed a multi-year contract with Samsung for a maximum total of 12 billion won, including an annual salary of 9 billion won and an incentive of 3 billion won for 5 years. He was treated properly as a Samsung franchisee. Since he had just entered his prime, there was also an expectation that he would perform better.
But everything didn’t go as planned. Injuries caught on. He only made 40 appearances in the first half. From the start of the season, he was not included in the opening entry due to the Corona 19 issue. He suffered back injuries in May and hamstring injuries in June, and was often absent from first-team entries. His batting average in the first half was 0.280 with 47 hits, 2 homers and 19 RBIs. Naturally, Samsung also had a hard time fighting for rankings.
Of course, it rebounded in the second half. He appeared in 59 games in the second half and recorded a batting average of 0.303 with 73 hits, 3 homers, 19 RBIs and 47 runs.
However, looking at the season as a whole, Ja-wook Koo’s 2022 season was a failed season. In 99 games, he had a batting average of .293 with 120 hits, 5 home runs, 38 RBIs and 69 runs scored.
For the first time since his debut, he failed to play 100 games. In addition, the 2022 season was the first time that he finished with a batting average of 20%, 10 homers, and less than 40 RBIs. At least, he saved face with triple-digit hits for 8 consecutive years and double-digit steals for 8 consecutive years.
Since Koo Ja-wook, who should play a role in the center line, was sluggish, Samsung couldn’t cheer up either. Coach Heo Sam-young voluntarily resigned, and acting manager Park Jin-man came to seek a turnaround, but in the end, they failed to advance to the postseason by staying in 7th place.
Knowing that he was lacking, Ja-wook Koo voluntarily participated in the team’s finishing training held in Okinawa, Japan last fall. In the midst of more intense training than ever before, Ja-wook Koo tried to find his former self by sweating heavily with young players. 메이저사이트
In the 2023 season, Samsung has a change. Kim Sang-su, who was the protagonist of the Samsung dynasty, left, and Oh Seon-jin, who was an all-around backup resource, also left. In a situation where Kim Ji-chan and Lee Jae-hyun have to establish themselves as the new center of the team, the performance of Koo Ja-wook, who has only run for Samsung, is painful to say.
Jose Pirella has been together for three consecutive years, and Oh Jae-il is in good health. Veteran players such as Lee Won-seok and Kang Min-ho are also ready to exert their strength. If Ja-wook Koo explodes here, there is nothing more pleasing to Samsung fans than that.