SSG Landers coach Lee Sung-yong encouraged infielder Ko Myung-joon, who is suffering from ups and downs early in the season.바카라사이트

"Since (the late) Myung-jun is a young player, I have a lot of thoughts when I enter the game. I think I need more time," Lee said before the second game of the season against KT Wiz in the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League, which was scheduled to be held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on Saturday, was canceled due to rain.

Ko Myung-joon joined the SK Wyverns (currently SSG) as the 18th pick in the second round in 2021, and showed his presence in the race for first base last year. He finished the season with an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of 0.688 with a batting average of 0.250 11 home runs and 45 RBIs in 106 games and achieved double-digit home runs for the first time since his debut.

Ko received a lot of attention at the first spring camp held in Vero Beach, Florida. He had hits in both warm-up matches, and hit a grand slam in the second one. He continued his strides in the second spring camp and was named the MVP of the camp for the second consecutive year following the second spring camp in Taiwan last year.

At the time, head coach Lee Soo-yong said, "The center of gravity is less forward. "I used to have a tendency to hit the ball, but now I feel like I'm hitting the ball," he said. "Heads remain in the back. Even if a breaking ball is caught in the timing of a fastball, a swing trajectory has been created that can lead to a long shot, not a foul," he praised Ko's growth.

Ko successfully returned from his spring camp, but failed to display notable performance after returning home. He only posted a batting average of 0.125 and a batting average of 0.185 for 25 at-bats in seven exhibition games, and posted a batting average of 0.250 with two RBIs and a batting average of 0.344 in nine games through the game against KT on the 4th after the opening of the regular season. The biggest problem is that he has failed to take advantage of his strengths. All seven hits were single hits.

Director Lee Soo-yong said, "I think it's mental after all. I told Myung-jun to swing in front of me even if I could get a strikeout, but it didn't work out. He tried to watch it until the end. I think I have a strong feeling that I have to make contact," he said. "It's okay to get a strikeout, but I think it extends to the next at-bat depending on how you get a strikeout."

"For example, if you hit a fastball for a fastball, it would be okay if you showed that you will catch it." But that's not true. The timing is not right. I have no confidence in myself," he said. "If you rotate the timing to the front, you will start to get caught when the breaking ball drops, but you are not doing it well." "(Han) Yoo-seom) has the right timing for his fastball, so the breaking ball started to get caught in the right timing."

Ko's silence is getting longer, but the coach's belief has not changed. "I think players who send far away hitters score more than 100 strikeouts anyway. I keep telling him, 'What I expect from you is long hitters. That's why I give him more time,'" Lee said. "Since he has good qualities, he will hit about 30 home runs. Isn't he in his second year (full-time)?"