Outfield defense is fine! SSG Park Ji-hwan, 'in his second year as a professional,' said Park Ji-hwan, "I have to keep this feeling and timing

Outfield defense is fine! SSG Park Ji-hwan, 'in his second year as a professional,' said Park Ji-hwan, "I have to keep this feeling and timing

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SSG Landers second-year fielder Park Ji-hwan achieved multi-hit in the first game of the exhibition game.바카라

Park Ji-hwan started the away game against the Samsung Lions in the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League exhibition game held at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 8th and helped his team win 9-3 with two hits, two RBIs and one run from three times at bat.

Park Ji-hwan only grounded out to shortstop in his first at-bat, but started the game from his second at-bat. With the two teams tied 1-1 at the top of the fifth inning, Park Sung-han, a runner on third base, was called home with an RBI double to left field. Left fielder Kim Heon-gon tried to catch, but failed to catch.

Park Ji-hwan added an RBI single in his third at bat. In the top of the seventh inning, he swung Samsung left-hander Lee Seung-min's fastball to the third base with runners on the second and third bases with no outs, and guided third baseman Ko Myung-joon home with a sacrifice fly to right field. With one out in the top of the eighth inning, he got on base with a left-handed hit off Kim Tae-hoon, completing a multi-hitter.
Park Ji-hwan, who met with reporters after the game, said, "The crowd entered for the first time in a long time, and I think I played with excitement as I played in Korea," adding, "I tried to maintain what I prepared from the closing camp to the second spring camp, but the results came out well because I kept it. I don't think I was really nervous, but I think I should try to maintain this feeling and timing."

Park, who was an infielder last year, invested a lot of time in defense in the outfield this spring camp following last year's wrap-up camp. "[Park] Ji-hwan is also continuously testing, and he looks good in the outfield. He seems to be adapting little by little," SSG coach Lee Soo-yong said before the game. "He told me to think that the main position is third baseman and shortstop, and that the outfield is a part-time job, but I think he is more interested in the field. He moves well. His batting has improved a lot."

What do you think of him? "I practiced little by little since the last camp, and I played outfield defense properly for the first time since the last camp, but I have no resistance to him," Park said. "Coach Yoon Jae-gook taught me well, so I don't think I felt any pressure when it comes to judging batting."
Park Ji-hwan's story is that the advice of existing outfielders such as Jihoon Choi and Han Yu-seom was also a big help. "The seniors who played outfield said a lot of good things about starting, so I think they are starting little by little and judging the batting," Park Ji-hwan said. "Although the outfield defense is a little fun, and the infield is the main position, I think the outfield can see enough."

Park Ji-hwan wants to prove his value in the remaining exhibition games. If Park Ji-hwan enters the season in his best condition, the team can have more options.

Park Ji-hwan said, "When I play as much as possible, I don't care about the results and the coach said that the process is important, so I'm going to keep the things I prepared well."