Finding Shin Min-jae in 'LG Daedo' + Coach Lee Jong-beom from Daedo, who is the next candidate for KT's son of the wind?
Finding Shin Min-jae in 'LG Daedo' + Coach Lee Jong-beom from Daedo, who is the next candidate for KT's son of the wind?
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Will they discover the son of wind from KT? Korean baseball legend "son of wind" Lee Jong-beom joined the KT Wiz coaching staff, signaling a new change in the team. Attention is focusing on what kind of changes KT, which suffered from a lack of stolen bases, will bring about when coach Lee Jong-beom joins the team.메이저사이트
KT announced on Monday that it has completed the formation of its coaching staff for the 2025 season. The most notable change is the addition of coach Lee Jong-beom. He plans to contribute to the team as a defense coach at first base and outfield. Under the reshuffle, senior coach Kim Tae-kyun has moved to the second division and Park Kyung-soo, who has announced his retirement, has joined the team as a quality control (QC) coach.
KT ranked the lowest with 61 stolen bases in the 2024 season, suffering from a lack of mobility. The success rate of stolen bases also stood at 69.3 percent in eighth place, falling short of the league average (74.4 percent). On the other hand, the overall stealing success rate reached the highest level since 2015 as the number of stolen bases has increased due to changes in the size of bases. Contrary to this trend, KT's mobility has significantly weakened.
Moreover, the situation became even more difficult as Shim Woo-joon, the team's core mobility resource, moved to the Hanwha Eagles under an FA contract. With Shim's departure in 2024, KT has become a team that has not had a single player steal double digits. In addition, the team's score stayed at the bottom of the league by ranking seventh (767 points).
KT has high expectations on coach Lee Jong-beom because of his unique experience and know-how. Lee is a legend of the base running, as he stole 510 times, ranking second in the league. He also ranked third in stolen bases with a success rate of 81.9 percent, and continued his reputation as a "great player" by recording a success rate of 91.7 percent in 2009 when he was 39.
KT still has potential resources to restore its foot baseball capabilities. Bae has experience with double-digit steals for the past four consecutive years, and Chun Sung-ho and Kim Min-hyuk are also players who can enhance their steal ability through training and experience. Jang, who also joined Shim as a reward player for his team, has shown promise in both defense and base running, drawing keen attention as the team's new card.
Lee Jong-beom has experience in improving team mobility by serving as a base running coach for the LG Twins and Hanwha Eagles in the past. Notably, Shin Min-jae was discovered at LG and developed into a top-notch base, demonstrating his leadership. It is expected that he will greatly contribute not only to the base running but also to enhancing the overall game management capability of the team.