'Shock' 21-year-old genius hitter, why did you drop out of spring camp...Will the backup catcher race go up in smoke
'Shock' 21-year-old genius hitter, why did you drop out of spring camp...Will the backup catcher race go up in smoke
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"It's hard to overcome. I can't fully participate in the spring camp for two consecutive years." Kim Bum-suk (21), a promising player of the LG Twins, has been disqualified from the Arizona Spring camp due to his injury.토토사이트
LG's seven players, including Oh Ji-hwan, Park Dong-won, Lim Chan-kyu, Son Joo-young, Baek Seung-hyun, Lee Young-bin and Jin Woo-young, left for the U.S. on the 15th, and the team's main team will leave on the 23rd.
"Kim was not included in the U.S. spring camp list due to a minor waist injury," said an LG official. Fortunately, the injury is not serious. He is not 100 percent in perfect physical condition but will not join the U.S. spring camp for the second tier team camp. Kim will join the second tier team squad from late January and undergo rehabilitation and training at LG Champions Park in Icheon.
Kim participated in last year's U.S. spring camp, and returned to Korea mid-February due to an injury to his abdominal muscles. With the start of 2024, Yeom Kyung-yeop announced his plan to focus on fostering Kim as the second catcher to support the main catcher Park Dong-won, but his plan was broken when he failed to lose weight and was injured in the spring camp.
After returning home, Kim Bum-suk rehabilitated and came up to the first team in mid-April, but due to insufficient catcher training in camp, he played as a pinch hitter, designated hitter, and backup first baseman rather than a backup catcher.
Kim was praised by the coaching staff as he lost nearly 10 kilograms during the closing camp in November last year. "Kim seems to have changed his mind a lot. I decided to lose weight on my own, so I controlled my diet and lost weight," coach Yeom Kyung-yeop said.
"I don't like salad, but I ate a lot this time. I feel like I am losing some weight because I am on a diet for dinner," Kim said. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop told him to lose 10 kilograms more before the spring camp.
However, in a recent photo with a fan, Kim Bum-suk appeared to have gained weight again. He failed to control his weight continuously, and he was unable to join the spring camp due to his poor physical condition due to a back injury. With a lot of time until the opening, Kim will recover from a back injury and there will be no major difficulties in preparing for the season in the second-tier camp. However, Kim is expected to play mostly as a designated hitter rather than a catcher this year.
Regarding the backup catcher at the New Year's greeting ceremony in early January, Yeom Kyung-yeop said, "For now, Lee Joo-heon is leaving the defense team. It will not be easy for Kim this year. Bum-suk did not train a catcher during the closing camp, but only if he trains a defense team in the spring camp, it is not easy to run as a catcher. When a right-handed substitute or a left-handed starter comes out, he thinks of the designated hitter. The second catcher is Lee Joo-heon." Due to his back injury, he may not be able to faithfully train a catcher even in the spring camp.
Kim was recognized for his batting talent. Until the end of May last year, he had a batting average of 298 (28 hits in 94 at-bats) with five homers and 19 RBIs in 32 games. Legendary commentators Lee Soon-cheol and Park Jae-hong praised Kim for his "genius batting talent." As he failed to establish himself as a backup catcher, however, he had no chance to play. He had a batting average of around .100 in the second half of the year, and posted a batting average of .241 (39 hits in 162 at-bats) with six homers and 24 RBIs in 70 games last year.