He was shaken by three injuries, but the season did not end.

LG outfielder Lee Jae-won (24) will start training and practice in the second division from the 21st. He trained at Jamsil Stadium with his first-tier teammates until the 20th, the last day of the All-Star break, and will go through preparations for a leap forward in Icheon for the next 10 days.

LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said, "Jaewon is in the second division for about 10 days to improve his batting sense. I will see a table setter in the second division match. I'm thinking of batting order as number one or two. "I will make him play the most at-bats," he said. "When I return after 10 days, I plan to rotate the first-tier outfielders as before." "As the second half begins in hot and easy weather, I think it will be a good physical arrangement if outfielders go around the rotation with Jae-won," he said.


This is not the first time it has been implemented. Head coach Yeom also rotated Lee Jae-won and the main outfielders in May when Lee Jae-won returned from his second injury. If Lee Jae-won plays as a left fielder, one of Hong Chang-ki, Park Hae-min and Moon Sung-joo was excluded from the lineup. Sometimes, Lee Jae-won also watched the first baseman, inducing Austin Dean's physical arrangement.

It was a short period of time, but it also left a strong impression. During the month of May, Lee Jae-won played 42 at-bats with a batting average of 0.270 with three home runs and 10 RBIs with 0.925 OPS. While striking out 12, he recorded seven with four outs, marking a 0.357 on-base percentage. A good swing trajectory that he diligently trained from last year's finishing camp to the spring camp, and his calm appearance at bat were revealed intact.

The problem was injury. I happened to get hurt after hitting a home run. After hitting a home run against Munhak SSG on May 24, he felt pain in his thigh during defense. While chasing a distant ball, an abnormal signal came and he was excluded from the first-tier entry the next day after being replaced.

It was the same in March during the exhibition game.

Lee Jae-won, who was unable to carry out the final schedule of the camp due to side pain, played his first game of the year at the end of March. In the match against Kiwoom in Gocheok on March 25, he went 2-for-2 with a home run. However, before the next day's game, a side injury recurred and left. He was injured after hitting home runs in both March and May and has not recovered his good batting since then.

Lee Jae-won was shaken, but other players continued to rise. Hong Chang-ki and Moon Sung-joo played as the league's best table setters in the first half. As Shin Min-jae also jumped to second base, LG completed a strong connection from the bottom to the top with No. 8 Park Hae-min, No. 9 Shin Min-jae, No. 1 Hong Chang-ki, and No. 2 Moon Sung-joo. The first baseman became Austin Dean, who ended the brutal death of a foreign batter. LG's batting average (0.285) and team on-base percentage (0.373) in the first half of the year. And it was ranked first in both team OPS (0.767).

There is no room for Lee Jae-won. Still, Yeom did not give up on Lee Jae-won. Head coach Yeom expressed regret toward Lee Jae-won, who had been sidelined three times due to injury, saying, "If it weren't for the injury, I wouldn't have been playing the first baseman now." In order to avoid the season's last-minute batting slump, which has been repeated over the past few years, it is necessary to prevent deterioration and injury due to physical arrangements. And I expect Lee Jae-won to be the player who leads this.

Lee Jae-won will return to the first division in early August. The game will be held on Monday in case of rain cancellation on Saturday and Sunday from August 5. If Lee Jae-won returns with his May appearance at a time when rest is not guaranteed on Monday, he will be a perfect supporter. Coach Yeom has in mind Lee Jae-won playing not only the outfield but also the first base from time to time, with the powerful batters completing the race.
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