has been a humble person since his active career and genuinely cares about his juniors.
Yang Eui-ji, who returned to the Doosan Bears, showed his respect for manager Lee Seung-yeop at the signing ceremony on the 11th. Yang Eui-ji, who was released as a free agent (FA) after the 2022 season, signed a 6-year (4+2) contract with Doosan, his parent, for up to 15.2 billion won in November of that year. This is the largest single contract in the KBO League.
Yang Eui-ji said, “In 2010, when I returned to Doosan after being discharged from the military, I saw coach Lee Seung-yeop, who was playing in the Japanese professional baseball at the time, doing night training at the Miyazaki camp.” I felt a lot,” he said.
He started his professional life by joining Doosan in the 2nd round of the 8th round in 2006 with the 59th rank.
Since then, his skills have gradually increased, and after Park Kyung-wan’s retirement, the Korean professional baseball catcher’s match, which was supposed to be a warlord, hardened into ‘Yang Eui-ji’s complete victory’. 메이저사이트
Eui-ji Yang’s personal career batting average is 0.307, 228 home runs, and 944 RBIs. Yang Eui-ji played a big role with a batting average of 0.322, 103 home runs, and 397 RBIs during the 4 seasons from 2019 to 2021, when he played for the NC Dinos. He also became the Korean Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice at Doosan in 2016 and NC in 2020.
Coach Lee Seung-yeop said, “It is a great fortune to be able to play with such a catcher. Yang Eui-ji is a hitter who can stand in the center of the batting line. One less worry when forming the lineup.”
He said, “When I was playing as a player, Yang Eui-ji was the most difficult catcher to deal with. Generally, if I predicted,’I will do this kind of ball combination’, 60 to 70% were correct. However, when Yang Eui-ji sat behind the home plate, I could not predict it at all. “Yang Eui-ji boldly led the pitcher in the KBO League and international competitions.
The two recognized each other and dreamed of the same goal while playing on the same team for the first time.
After taking office, manager Lee Seung-yeop said, “I want to advance to the Korean series within three years of his contract period.” Yang Eui-ji said, “I set my goal every year to win. I haven’t been able to play the postseason for the past two years, but I will step on the fall stage and thoroughly prepare to advance to the Korean series.”