15 consecutive hitless → 100% batting average fall... frozen 'extra-large' trade main card
15 consecutive hitless → 100% batting average fall... frozen 'extra-large' trade main card
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"Mega Deal" main card Kim Min-seok (21, Doosan Bears) is suffering from a severe decline in his hitting sense.
Kim Min-seok started the home game against the Kiwoom Heroes in the 2025 KBO League at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 2nd, but was replaced at the start of Doosan's defense in the top of the 8th inning after going 0 for 4.
Kim Min-seok took the first batter's box with Doosan leading 1-0, with Yang Suk-hwan hitting the first batter's home run in the bottom of the second inning. He faced opposing pitcher Yoon Hyun, but he grounded out to first base on a four-seam fastball (straight ball) on the second pitch.
Kim Min-seok took the second batter's box in the bottom of the fourth inning when Kiwoom starter Choi Seung-yong allowed a three-run home run to Lee Ju-hyung in the top of the third inning, and Doosan was losing 1-3, but struck out again. He picked out a curve that fell out of the strike zone on the sixth pitch with a ball count of 2 balls and 2 strikes, but swung and missed on the seventh pitch.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, when the score was tied at 3-3, he stepped down as a mistake even with no outs and no outs on the first base. He targeted Oh Seok-joo's fastball at the first pitch of 137km/h, but the ball missed and headed straight to left field. Kim Min-seok hit the bat on pitcher Kim Sun-ki's fork ball in the seventh inning with one out and no runners, and only grounded out to first base. 온라인바카라
Doosan gave up one run at the bottom of the eighth inning with runners on the first and second bases with no outs, and closer Kim Tae-yeon kept the lead that Kim Jae-hwan led by scoring an additional run with a ground ball to win 5-3. The team tied for eighth with the Hanwha Eagles and the KIA Tigers, who lost on the day. However, Kim Min-seok's poor performance was regrettable.
Kim Min-seok, a former Lotte Giants first-rounder (2023 rookie draft), moved to Doosan Bears along with outfielder Choo Jae-hyun and pitcher Choi Woo-in in November last year. He was expected to lead off the 2025 season by impressing "national batter" coach Lee Seung-yeop in this year's spring camp, and displayed stellar performance by posting a batting average of 0.333 in exhibition games. Until then, he was outstanding compared to Chung Cheol-won, another main card of "Mega Deal" that went to Lotte.
Kim Min-seok, who had two hits in the opening game of the regular season against SSG Landers on March 22, has since suffered a severe slump. Since his first at-bat against Suwon KT Wiz on March 26, he has had no hits in 11 consecutive times, and his batting average of .200 has collapsed. At the match against Kiwoom on the day (on March 2), he had no hits in four times at bat, increasing his hitless performance to 15. Kim's batting average fell to 0.167.
On the other hand, Choo Jae-hyun, who started the day after wearing Doosan's uniform with Kim Min-seok, comforted Doosan fans by performing a bunt operation that gave Doosan a win by leading to a right-handed hit, a walk on base in the third inning, and an opponent's error in the eighth inning in his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning.