"Recruitment of Shim Woo-joon." Hanwha, how to organize infield traffic

"Recruitment of Shim Woo-joon." Hanwha, how to organize infield traffic

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"We have recruited Shim Woo-joon, an infielder for the FA. The contract is worth up to 5 billion won (4.2 billion won, optional 800 million won) for four years," Hanwha said on Sunday.

Hanwha said, "We have secured stable shortstop resources with fast feet and operational capabilities that we want on the spot, and strengthen our infield depth."

General manager Son Hyuk said, "Shim Woo-joon is a player with the ability to become a mainstay of strengthening the center line next season with his consistency and stable defense that can play more than 100 games in the season," adding, "The introduction of pitch clock will help the team in various ways in that it can put pressure on opposing pitchers when getting on base."

Hanwha's infield team was plunged into chaos again with the recruitment of Shim Woo-joon. After recruiting An Chi-hong as a free agent last year, Hanwha had difficulty in arranging traffic in the infield. An Chi-hong, Chae Eun-seong, and Kim Tae-yeon alternated between first base and designated hitter before An Chi-hong went to second base. With Kim Tae-yeon playing right field and An Chi-hong playing second base, traffic seemed to be cleared to some extent, but Hwang Young-mook appeared as a surprise superstar in the infield. In addition, Lee Do-yoon pushed out Ha Joo-seok to take the main shortstop position, and Moon Hyun-bin, who was pushed back by the end of the season, also showed good batting performance.

After recruiting Shim, chances are high that Hanwha will form an infield team with Noh Si-hwan (third baseman), Shim Woo-joon (striker), An Chi-hong (second baseman), and Chae Eun-seong (first baseman). Moon and Hwang are likely to play as infield utility agents. Or Moon could play center field as in the 2022 season. Ha declared himself a free agent.

There 안전놀이터 is also a possibility of a trade. With Hanwha's acquisition of Shim Woo-joon, Lee's position has become somewhat ambiguous. Therefore, the Lee Do-yoon card may reinforce the outfield, Hanwha's biggest weakness.

Of course, a thick base of players is very important because there are many variables such as injuries during the regular season. Hanwha was said to have plenty of starting pitchers last year, but when the season started, it had difficulty in organizing starting pitchers.

How will manager Kim Kyung-moon begin to clean up the infield traffic? Hanwha's performance in the next season is also expected to change depending on how cleanly the infield traffic is organized.