KIA Tigers manager Lee Bum-ho's leadership will be put to the test.
Kia has four wins and eight losses in its first 12 games of this season. Nobody expected such a move. Currently, the biggest problem is its batters and the bullpen. Its batters rank sixth with a team batting average of 0.249, fourth with a team slugging percentage of 0.417, and fifth with a team on-base percentage of 0.337. The bullpen session is the lowest with a team ERA of 7.62.카지노
Since the batting lineup is less explosive than last year and the bullpen is less clean than last year, the batting balance is inevitably out of sync. Although the starting ERA is 2.91 in second place, it is hidden by the batting lineup and the bullpen. In the case of the batting lineup, Kim Do-young, Park Chan-ho and Kim Sun-bin are largely affected by the departure. Park Chan-ho returned from the game against the LG Twins in Jamsil on the 6th, but he is not in normal condition yet.
The team is expected to get better if Kim Do-young returns and gives energy from the airlift. The table setter may be over. However, Kim Sun-bin's vacuum still remains. The difference in the bullpen is that Jang Hyun-sik (LG Twins) came out of last year's members and Cho Sang-woo came in. Each of the must-win pitching groups has a little worse record than last year. In particular, Jeon Sang-hyun and Kwak Do-gyu are not at a good pace.
However, baseball does not come true as it says. There are many variables because it is done by humans. The team immediately loses to the Lotte Giants in Busan on August 8, and if the Hanwha Eagles win the Doosan Bears match in Jamsil, it will fall to the bottom. This is a serious crisis.
It is time for Lee's leadership to be displayed. Basically, Lee is a leader who is capable of encouraging players to display their best skills on the ground. He uses appropriate speech techniques to suit players' styles and excels in pushing and pulling. He has the ability to unite the team.
"I never criticize individuals who showed poor performance in the early days of the season. It will get better soon as it is in the early days of the season," he said, sending his undying trust. He does not just talk like that but does other things. I sincerely hope the players do well.
However, it is also the coach's responsibility to make detailed coordination to improve the individual's performance. Inside, they are constantly interacting with each other through coaches, data from analysis of players' capacities, and conversations with individual players. On top of that, if a coach can present a blueprint from a bigger perspective, he is a good leader. Only then can trust relationships grow stronger.
It's a cliché, but a crisis really represents an opportunity. He is at the bottom of the list if he steps back, but he is a team with sufficient potential to advance. In this regard, it is also notable that Lee Bum-ho did not change his entry into the top tier team at all on Tuesday. The move contrasts with Lotte and Hanwha's bold decision to drop their sluggish players into the second tier team. The move is interpreted as an expression of strong trust in the current top tier team members.