"Except for the first-team camp," Noh Jin-hyuk said, "I just couldn't play baseball." Self-blame → Realizing that "it's nothing I knew" after taking the U.S. "Hail School."

"Except for the first-team camp," Noh Jin-hyuk said, "I just couldn't play baseball." Self-blame → Realizing that "it's nothing I knew" after taking the U.S. "Hail School."

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Roh Jin-hyuk (36, Lotte Giants), who came all the way to the U.S. at his own expense to revive the team, will see the results of his efforts to make a comeback.

Roh Jin-hyuk played in 73 games in the 2024 season, batting .219 (30 hits in 137 at-bats), two homers, 13 RBIs and 13 points, and an on-base percentage of 0.297 slugging percentage of 0.307 and OPS of 0.604.온라인바카라

Despite his disappointing performance in the 2023 season, Noh started the season as the main shortstop, but showed a sluggish start as he failed to overcome his batting average of around 100 percent in the early days of the season. Having been informed of his participation in the second half of the season three times in the first half of the year, he gradually improved his performance by posting a monthly batting average of 0.261 in July and 0.314 in August. However, he ended the season without a reversal.

After signing a four-year, five-billion-won free agent contract with Lotte, Noh did not meet his expectations when he joined the team for two years. During his time with the NC Dinosaurs, he had long balls that enabled 20 home runs, and Lotte also said, "We expect him to bring positive influence to the team's infield." However, he hit only six home runs over the past two years.

Roh Jin-hyuk, who is working out at Lotte's Futures Camp at Sangdong Baseball Stadium in Gimhae, told Star News, "I didn't get sick. It was just that I wasn't good at baseball," and looked back on last season. "If you're a professional, you have to overcome a given situation, but you haven't adapted well to that part," he added.

As evidenced by his overall performance (0.642 OSP through April and 0.786 from September), slow starter Noh Jin-hyuk had a hard time especially in the early last year. "I came down from the starting lineup after my first 10 games and 40 at-bats, but I didn't have the right timing with the pitcher at that time. I was wondering if I could beat it or not, but I lost from there," he said.

The introduction of the automatic pitching system also had an impact. "I used to have bad results with high balls, and I was good at low balls," Noh said. "However, I lost the fight as many high balls were caught with strikes when I counted."

To overcome various disappointments, Noh Jin-hyuk met with former Lotte Giants player Huh Il (33) and started training ahead of this season. Coach Huh is recognized for his ability to sign an official minor league coach recently, and players such as Park Min-woo and Kim Sung-wook visited him. After staying in the U.S. for 32 days, he focused on batting training every day except for the two days when his family came.

What did he focus on with Coach Huh Il? "I originally thought he was moving his center well while playing leg kicks, but when I went and took the video, it was just my feeling," Noh said. "I thought it was time for a change, so I made a lot of revisions in that part," he said.

He has also been coping with high balls, which he had suffered so far. "I have endured high balls without putting my hands down, but when I played high balls in the U.S., I thought I could hit them," Noh said. "I have been preparing to cope with high balls, so I am preparing by hitting them at the ballpark."

Noh conducted the training with high school and college students in the U.S. He said, "It was really good to exercise. It was fun to swing and run with the students. I learned a lot there, and I felt a lot," and confessed, "I thought I knew a little about baseball, but what I knew was really nothing."

Having started as a main player and retired as a backup, Noh is now faced with a fierce competition. He failed to make the roster for the spring camp for the Futures team and will move on to Tainan, Taiwan on Tuesday for overseas camp. "It wasn't good for me when I said I couldn't go to the (first team) camp, but we don't know what will happen," Noh said. "After all, it's important not to let go of baseball. I think that mindset is important until I quit."

At the second-tier camp, Noh is training with his junior teammates Kim Min-sung, 37, who is in a similar situation. He is engaged in competition by inspiring fighting, giving advice to younger brothers, and sometimes playing pranks. "I am relying on Min-sung and I are doing it. We are trying to have fun together," Noh said.

Roh said, "It would be best if I could play a lot of matches, but first of all, I want to be a player who is not left out of the team. That's my job, so I'm going to do it diligently," expressing his goal for the upcoming 2025 season.