"Win the hearts of pitchers"...Will Park Se-hyuk and Lee Ho-joon of NC, who are struggling, rebound under the leadership

"Win the hearts of pitchers"...Will Park Se-hyuk and Lee Ho-joon of NC, who are struggling, rebound under the leadership

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Park Se-hyuk, who hails from Shinil Middle School, Shinil High School and Korea University, is a catcher with right and left positions. He entered the professional league as the 47th player in the fifth round in 2012, and posted a batting average of 0.259 (508 hits in 1964) with 24 homers and 259 RBIs and an OPS of 0.688 (on-base plus slugging) in 782 games through the 2022 season. Notably, he contributed to Doosan's overall win as the main home run in 2019.메이저놀이터

Park Se-hyuk then joined hands with NC through a four-year free agent contract worth a total of 4.6 billion won (1.8 billion won in down payment, 2.4 billion won in annual salary, and 400 million won in incentives) ahead of the 2023 season, but failed to show any significant performance. Frequent injuries were the cause. In the meantime, Kim Hyung-joon grew up tremendously, and Park had to yield his position as the starting catcher to Kim Hyung-joon. His record in the 2023 season was 0.211 (51 hits in 242) with six homers and 32 RBIs in 88 games.
Will Park Se-hyuk be able to rebound in the 2025 season? Photo = Courtesy of NC
The period continued through tough times this year. Amid limited chances of 82 games, he only posted a batting average of 0.264 (39 hits in 148 at-bats) and one homerun and 10 RBIs.

Fortunately, the situation is not bad for Park Se-hyuk. Lee Ho-joon, who recently took the helm of NC Dinosaurs, said, "No player is guaranteed a spot," signaling an infinite competition. "I have the mindset that players who cannot play until the first base should not be used as main players. We need to play hard until the first base, trying to reach the first base. We need to show such sharpness in the game."

He also has high expectations for Park. Although Park Min-woo was the final choice, the team even considered him as a captain. "[Park Se-hyuk] has a good idea. We all agreed on creating a good culture. In the first year, I thought that Park Min-woo, who knows me a lot and I know a lot, could be faster. Park Min-woo is a one-club man of NC, and he can transplant NC's culture to young people. I told Park that I would like him to do it after Park Min-woo."

Of course, Park Se-hyuk's individual efforts are needed to get more opportunities to play. In particular, manager Lee asked Park Se-hyuk to win the hearts of pitchers if he wants to play more games. He hoped that pitchers, who are bound to be sensitive, would become catchers who seek and request first.

Park has frequently worked with some pitchers including Daniel Castano (retired) this season. This is why the pitchers in question found Park relatively more comfortable. If Park can win the hearts of many pitchers during this off-season, she may have more chances to play.