Hanwha catcher is overflowing like this...There is even a prospect who is close to hitting .400 in the second division
Hanwha catcher is overflowing like this...There is even a prospect who is close to hitting .400 in the second division
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The Hanwha Eagles Futures team won again. It has won nine consecutive games after extra games. Jang Gyu-hyeon (23), a promising catcher, has led the team to nine consecutive wins with four RBIs including a sweeping double.바카라사이트
Hanwha Futures, led by head coach Lee Dae-jin, won the 2025 Mediheal KBO Futures League LG Twins at LG Champions Park in Icheon on the 2nd after 11 extra innings.
The winning streak since the KT Wiz match on April 20 has increased to nine. Hanwha Futures, which marked a winning percentage of 60667 with 22 wins and 11 losses in this season, has firmly ranked first in the Northern League. The team is dominating the game by widening the gap with the second-ranked Goyang Heroes (15 wins and 6 losses) to six games.
Trailing 0-2 until the seventh inning, Hanwha showed its afterthought by scoring two runs in the eighth inning. Bae Seung-soo and Lee Sang-hyuk walked to the first base after a full count match against LG left-hander bullpen Kim Yoo-young. Then, pitcher Kim Yoo-young made a throwing error at second base during Han Kyung-bin's sacrifice bunt, and Bae Seung-soo, who went from second to third, came home.
He attempted a double steal at the Euro match against pitcher Kim Young-joon, who was changed from first and third base with no outs. Third baseman Lee Sang-hyuk was out after being caught in a rundown, but pinch hitter Jang Kyu-hyun hit a timely hit to the right and succeeded in tying the game 2-2 with one out and one on the first and second bases that led to Euro Resolution's walk.
The game, which lasted until the ninth inning, went to extra time. In the bottom of the 10th inning, Hanwha relief pitcher Jang Ji-soo was on the verge of loading the bases with no outs due to a hit to the right field by Lee Young-bin, but after striking out Ham Chang-gun, he caught Shim Kyu-bin with a line drive to the right field. As first baseman Lee Young-bin was out after being caught by Hanwha right fielder Lee Sang-hyuk's throw, he overcame the crisis of ending the inning and finishing the bases loaded with no outs without a run.
Hanwha finally turned the tables in the top of the 11th inning. When the first batter Euro Gyeol grounded out, LG shortstop Taehoon Lee made a catch error, and the bases loaded with no outs. Jang Kyu-hyun was at a disadvantage by eating one or two consecutive strikes from left-hander Lim Joon-hyung, but he targeted the third ball and exploded a three-run double that split into left-center areas. The final hit that determined the winner.
Jang Ji-soo, who allowed no run in one inning in the 10th inning, earned his second win (two losses) of this season, and Lee Sang-gyu ended the game by garnering two ground balls, including a double play, in the bottom of the 11th inning. His first save. Veteran players with extensive experience in the first division, including starter Jang Min-jae (one run in four innings), Lee Tae-yang (one scoreless inning), and Joo Hyun-sang (one scoreless inning), also pitched well.
Left-handed catcher Jang Kyu-hyun's performance came as a substitute, leading the team to a come-from-behind victory with two hits and four RBIs in two at-bats, including a final double. Jang Kyu-hyun, a native of Incheon High School who joined Hanwha as the 32nd overall pick in the second round of the fourth round in 2021, is a promising player who completed his military service early in Sangmu and has batting talent with a total batting average of .302 for five seasons in the Futures League.
He posted a batting average of 340,000 (49 hits in 161 at-bats) and one homerun and 26 RBIs in 66 games last year, while he has posted a batting average of 388 (26 hits in 67 at-bats) in 32 games this year. He lacks 16 at-bats in terms of regulation, but his accuracy is good enough to predict a batting average of 400. On top of that, Jang, who posted 16 RBIs by hitting two homers, has 19 walks and 15 strikeouts, which shows good batting performance. On-base plus slugging percentage of 0.523 and OPS of 1.060.
Hanwha has veterans Choi Jae-hoon and Lee Jae-won sharing their home turf in the first division, and the future team has a lot of prospective catchers who will be responsible for the next generation. While Heo In-seo, who returned to the second division after hitting his first RBI with a left double in the eighth inning against Daejeon LG on the 30th of last month, is considered the team's best catcher prospect, Jang Kyu-hyun is also showing steady growth.
Park Sang-eon, who played 213 games in the first division and experienced as a backup catcher, is also playing tirelessly this year with a batting average of 348 (23 hits in 66 times at bat) and two homers and 16 RBIs in 27 games in the Futures League. Han Ji-yoon, a rookie catcher who mainly plays as a designated hitter, is also showing talent with a batting average of 261 in 20 games (18 hits in 69 times at bat) and four homers and 15 RBIs with an OPS of .878, creating a depth that does not have to worry about catcher in the next few years.