Park Chan-ho, Choi Won-jun, and Kim Do-young are deployed forward → Who will be the feared No. 9 hitter?
KIA had three fast hitters. Chan-ho Park set a career high last year and established himself in the batting, Do-young Kim joined the team in 2022, and Won-joon Choi, who went to the military, was discharged, so the power of the three playing together was confirmed even if it was only for a short time last year. Having an effective batting lineup that allows the three to share the 9th batting order and table setter and lead to the central batting lineup of Na Seong-beom, Choi Hyeong-woo, and Socrates is one of the biggest reasons why KIA's power is considered strong. This year, KIA prepares a more solid batting lineup. We plan to try a lineup that completely deploys Park Chan-ho, Choi Won-jun, and Kim Do-young forward in 1-2-3 instead of 9-1-2. KIA coach Lee Beom-ho said, “I think it would be a good idea to try different things to see which batting lineup the opposing teams will be more burdened with. I plan to play a trial game by putting the three in 9-1-2 and 1-2-3. “I don’t kno...