"KBO's best hitter" Kim Do-young, who is showing explosive interest, said, "I want to live up to my expectations..."I want to do better than APBC"
"KBO's best hitter" Kim Do-young, who is showing explosive interest, said, "I want to live up to my expectations..."I want to do better than APBC"
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"I want to live up to my expectations."
KIA Tigers' Kim Do-young is the most notable Korean player on the 2024 World Baseball Softball Association (WBSC) Premier 12 stage.
The Major League's official website "MLB.com " said on the 8th (Korea time) that "Kim Do-young provides the perfect package to terrorize all pitchers facing the Korean batting line." Japanese national team coach Hirokazu Ibata also expressed caution about Kim Do-young, saying, "I thought he had softness, but I didn't think he was a batter who could hit long balls."
WBSC also highlighted the list of Korean national teams participating in the tournament and selected Kim Do-young as the most notable player.
He deserves the most attention. This season, Kim emerged as one of the top KBO league players in just three years after his debut. He recorded a batting average of 0.347 OPS of 1.067, having 189 hits in 141 games, 38 homers, 109 RBIs, 143 runs, and 40 steals. He was the youngest to join the 30-homer club at least per game. He also posted a new record of 100 runs scored in a single season and the most in a single season.
The team's performance was also the best. KIA went straight to the Korean Series by winning the regular season title and met the Samsung Lions, won four games and one loss, lifting the trophy for the first time in seven years since 2017.
Kim was very popular in Taiwan as well. Taiwanese fans asked for autographs and photos when she arrived in the country. "I felt great. It was amazing to have people from other countries come here and get autographs," Kim told reporters after the training session at Tien Mu Stadium in Taipei on Sunday. "I felt like the Premier 12 was bigger than last year's Asian Baseball Championship, rather than having to do well."
Regarding the media attention, he said, "I want to live up to my expectations," adding, "I want to show myself different from last year," and "I want to do better because I feel that it's a big competition than the competition I did before."
She completed her first training session in Taiwan. "I definitely have more fun and focused on training," Kim said. "I tried fielding, and before the change, the infielders said it was similar to Gocheok. I felt that the ball flew in with strength. I think I need to adapt well for the rest of the year." 스포츠토토
After the match against Cuba, Kim was not satisfied with his batting performance. He was still not good at the match against Cuba. Then, how would he feel after moving to Taiwan? "I didn't have a good feeling during the match, and I felt like I was holding it once. I felt light when I came here to train. I felt like I had adjusted. When I played today, I felt okay," he said.