“I'm going to be in the best lineup including (Moon) Bok-kyung,” Yeom said before a warm-up match against the San Diego Padres at Gocheok Dome on Saturday. The starting pitcher (Im) Chan-kyu plans to pitch about 80 pitches in time for the opening of the season. After Chan-kyu, the winning team pitchers will play. “Tomorrow is the last exhibition game, and the winning team pitchers will engage in hard-line pitching today and tomorrow, and they will have a sense of hard-line pitching,” he said. 스포츠토토
On the same day, LG lined up Park Hae-min (middle fielder), Hong Chang-ki (right fielder), Kim Hyun-soo (designated hitter), Austin Dean (first baseman), Oh Ji-hwan (striker), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Park Dong-won (catcher), Moon Sung-joo (left fielder), and Shin Min-jae (second baseman).
Except for Park Myung-geun, key middle pitchers will be on standby to manage the bullpen. Park, who also belongs to the Korean national team, plans to take the mound in a game against the Dodgers in the evening. Moon also belonged to the Korean national team, but played a game against San Diego on the previous day, and will play against San Diego again on the day as a member of LG. Moon had one hit, two walks, and one base in two times at bat in the game against San Diego on the previous day.
San Diego, which will play at noon on the day after the previous evening's game, will also operate its best lineup. The San Diego Padres have teamed up with Zander Bogaerts (second baseman), Fernando Tatis Jr. (right fielder), Jake Cronenworth (first baseman), Manny Machado (designated hitter), Kim Ha-sung (striker), Jurickson Profar (left fielder), Igui Rosario (third baseman), Kail Higashioka (catcher) and Jackson Meryl (middle fielder). The starting pitcher is Dylan Cease, who was acquired through a surprise trade.
Basically, the focus is on the final conditioning prior to the opening of the season. Still, they say they cannot afford to lose sight of the result. On hearing that the national team did not throw a bunt at the first and second bases with no outs in the ninth inning on the previous day, Yeom said, “I leave it to the players in the early part of the game. However, in the second half of the game, we could stage a maneuver such as a base run or a bunt,” while watching the team win the game.
Lastly, Yeom recalled his training days in San Diego in 2021, saying, “This is the team that helped me during my most difficult time. President AJ Freler and assistant manager Josh Stein did a great job. I'm always grateful. I've prepared a lot to treat him to a meal, but I don't know if I'll have time.”
