Noh Si-hwan's growth to become a home run hitter

Hanwha Eagles infielder Noh Si-hwan (23) is the most brilliant player of the season. With his 30th home run of the season, he is overwhelmingly leading this part. Roh Si-hwan's career home runs have been only 37 home runs in the past four seasons, but this year, he recorded 30 home runs even though the season was not over in a season. It's the birth of a new giant gun.

Hanwha Choi Won-ho, who met with reporters before the away game against Kiwoom Heroes at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 10th, said, "Roh Si-hwan is a 'special A-class' slugger in terms of his performance this season alone. He added, "I'm on the verge of hitting 30 home runs and 100 RBIs, which are the representative figures of long hitters." As of the 10th, Noh Si-hwan has 30 home runs and 96 RBIs.

Choi Jung (SSG Landers), a representative slugger in the KBO League, hit 35 home runs in 2021 and recorded 100 RBIs when he became the home run king. Another slugger, Park Byung-ho (KT Wiz), also hit 98 RBIs when he became the home run king with 35 home runs in 2022. In terms of his performance this season, Noh Si-hwan stood tall as a league representative slugger who will be on par with them.

It wasn't just a potential explosion. He changed his mindset and made some attempts to change his batting posture accordingly. "I changed my batting style," he said. Until then, he took a passive blow to avoid striking out. My signature is turning a strong and cool swing, but since I eat a lot of strikeouts, I've changed to a hitting posture that hits me. "I also left the heating point behind," he said.

But he soon changed his mind. Noh Si-hwan said, "But when I think about my baseball life goal, I want to be a 'home run hitter'. I have to eat a lot of strikeouts to grow into a home run hitter, but I was afraid of it. I thought I should change my style at all, so I practiced with a swing that made a long hit by pulling the heating point forward during the offseason. I think it's good that it's going well," he explained.

It was a risky challenge. Roh Si-hwan played 115 games last year, batting 0.281 with six home runs, and not bad performance. However, he maintained a batting average of .300 at the time, but when he changed his batting posture a little, he recorded a batting average of .20 at the end of the second half and failed to maintain the batting average.

Nevertheless, he chose to change. Noh Si-hwan said, "I felt a lot at that time. I thought I shouldn't change my batting posture recklessly. "So, rather than changing my batting posture significantly, I focused on hitting points," he said.

"It was a challenge that I didn't know what the outcome would be, but I don't think I would have had any regrets if I failed. Because my goal was a home run hitter. I was confident that I could try to change. I thought I would regret it if I continued my baseball life like this. I'm big and strong, but being a batter who only hits is a batter without merit. "I wanted to be a home run hitter whether it was porridge or rice."

Noh Si-hwan's firm mind and execution ability finally put his first home run king in front of him. If he, who is only in his fifth year since his debut, wins the home run king this season, he will be the 20th home run king in six years since Choi Jung (29 years old at the time) in 2017

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