The Samsung Lions, who finished eighth in the 2023 season, have made a number of changes to their coaching staff.
“We have hired six new coaches, including pitching coach Jung Min-tae, hitting coach Lee Jin-young, second team manager Jung Dae-hyun, pitching coach Kang Young-sik, training coach Jeong Yeon-chang, and general training coach Kim Ji-hoon of Futures (second team),” Samsung announced on Wednesday.
Jung will serve as the first team pitching coach.
Jung, who coached the Hanwha Eagles until 2020, recently returned to the field after serving as a commentator and member of the Korean Baseball Organization's (KBO) Talent Donation Committee.
Kang Young-sik will coach up-and-coming pitchers in the second team.
Lee Jin-young, who played as “the nation's right fielder” during his playing days and had a career batting average of .305 with 2125 hits, was the hitting coach for the SSG Landers until this year.
A top-notch closer during his playing days and a member of the back end of the national team at the 2000 Sydney and 2008 Beijing Olympics, Jung is taking on his first coaching role in the professional ranks.
After retiring from the Lotte Giants in 2017, Chung was most recently the head baseball coach at Dong-A University.
The training department has also been reorganized.
Coach Chung Yeon-chang, formerly the head trainer of the NC Dinos, will be in charge of general training for the first team.
Coach Kim Ji-hoon, who served as the national team trainer at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held this year, joins the second team.
Samsung also added trainers Yeom Sang-chul, Heo Jun-hwan, and Kim Yong-hae.
Lee Jong-yeol, who took over as Samsung's front office last month, said, “We have recruited an experienced first-team pitching coach and a young leader with strengths in pitcher 카지노사이트랭크 development as the Futures Manager. They will help us build a strong team that can consistently challenge for the postseason.”
“We needed to strengthen our training staff to fundamentally improve the velocity of our rookie pitchers and the power of our hitters. This is the first step,” he said, emphasizing that the coaches will have immediate effects on the first team, such as managing player injuries, as well as nurturing prospects. 고스톱
