After returning to the injury, ‘perfect activity’ → Austin’s hitting feeling “Team, I also rose” (SS Star)
Sports | baseball
input2025-08-12 13:46:00
correction2025-08-12 13:09:14
(Sports Seoul | Reporter Park Yeon -jun) LG Austin Dean, 32, is back. Before injury, he did not meet expectations. After returning, it has changed completely. He regained the appearance of ‘Kang Bull’ Austin. He smiled, “The timing is really right.”
Austin reigned as a league ‘top hitter’ last season with a 0.319 home run 132 RBI. But until June this season, it did not meet expectations. He stayed at 0.272 OPS 0.907. This is less than Austin’s ‘name value’. The side injury was a problem. It wasn’t my condition to hit.
Eventually, in July, the second group was dedicated to rehabilitation and condition coordination. I returned to the first team in August with 100% condition. It looks different from before injury. After returning (as before the 12th match), he rebounded to 0.333 and OPS 0.977.
Austin said, “It was a long time due to injuries, but I still got out of baseball for a while and found mentally stability. It seemed frustrating and stressed because it was not good.”
“I watched the LG game every day without having to play the game, and I did not really do it. I saw the victory.
In the second half, ‘hit timing’ improved. The bat was reduced. The strikeout rate per game decreased from 0.5 to 0.3 in the second half.
Austin laughed at the secret, saying, “It’s a special secret that I only know.” At the same time, he said, “There are a lot of technical supplements, but I thought about how to play well in the second group. It was decisive to change the mindset.”
Luck is also following. Austin said, “In fact, the timing was not really good to play the second army. I was worried, but after joining the first group, the timing of ghosts (?) Started to fit.
LG has recently recaptured Hanwha. Last week, he won the series ‘Winning’ against Hanwha in the ‘No. 1 War’.
Austin said, “Hanwha is good at batting and mounds. It was a series that all the teams could feel that they could beat the strong team.” duswns0628@sportsseoul.com
