KIA is a bullpen, NC reinforces outfield… 3 to 3 large trade
The defending champion Kia (KIA) Tigers, who are in six consecutive victories, played a large trade.
Kia made a three -to -three trade on the afternoon of the 28th, Dinos (NC), pitcher Kim Si -hoon (26), Han Jae (24), infielder Jung Hyun -chang (19), outfielder Choi Won -joon (28), Lee Woo -sung (31), and infielder Hong Jong -pyo (25). Through this trade, Kia reinforced the bullpen and NC reinforced outfielder. Shim Jae -hak, Kia, said, “We have immediately secured a right -handed bullpen through this trade.” “Kim Si -hoon is an excellent player, and Han Jae -seung is also a quick ball and a player. Kia has been struggling with the bullpen’s hunting with the beginning of the second half.
Right -handed pitcher Kim Si -hoon joined NC in 2018 as the first nomination at KBO Rookie Draft. Kim Si -hoon, who first appeared in the first stage in 2022, played 174 games in four seasons of professional and recorded a 4.34 ERA of 259 innings 11 wins and 12 losses and 29 hold 3 saves. This season, he has been in 15 games and has an average ERA of 8.44. Right -handed pitcher Han Jae -seung debuted on the first stage in 2022, and played 92 games in four seasons, pitching 83 innings, scoring 1 win, 4 losses, 8 hold average ERA of 3.66. This season, he played 18 innings in 18 games, scoring one loss of 3.00. Utu’s infielder Chung Hyun -chang was a rookie who joined NC this year and played six at -bats in four games in the first group. In Futures, he played in 49 games, batting average of 0.321 of 43 hits, one home run, six steals, 19 RBIs and 29 points.
Choi Won -joon, who changed into an NC uniform, finished his military service in the executive and played in 822 games in 9 seasons, scoring 719 hits and 405 points and 258 RBIs and 0.280. He is a prospective FA who obtains a free agent (FA) qualification after this season. Kia seems to have used it as a trade card in advance because shortstop Park Chan -ho and middle -aged Cho Sang -woo become free agent after the season.
Ututa outfielder Lee Woo -sung joined Doosan in 2013 and moved to NC. Later, he joined Kia through the trade in 2019, but he moved to NC again. Lee Woo -sung played in 622 games in 10 seasons in professional, and hit 394 hits and 182 RBIs and 30 home runs and 0.261 batting average. After joining Kia in 2020, Utu’s infielder Hong Jong -pyo played 224 games in four seasons of professional and scored 0.250 batting average of 61 hits and 54 points. Lim Sun -nam said, “This trade is expected to be an opportunity to solve the team’s concerns and strengthening long hits at the same time.”
By Kim Yang -hee, reporter whizzer4@hani.co.kr
