"Going past 'Monster Wall' at Daejeon's new stadium."
"Going past 'Monster Wall' at Daejeon's new stadium."
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He took his first step on the Korean pro baseball stage as a "big shot" in 2019. In the following year, he displayed potential by hitting double-digit homers (12) and then swept the league's home run king (31), RBI king (101) and Golden Glove (third baseman) in the 2023 season, displaying his skills and capabilities. The young slugger, who became the first player born in the 2000s to win the home run and RBI title, was expected to serve as a spearhead for Hanwha's long-cherished desire to advance into autumn baseball in the 2024 season along with "legendary" Ryu Hyun-jin (38) who returned to Korea. However, No. 4 hitter Noh Si-hwan (25) of the Hanwha Eagles did not make it to the autumn season again. Last year, Hanwha ranked eighth, failing to advance to the post season for the sixth consecutive year since 2018. With a batting average of 0.272 and 24 homers and 89 RBIs, Noh put his head down.스포츠토토
This year, Hanwha will celebrate its new season at its new stadium for the first time since the team was founded in 1986. Ahead of the season, it invested 12.8 billion won in recruiting outside free agents (free agents) and changed both uniforms and team logos, showing strong commitment to fall baseball. Roh Si-hwan, who met in a new uniform on the 15th at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, which Hanwha used as its home stadium until last year, said, "I have to go (fall baseball) unconditionally this year. The players are only talking about that."
Hanwha Life Insurance Ballpark (tentative name), which Hanwha will welcome as its new home turf, is undergoing final renovation ahead of its opening. Roh, who has never stood on the postseason stage since his debut, is said to have never "intighted" an autumn baseball game in his life. "My heart is already beating when I think about the Hanwha fans packed into this magnificent new stadium and cheering for me," he said.
Hanwha's new home stadium will have an asymmetric shape with 99 meters of left fence and 95 meters of right fence, with an 8-meter-high Monster Wall (tentative name) built on the short right fence. While it will likely be mainly affected by long balls pulled by left-handed hitters, Hanwha's central batters, including Noh Si-hwan, Chae Eun-seong (35), and An Chi-hong (35), are mostly right-handed hitters. "I think it would be interesting to see Monster Wall in person because I haven't been to the new stadium yet, but I don't think I'll have many hits to hit the fence myself as I'm the type to hit the ball by flying it," Noh said. "I can (push) it over enough."
After taking a two-day break from last season, Noh immediately joined the Miyazaki Finishing Camp in Japan, completed three weeks of basic military training, and is concentrating on individual training in Busan and other cities. "Early last year, the batting was so off that I tried to find answers by constantly changing my batting form, but in the end, it was right for me to return to the form that I was best at and most comfortable. I am focusing my efforts on maintaining consistency," he said.
Hanwha ranked fifth in the league (4.98) in average earned runs last year, which was not bad. The starting lineup this year also includes top-rated pitchers such as Ryu Hyun-jin and Moon Dong-ju (22), including foreign pitchers Ryan Weiss (29) and Cody Ponce (31) who joined the team as free agents. However, the team's batting average was only eighth in the league (0.270). "Last year, if the team's batters had maintained last-minute concentration, there were quite a few games in which they could have won," Noh said. "This year, I will focus more on every chance starting from myself." Noh thinks that if Shim Woo-joon (30) who joined the FA this year shakes the opponent with fast feet and foreign hitter Esteban Floral (28) shows off his clutch skills, he will be competitive.
After the end of this season, Noh will be eligible to apply for posting. "Since (Kim) Hye-sung is going to LA Dodgers, I also feel like I want to go to Major League someday," Noh said. His face, which smiled at the thought of the U.S., became firm again. "Now I am just watching this season without thinking about anything else. I will go beyond the 2023 season when I was the home run king. I am confident."
The name of the 8-meter-high fence that enters the right-hand side of Hanwha Life Insurance Ballpark, the new home of the Hanwha Eagles. The asymmetric ballpark has higher fences than the existing ones with different distances to the left and right poles, but there are often scenes where it is difficult to predict, such as home run balls or outfield flies hitting the fence and hitting two or three hits. A case in point is the 11-meter-high "Green Monster" on the left side of Fenway Park, the home ground of the Boston Red Sox.