Hanwha manager Choi Won-ho (50) expressed his affection for Noh Si-hwan (23), who has not been in a good flow recently. He has to go to the national team at the end of the season. The pace has definitely sagged lately.
Ahead of the 2023 KBO League regular-season SSG match at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 19th, Choi Won-ho said, “Roh Si-hwan will have a hard time.” “But it’s not a situation where I won’t use it,” he said.
“If it was so hard, why don’t you come first and say, ‘Can’t you do it as a designated person?'” he continued. So I went out as a designated hitter yesterday,” he said with a bitter smile.스포츠토토
Hanwha’s Noh Si-hwan hits a two-run shot in the top of the sixth inning in the 2023 KBO League LG match at Jamsil Stadium on the 2nd.
Noh is exploding 123 games, batting average of 0.298 with 30 home runs and 96 RBIs, on-base percentage of 0.388, slugging percentage of 0.549 and OPS of 0.937 this season. It’s MVP face.
But the last five games are not good. He has only two hits in 16 at-bats and a batting average of 0.125 in five games from the 12th to the 18th. No home runs, no RBIs. The OPS is 0.388.
It can be attributed to the decrease in physical strength. We have about 20 games left in the season. Any player is bound to lose his stamina. Furthermore, Noh played all season as the team’s center hitter. He will start all games.
Hanwha’s Noh Si-hwan rounds the base after hitting a solo shot in the top of the fourth inning against Kiwoom in the 2023 KBO League at Gocheok Sky Dome on July 25. Gocheok | Reporter Kang Young-jo kanjo@sportsseoul.com
On the 17th, he played a doubleheader with KT. I lost both games. The second round was a big. I waited 204 minutes due to the rain during the game. It’s three hours and 24 minutes.
The waiting players are tired, and the coaching staff is also tired. The same goes for the fans. The aftermath also occurred on the 18th. Chae Eun-sung was completely out of the game. Noh played the designated hitter.
Coach Choi Won-ho said, “Yesterday (18th), Chae Eun-sung seemed to be unable to play. I couldn’t move. The bat didn’t turn either. Noh Si-hwan also came first and said, so he made it as a designated hitter.
Hanwha manager Choi Won-ho (left) talks with coach Kim Jung-min in the 2023 KBO League Kiwoom match at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 25th. Gocheok | Reporter Kang Young-jo kanjo@sportsseoul.com
In addition, “Roh Si-hwan came first and said it was unusual in itself. For example, I played a doubleheader with Kiwoom at Gocheok on the 9th. One game was taken out as the designated hitter. Noh Si-hwan came first and said he would play third base in both games. I’m not going to leave. I stopped him,” he said.
On the 23rd, the national baseball team at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games will be convened. I can’t help but care about this side either. The pace is down, but it’s mentally complicated. Still, I don’t want a break.
It’s good to let Choi Won-ho rest, but that doesn’t work. He is an indispensable player in the team’s history. That’s all the more unfortunate.