Who's face comes to mind right now?

No matter how desperate the coach is, if he fails to communicate with the players, his wish for 2024 will be useless. At this time of year when preparing for the new season, some players have high expectations or worries and occupy a space in the coach's mind. The sports club asked the coaches one more question after asking for their wishes for this year. "Then who is the face that comes to mind right now?" All the players are important and worrisome to the coach, but the coach could hear the names that would determine the success or failure of the team this season.

Considering that the key to winning this year's championship is to have a clear first starter, LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop pointed out the new foreign pitcher Dietrich Enns. "It was very difficult last year because there was no first starter. It is very unusual that there is no first starter in the Korean Series team, which ranks first in the regular season. To become a dynasty of continuity, we need to have the basics. That is the starting lineup, and above all, we need a clear first starter."

KT manager Lee Kang-chul came up with Park Young-hyun as the new closing pitcher. Lee, who has reorganized and trained the pitching staff since taking the helm, will leave Kim Jae-yoon, who has been active as the closing pitcher, as a free agent, and put Park Young-hyun, a rookie in his third year, as the new closing pitcher. For his biggest wish to firmly solidify his mid-tier pitching and turn the team into a sustainable strong team, Park Young-hyun should make a soft landing as the closing pitcher. "I hope Park Young-hyun finishes his job well. Realistically, that's the most burdensome part of this season," Lee said.

SSG coach Lee Sung-yong recalled Choo Shin-soo, the oldest player in the team. The coach said he wanted to make Choo's last performance look great. "I heard Choo Shin-soo will win the title. I want to make his last dance look great. I want to have a one-on-one interview with him about how to use Choo this year. I want to make sure that he finishes the game well."

NC manager Kang In-kwon recalled Kim Hyung-joon, who revealed his potential as a starting catcher last year. In reality, the competition to become a starting catcher with Park Se-hyuk is a concern. "It is still unclear whether Kim will be able to play like the baseball he played last fall or not," Kang said. "It is my first time as a starting catcher, but I am not sure whether I should push Kim Hyung-joon or let him use Park Se-hyuk first and then support him to learn more. Since Park Se-hyuk also came to our team as an FA, I am very worried about what to do with the weight of the two this year."

Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop first thought of Kwak Bin, Korea's first starting pitcher. Kwak Bin is one of the young aces that appeared in the league last year. In order for Doosan to produce a good performance, Kwak Bin must show better performance than last season. "We had 12 wins last year, the best performance since our debut," Lee said. "However, I don't think last year was career-high. I hope you continue to grow and become the ace of the Republic of Korea."

Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung, a former catcher, is also paying attention to catcher Yoo Kang-nam. Yoo Kang-nam, who joined Lotte after signing an FA contract last year, believes that it is important for Yoo Kang-nam to stand up mentally as well. "Yoo Kang-nam must have felt a bit of pressure because he came to Lotte last year. It's really not easy to work with new pitchers. Wouldn't this year be better than last year? If he shows better performance and has stability as the main catcher, the team can be better. In the end, Yoo Kang-nam needs to do some batting. I hope he does better this year," Kim said.

Samsung manager Park Jin-man called infielder Oh Jae-il's name. I hope Oh Jae-il, who needs to stay in the center as the fourth batter of Samsung, will play a good role this year. "As Oh Jae-il was under a lot of stress as he finished the game last year, he said. Only when Oh Jae-il recovers, will we be able to go to autumn baseball? If he does it like last year, I will be in agony again. I hope he doesn't do that."

Choi Won-ho, manager of the Hanwha Eagles, also pointed to Moon Dong-ju, who added new hope to the Hanwha mound through his stellar performance in the last season. "It is difficult to say that Moon Dong-ju is a guaranteed starting pitcher yet. We have to produce as many results as we expect this year. We may perform better than we expected, but I think it is the most important variable because we may not be able to perform as much as we expected," Choi said. "If we want to play in the postseason, the first three starters need to win at least 35 games together, and Moon needs to win at least 10 games with foreign pitchers. Dong-ju's performance is very important to our starting lineup."

Kiwoom manager Hong Won-ki pointed out infielder Song Sung-moon. As soon as the season opened, Song had to take a break for more than a month after punching down his chair because he couldn't stand defense mistakes and fractured it. It was a season when Kiwoom suffered string injuries, and Hong had to calm down due to the stupid injury that broke the mood from the beginning of the season. "I had high expectations last year, but I had a hard time because of that fist sandwich. I got married in December, and now I'm looking forward to playing this season with a different mindset," Hong said. "Now I think Song Sung-moon should take the center stage in the fielders."

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