“It felt like it was fighting me. It was frustrating.”

That’s how Han Dong-hee, 24, known as “Post Lee Dae-ho,” has felt all season.

In 47 games this season, Han is batting .232 with two home runs and 22 RBIs. That’s a huge drop from last year, when he hit .307 in his rookie year.

In addition to home runs, Handonghi’s on-base percentage has plummeted. After posting a .360 on-base percentage in 2018 after being drafted in the first round, he’s barely cracking the triple digits this season (0.310). He ranks 51st in batting average among the 53 players with regular at-bats. “I felt like I was fighting with myself because the timing of my at-bats and the results weren’t good,” Han said. It was frustrating.”

Han has always been a hitter with high bat speed and a low launch angle, but this season she tried to transform herself into a long hitter. She chose to strengthen her lower body and rotate her torso to improve her launch angle and distance. He went from being a line-drive hitter to a fly ball hitter.

Han Dong-hee was considered the first choice to fill the void left by Lee Dae-ho. Lee Dae-ho also saw the Gyeongnam High School junior as his successor.

The results were not good. In April, Lee struggled with a 0.169 batting average. In May, he bounced back with a .278 average, but the long-awaited home run never came. Despite a 4-for-10 performance in the first three games of June, Lotte decided to move him to the second team, which meant he was left off the final roster for the Hangzhou 2023 Asian Games (AG).

After batting .379 with a 1.041 OPS (on-base percentage + slugging percentage) in eight games in the Futures (second team) League, Han returned to the first team after 10 days. Han made her Altoran debut on the 18th against SSG Landers. Starting in the fifth spot in the batting order, he hit a two-run double to left-center field off Roenis Elias in the top of the first inning for a 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the fifth inning for a 3-0 lead, he singled through the left side, and in the top of the sixth inning for a 6-0 lead, he hit a sacrifice fly with runners on first and third.

Han said, “In the second team, I practiced hitting (the ball) lightly with direction. I didn’t have any stress about grades, so I just focused on the direction,” she said, adding, “When you get results, you get confidence. I think there will be good results if you take things one by one.안전놀이터

Despite her struggles, Han Dong-hee was strong at the plate, batting .333 (14-for-42) with runners in scoring position. “That’s the least I can do,” he laughed.