Infielder Noh Jin-hyeok (34) became the Giants Man with a free agent contract worth up to 5 billion won in 4 years.
On the 19th of last month, he showed off his volubility at the initiation ceremony held at the Lotte Hotel in Busan.
He also expressed his anticipation for the Nakdonggang Derby against his parents’ NC. He did not hide his rivalry with his best friend Park Min-woo (30), who has now become his opposing team. Noh Jin-hyeok promised a great match, saying, “Now, the Lotte and NC game is a fight between me and Park Min-woo.”
He did not hide his anticipation for the confrontation with his former fellow NC pitchers.
He said, “I want to play against Koo Chang-mo and Kim Young-gyu.” Left-handed pitcher representing NC. Noh Jin-hyuk explained the reason, “I thought that I would like to play against them someday because they are both left-handed pitchers and have good balls.”
Even though he is a left-handed hitter, there is a reason he mentioned two left-handed pitchers.
This is because he finally overcame his left-handed pitcher complex last year. Noh Jin-hyeok was weak against left-handed pitchers throughout his career until the 2021 season.
A typical full hitter who pulls over the wall with his strong wrist power. He had no choice but to show weakness for left-handers’ balls that flowed outward. This is why Jinhyuk Noh had to struggle against left-handed pitchers until 2021.
According to KBO’s official record company Sports2I statistics, Noh Jin-hyuk’s batting average against left-handed pitchers was weak from his debut until the 2021 season with a batting average of 2.24. He had a slugging percentage of 3.2 and an on-base percentage of 2.8 and 6. Batting average against right pitchers 2.665, slugging percentage 4.32, on-base percentage 3.37, batting average against particularly strong under-pitchers 3.335, slugging percentage 5.5, on-base percentage 3.8 That’s a lot less than a quarter of a penny.
Even in 2020, when he hit 20 homers for the first time and led the team to a career-high season, he was unable to overcome his left-handed pitcher complex with a batting average of 2.13, slugging percentage of 3.61, and on-base percentage of 2.5 against left-handed pitchers.
However, things have changed in the 2022 season. 온라인바카라
For the first time, his batting average against left pitchers exceeded the batting average against right pitchers (0.272) with 2.8 8 li.
It was thanks to the increase in the number of hits on the left line as he began to push the ball flowing outward without forcefully pulling it. This season, the first year of his transfer to Lotte, is the season to judge whether he has completely overcome his left-handed pitcher complex.
This is the reason why his face-to-face match with Koo Chang-mo and Kim Yeong-gyu, who is considered the best left-hander in NC, is attracting attention. Koo Chang-mo and Kim Yeong-gyu are pitchers who are difficult for left-handed batters to attack because of their good deception action. If he overcomes his two former teammates, Noh Jin-hyuk’s first season with Lotte is likely to be a successful soft landing.