"I'll work hard to make a season to repay my fans"...Hanwha Manager Kim Kyung-moon's Resolution to Leave Spring Camp
"I'll work hard to make a season to repay my fans"...Hanwha Manager Kim Kyung-moon's Resolution to Leave Spring Camp
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I will make a season where I will work hard to repay my fans."
Hanwha Eagles coach Kim Kyung-moon, who will leave the spring camp, promised good performance in the 2025 season.먹튀검증
Kim and other Hanwha players will depart for Melbourne, Australia, where the first spring camp will take place, via Incheon International Airport on Tuesday. Those who will hold the camp in Melbourne through March 19 will then move to Okinawa, Japan, for the second camp, which will focus on practice games.
It is also meaningful to Kim. It is the first time in a long time that he has held a spring camp as a head coach. Kim, who served as the head coach of the Doosan Bears (2004-2011) and the NC Dinos (2011-2018), then took the helm of Hanwha during the last season after living a wild life.
Since then, head coach Kim Kyung-moon has quickly settled the team's bad atmosphere, and Hanwha finished the 2024 season in eighth place (66 wins, 2 draws and 76 losses).
Hanwha, which has Shim Woo-joon and Um Sang-baek during the off-season, is looking higher this season.
Coach Kim Kyung-moon, who met with reporters before leaving the country, expressed his feelings about leaving the spring camp and his overall plan for this season.
The following is a Q&A session with head coach Kim Kyung-moon.
Q. How do you feel about going to spring camp as a director after a long time.
- We finished our final training well last year. Seeing the faces of the players, I feel great before we leave because they seem to have prepared well. I felt very sad because I couldn't keep the promise (to make it to the top five) that I told the fans last year. I will work hard to make this season to repay the fans by sweating hard with our players and staff.
Q. Hwang Jun-seo, the No. 1 rookie in 2024, has been removed from the camp list.
- Hwang should be a really good starter for the Hanwha Eagles. Even if the current time can be painful for him, he tries to give him more time to develop himself and build his body. If players get injured at the starting position during the season, he (can join) if (Hwang) gets better. I hope he can get up stronger."
Q. Is there a possibility of using Hwang Joon-seo's bullpen.
- With (Lee) Tae-yang now in the team, he has more leeway in the bullpen than last year. Neither (Lee) nor (Lee) Min-woo has included some players he needs to take (to the spring camp). He will try to keep going like this through March or April. Players who like it will keep talking with the second team will also sing "I like it."
Q. 2025 Rookie Jung Woo-joo was included in the camp list.
- It is clear that Jung Woo-joo is good. However, you should not expect too much from him. The same goes for Jun-seo. It is not that he is not good at it. If a high school graduate comes in and has too high expectations for them, it can be a burden. I want to send him out when he is comfortable and see how he fights with his older brothers.
Q. Along with Jung Woo-joo, many rookie players were included in the list.
- When entering a professional league, the order is set, but in order to participate (in a game), the team has to make bloody efforts, such as fighting against itself. There is no order when leaving the pro league. When you join the team, you really have to try and prepare from then on. FA players are different. Young players should not just think about things that are hard for them. If they are drawing a bigger picture, it would be better for them to have more time to persevere and make efforts.
Q. What is the timing of Kim Minwoo's return.
- After the first half of the season, I set it as the second half of the season. Rather than being in a hurry, it is more important to come back and keep throwing it so that it doesn't hurt, and to be with the team itself. At the moment, I am thinking about the second half after the first half, not too urgent.
Q. What are you planning to do to boost mobility.
- Esteban Floral, Shim Woo-joon, and Lee Won-seok also exist. (Kim) Tae-yeon also seems to be slow, but she has legs enough to run. Fast legs do not necessarily mean stealing. You need to have good sense. If the opponent team's battery doesn't pay attention, you can do it then. I hope they become players who put pressure on the opponent team to steal at any time, rather than having a comfortable consciousness when a runner plays.
Q. How are you planning your spring camp.
- He drew 75 to 80 percent in the final training session. He will fill up the rest at the Okinawa camp in Australia and Japan. The first assignment is to make the starting lineup strong. We need to prepare four to five more players for when we get sick other than the (Jeong Hae-jin) starting lineup. After that, there were not many errors from last year, but there were many invisible ones. And we will reinforce our mobility one by one. I will try to make fans feel that Hanwha has changed a lot while watching baseball.
Q. What do you think of the batting line.
- I'm also thinking about the batting line. I'm going to test several players while playing practice games. In the end, we all work together, but when the opportunity comes, it's important whether we catch it or not. We will give chances evenly.
Q. I think defense will be important, too.
- "No matter how hard we practice, we will not be disappointed. We all have one thing in common: defense. We have to strengthen those points. We have to beat strong teams to become a strong team. We have to show our unique colors one by one to repay the fans who root for us despite our poor performances. Players have changed a lot. Please look forward to it a lot this year. Please give us a lot of support.
Q. It is expected that there will be a large amount of defensive training in the camp.
- I don't think it's too much. You have to do that much. The real training is for individual players to train more after group training. You have to do this at the camp. During the final training session, we had to train for four days, take a day off, and train for four days, but decided to do it for four days to three days. Now we have to combine practice and play. Since we have many young players and players who are not experienced, I think we need more practice.