7G batting average of 0.107…Floral Is Going Down Again, Hanwha's Leadership Fight Will It Be a 'Core Task'
7G batting average of 0.107…Floral Is Going Down Again, Hanwha's Leadership Fight Will It Be a 'Core Task'
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After winning eight games in a row, they took a break with two consecutive losses and won five games in a row.
Sky is helping Hanwha Eagles rise, with rain falling twice in the middle of the series.
Hanwha gained the strength to take another day off as the away game of Game 5 of the season against the KIA Tigers, which was scheduled to be held at KIA Champions Field in Gwangju on the 3rd, was canceled in rain. As Children's Day became Monday, the nine consecutive games, which had been feared, naturally got answers due to rain.
Hanwha is one game away from the LG Twins (0.636) as it has exceeded the 60% winning rate with 20 wins and 13 losses (0.606).
It's like fighting for the top spot.
Although he is still in eighth place with a team batting average of 0.238, he continues to be on the right-wing side compared to his 170-8 percent in the early days of the season. The mound, which has produced eight consecutive starts and even found a special finish called Kim Seo-hyun, ranks third with a team ERA of 3.30.
As the firepower gradually revived in the powerful starting lineup that other team coaches envy, more and more games are winning even with a small score.
However, Hanwha also has something to worry about. It is notable that mercenary hitter Esteban Floral, who was controversial for his extreme poor batting at the beginning of the season, seemed to find his way back in April, but has recently slowed down again.
Born in 1997 in the Dominican Republic, Floral, a right-handed left-handed outfielder, joined the New York Yankees on an international amateur free contract in 2015 and started his professional career, making headlines.
In the 2021 season, he showed compliance with 11 big league games with a batting average of 0.300, six hits, one home run and two RBIs. Since then, he has not succeeded in the Major League, but Hanwha has decided to recruit Floral after analyzing that he is young in his mid-20s and that he will be competitive enough in the KBO League. 토토사이트
Floral has been on a rollercoaster ride since joining Hanwha.
After the opening of the regular season on the 22nd of last month, he received a disastrous report card with a batting average of 0.111 (4 hits in 36 at-bats) and a seven-run OPS of 0.405 in 10 games.
However, at that time, not only Floral but also Hanwha's main hitters fell into a slump.
Since then, he has rebounded quickly, and when he finished the game against Lotte Giants on April 24, he has elevated his batting average to 0.298 (31 hits in 104 times at bat). Back then, he had a total of 10 doubles, tying for first with Chae Eun-seong of the same team.
However, since then, Floral has swelled back into the swamp of stagnation.
Notably, since he scored two runs and three hits in four at-bats against Lotte on April 23, he has posted a batting average of 0.107 by posting three hits in 28 at-bats in seven games through the match against KIA in Gwangju on April 2. He has also had one double during the period.
Due to the recent slump, the batting average, which was once close to 300, has fallen to 0.258.
Hanwha head coach Kim Kyung-moon did not lose faith in Floral, saying, "It will explode someday," even when he hit a batting average in the 0% range in the early part of the season in March. Floral also showed his fighting spirit, in which he played even after being hit by a ball in the head to repay the trust of the head coach.
However, it is also true that Floral, which has been slowing down from the recent rise in Hanwha, is noticeable.
How will Hanwha perform in May when it will be in the lead race in earnest.