Professor Seo, who is happy because he is from Gwangju

However, Seo suffered a cruciate ligament rupture while running on base in 2015, and then suffered a long-term calf injury that caused him to lose 37 games in 2018. Seo transferred to the LG Twins in a one-on-one trade with pitcher Chung Chan-hun in 2021, but he never made a comeback.

Seo met his first career FA eligibility after the end of the 2021 season, but chose to re-do it. There were no FA applications even after the end of the 2022 and 2023 seasons. When Seo hit .200 in 44 games in the 2023 season, he voluntarily asked LG to release him, and continued his career with his hometown team KIA for an annual salary of 50 million won and an option of 70 million won for a total of 120 million won.

Seo has been showing off his amazing batting performance since the beginning of the season. Seo went 3 for 4 against the Doosan Bears on March 31, his fourth game of the season, and led his team to a 5-1 victory by going 3 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs, including a two-run homerun against KT WIZ on April 2, and a two-run homerun against KT on April 3.

Seo's homerun came off KT starter Eom Sang-baek in the top of the fourth inning with two outs and a runner on first base, with the score tied 1:1 on Thursday. Seo hit a homerun for the first time in 560 days since the match against KIA on Sept. 21, 2022, when he was playing for LG. Seo's batting average for the 2024 season soared to 0.500 (7 hits in 14 times at bat).

Speaking to reporters after the game, Seo Gan-chang said, "I've done so many things in a long time (laughs). When I got hit, I felt it pass. It was a mistake, but I got hit in a good point. I couldn't help but be conscious of the triple in my last at-bat, but I was nothing more than trying to hit a good ball," adding, "I feel confident thinking that I didn't make a mistake in what I prepared in the winter. It's because I prepared comfortably from the camp with good coaches and coaches." Seo Geon-chang said that returning to his hometown in Gwangju also had a significant impact on his mental stability. Kim Sun-bin, who was born in 1989, is also the same age as Seo.

Seo Geon-chang said, "Baseball is really a mental game. Baseball became more difficult than when I was young, and there was a time when I fell in love with it and gave myself a hard time. I don't know why it's a big deal, but I think the first thing is to just come to my hometown team and play baseball comfortably. It's been a long time since I played baseball happily. I also have a good chemistry with my friend (Kim) Sunbin, so I am having fun playing baseball," he nodded.

Seo once said he was moved by the old cheering songs sung by KIA fans. "Now that the fans are more used to the cheering songs, I feel like the voice of the fans' voice got louder (laughs). Listening to the cheering songs made me feel really good. I feel more and more motivated to play baseball while smiling happily," Seo said.

KIA manager Lee Bum-ho announced his plan to increase the utilization of Seo Geon-chang, who has a good batting sense, in the early days of the opening game. While chances are high that Seo will be on the starting lineup for the first baseman for the time being, attention is being paid to the "happiness baseball" that Seo Geon-chang will play in his hometown team.

BY: 메이저사이트