KIA Tigers' base coach Cho Jae-young, who led the team's steal and base indicators to the top, will continue his football stance in the 2024 season. According to MK Sports coverage, most of the existing coaches are likely to remain on the team as Kim Jong-guk's tenure has been decided after the end of the regular season. Coach Cho Jae-young, whose future has been noted by several clubs, also plans to remain on the team until the 2024 season to assist coach Kim Jong-guk. 메이저 토토사이트
Coach Cho Jae-young began his professional stage leadership career as a defensive coach for the Nexen Heroes currently Kiwoom Heroes development team in 2016 and served as the first-tier operation/base coach in 2017 for five years until the 2021 season. With the appointment of coach Cho, Kiwoom has been reborn as the best foot baseball corps in the league. In particular, Kiwoom infielder Kim Hye-sung in the 2021 season expressed his gratitude to coach Cho Jae-young after becoming the king of stolen bases with 46 steals in the season.
After moving to KIA, coach Cho said, First of all, the success rate of stolen bases should be basically increased, but there should be many attempts to play actively. In Kiwoom, that part was implemented as an ideal picture. I really want to lead such achievements in KIA as well. I saw several players with above-average focus. I want to create an environment that gives me an opportunity to play as a whole team, rather than focusing on one or two players, he said.
Coach Cho showed not only words but also direct achievements. After coach Cho's appointment, the number of stolen bases, which remained in the 9th place 73 stolen bases and the 5th place 70.2% in the 2021 season, was the 1st place in stolen bases 103 and the 3rd place in the success rate of stolen bases 75.7%.
In the 2023 season, KIA continued its 'Cho Jae-young-pyo' starting baseball stance by ranking third in stolen base 122 steals and second in stolen base success rate 78.2%. He also ranked first in the league 5.97 in terms of average contribution to stolen bases.
Not only did he steal, but he also did well in the base part. KIA ranked second in the league 4.14 in the index of run-scoring production RAA compared to the average of the 2023 season. Coach Cho Jae-young, who served as the third base running coach, played the role of a windmill that rarely breaks down, leading to at least second place in the league in the probability of running base 3.15%.
Coach Cho also helped Kim Kyu-sung with a home steal against the LG Twins in Jamsil on April 29, 2023, creating the most memorable scene of the season.
At the top of the ninth inning, Kim Kyu-sung began to run straight home as soon as opposing pitcher Ham Deok-ju entered the pitching position with the ball count of 1B-2S. It was such a surprise move that even the LG infielders could not cope properly. Ham Deok-ju threw the ball late, but the 125km/h fastball, which was judged to be a pitch, hit Kim Kyu-sung's body and slipped into the back net.
Kim Kyu-sung's home steal made an additional score, which took one step further to 6-3. All the base runners got off to a start and were not recognized as a solo home steal, but Kim Kyu-sung tasted the thrill with a sensible play that drew Jamsil Beol's exclamation.
I was only thinking about home steel, but I played until the first and second base runners, head coach Kim Jong-guk said of the home steel situation at the time. I didn't know either. What was important was the cooperation between the third base operation coach and the third base runner. Coach Cho Jae-young was probably thinking about it, but the situation matched Kyu-sung so well. I think it was a great operation. It was such a cool play. Coach Cho Jae-young seems to have done a big job, he said, raising his thumb. Coach Cho, who has a reputation in the field as a constantly studying leader, plans to show more sophisticated foot baseball in the 2024 season.
Coach Cho said, I've been coaching third base, so I'm trying to make it as enjoyable as possible without stress. Coaches as well as players should always try to grow year after year. I want to study constantly and make better results with the players. The coach is responsible for the result, so I want to order the players to enjoy the situation, he stressed.
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