It could have been a wonderful relationship. 15 years ago, 메이저사이트 I found an unknown player who had not even thought of joining the pros. After persuasion, he put on a professional uniform rather than a college uniform, and after that, he wanted to be with the coach as a key player.

He expressed his joy about the reunion until the beginning of the finish camp last November, but his relationship was not completely connected. This is the story of LG coach Yeom Kyung-yeop, who led the recruitment of Chae Eun-seong during his scouting days, and Chae Eun-seong (33), who is currently active as a central hitter for Hanwha.

He reunited with his old teammates after a long time. Chae Eun-seong visited the LG team ahead of the Daejeon LG match on the 21st and greeted them one by one. I greeted the manager, coaching staff, players, as well as the club staff. During an interview with reporters, director Yeom Gyeong-yeop visited and gave him a shoulder massage.

Director Yeom also welcomed Chae Eun-seong and said, “We are having a hard time. Every game is bloody,” and Chae Eun-seong also said, “We are also having a hard time. We are struggling every game,” he said. Director Yeom continued, “Isn’t it too good to play? Everyone is in first place right now” and smiled, “If you were there, we would have been really strong… He also expressed regret. In response, Chae Eun-seong replied with a smile, saying, “There is no such thing as a director.”

Even until the beginning of the Icheon finishing camp about five months ago, it is coach Yeom who put FA Chae Eun-seong in the lineup for the 2023 season. However, the result of the Stove League was an FA contract with Hanwha. Hanwha offered Chae Eun-seong a six-year, up to 9 billion won contract, and LG was unable to match the size Hanwha suggested due to the salary cap. It was the moment when the relationship between LG and Chae Eun-seong, which began in 2009, came to an end.

And in 2009, Director Yeom played a decisive role in making Chae Eun-seong wear the LG uniform. In 2008, when he was a scout for LG, coach Yeom met Chae Eun-seong at Suncheon Hyocheon High School and tried to persuade him. He suggested that he, who was not nominated in the rookie draft, join LG Foster.

Regarding the situation at the time, Chae Eun-seong said, “In high school, I was not a good baseball player. So he never even thought about joining the pros. The draft unknown was not too regrettable. He was thinking of going through the test as a flag player or going to college,” he said.

Director Yeom met Chae Eun-seong’s parents in person and continued to persuade them. At the same time, Chae Eun-seong’s choice became LG. The process after that is known to many. A player with a three-digit uniform number and an unclear position, he overcame adversity and created another myth of a foster player. In 2018, he scored 119 RBIs, the most in one season for the LG club, while firmly maintaining his cleanup position.

A scout taking the baton of a team. It is highly unlikely that a foster player will become a central hitter. Coach Yeom said at the time when the LG command tower was confirmed last year, “There are many players who have known LG before. There are players from the Nexen days, and there are players recruited from the LG Scout days. The memory of recruiting Eunseong is still vivid,” he said, conveying a wonderful relationship.

LG ranked first in both categories with a team batting average of 0.298 and a team OPS of 0.804 until the game against Hanwha in Daejeon on the 21st. If Chae Eun-seong was here, he could build a tremendous batting line that balances left and right hitters as coach Yeom hoped.

However, as Chae Eun-seong said, there are no ifs in baseball or life. Chae Eun-seong recorded 1 hit in 4 at-bats on the day of his first encounter with LG players.