LG's New Clutch Hitter Moon Jeong-bin: "I Want to Step on the Korean Series Stage"

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Rookie slugger Moon Jeong-bin has emerged as a pillar of strength for the LG Twins, who have been struggling recently.

Moon, who has rapidly surged as a Rookie of the Year candidate by hitting towering home runs with the fastest batted ball speed among domestic hitters, was met by reporter Yu Byeongmin.

[Reporter]

Having been a passionate LG fan since childhood, Moon Jeong-bin achieved his dream when he was drafted by LG in the 8th round in 2022, but he immediately hit the wall of professional baseball and enlisted for active-duty military service the following year.

As a result, he had to watch LG win the Korean Series on TV from inside his barracks for the first time in 23 years.

[Moon Jeong-bin / LG Infielders: It was past the time for roll call. I remember shouting when Oh Ji-hwan hit a 3-run home run in Suwon against the KT Wiz during the Korean Series, and then getting called out and scolded.]

After stepping onto the first-team stage for the first time last year without making any significant impact, Moon completely overhauled his batting form during the winter.

[Moon Jeong-bin / LG Infielder: Last year, when the ball came in, I would hit it with a slightly upward trajectory. This year, I do the exact opposite; when the ball comes in, I go slightly underneath it to produce line-drive hits.]

Having changed his swing, Moon transformed into a completely different hitter.

After joining the first team in May, he smashed 15 home runs, the second most on the team behind Austin, along with 5 game-winning hits. Ranking third in home runs and second in RBIs in the league during the second half of the season, he has thrown the Rookie of the Year race, previously dominated by Hanwha's Huh In-seo, into a fog of uncertainty.

Backed by tremendous power, he recorded an average batted ball speed exceeding 141 km/h, surpassing national team sluggers of the same age such as Kim Do-young and Ahn Hyun-min to claim the top spot among domestic hitters.

Moon resolves to become the clutch solver who leads a recently shaky LG to the Korean Series for the second consecutive year.

[Moon Jeong-bin / LG Infielder: Of course, I believe our team can make it to the Korean Series, and my goal is to play in the Korean Series just once.]

(Video footage by Yoo Dong-hyuk | Video editing by Ha Sung-won | Design by Kim Han-gil)
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