SSG's final backup's big turnaround, Kia's 41-year-old slugger, second...His presence was as good as the first man in the KBO, and did he have an opportunity after 9 years of joining the team

SSG's final backup's big turnaround, Kia's 41-year-old slugger, second...His presence was as good as the first man in the KBO, and did he have an opportunity after 9 years of joining the team

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Did Ahn Sang-hyun have a chance.

SSG Landers, led by head coach Lee Sung-yong, had 4 wins and 2 losses in six games from the 13th to the 18th. They recorded 2 wins and 1 loss in three consecutive home games against the NC Dinos from the 13th to the 15th, and 2 wins and 1 loss in three consecutive away games against the Hanwha Eagles from the 16th to the 18th (Double Header on the 17th due to the cancellation of rain on the 16th).
SSG, which recorded 22 wins, 22 losses and 1 draw, succeeded in recovering its winning percentage of 500, forming a joint fourth-place group with the KIA Tigers.

Last week, Choi Jung set a new record for the first 500 home runs in the KBO League. He added strength to his team by scoring home runs in three consecutive games against NC.

There is another player who showed off as much presence as Choi Jeong. It is Ahn Sang-hyun. Ahn has been ranked second in the weekly batting average of the KBO League with 10 hits, four runs scored and a batting average of 0.476 OPS of 1.141 in the past six games. He was second only to top-ranked KIA Choi Hyung-woo (0.526). He was the hottest player in the last week.

In fact, Ahn was in the second division before the start of last week. He was in the first division until May 1 with the opening entry on board, but his performance was mediocre. He had a batting average of 0.240. However, he spent 11 days in the second division, recording four hits, one home run, one RBI, two runs and a batting average of 0.364 in three Futures League games, and succeeded in a call-up on the 13th.

After the first-tier call-up, Ahn is filling in for Choi, who has yet to play defense on third base. Until this season, Ahn only played in five games as a third baseman. All of these games were substitution.

However, he has played in nine games as the starting third baseman this season, adding strength to his team by not only playing in Choi Jeong's defense but also in offense in recent years. On Wednesday, he garnered a hit and a triple off Ryu, contributing to his team's victory.

Born in Sunlin Middle School and Yongma High School, Ahn was drafted by the SK Wyverns, the predecessor of SSG, as the 26th player in the second and third rounds of the 2016 rookie draft. Ahn achieved his dream of making his first-team debut in 2018, but he has never played more than 70 games. He played in 65 games at the time, but only had a batting average of 0.235 in the 2019 season. 스포츠토토

Afterwards, he returned from military service in the military athletic unit, but continued his career in and out of the first and second teams. He gained high expectations by rapidly emerging as a candidate for the main second baseman last season, but his performance was not good. He played in 37 games, but was disappointed with a batting average of 0.171.

Even though it was in the early days of this season, he has shown impressive performance in 27 games with 15 hits, three RBIs, eight runs and a batting average of 0.348. Even in defense, he has made only one mistake. If he continues to follow the current trend, he is expected to achieve career high.