"Team comes first, no desire to finish."

At Akama Stadium in Okinawa, Japan, the venue for Samsung Lions' spring camp, Oh Seung-hwan, a right-handed closer known as the "final king," met with reporters on Wednesday and shared an unexpected story. "I kept focusing on my saves because I achieved the record. Team first. I wanted to eliminate the record by completing it as soon as possible," Oh said.  토토사이트

Last season, Oh Seung-hwan achieved a monumental milestone. He added 30 saves (joint third in the league) and recorded 30 saves for the third consecutive year. Furthermore, he achieved his first career 500 saves in Korea, the U.S., and Japan. He also became the first in KBO league history to complete his 400th career save tower. Oh Seung-hwan has an excellent career record with 41 wins and 24 losses with 400 saves with an ERA of 2.06 in 668 games in 13 seasons.

When it comes to save, Oh's path is history. However, Oh said, "I don't care about personal records. People around me talked about saving records a lot during the last season, so I wanted to get rid of them sooner rather than later." "Rather than wanting to set a record, I wanted to finish it and focus on the game," Oh said. "I didn't like that only my record was highlighted when my team came first."

As for his first 400 saves in the league, he said, "I received a lot of congratulations at the time. Now I'm not very impressed. I'm only thinking about this season."

Oh said, "My biggest goal this year is for my team to win more games. I don't think I have to finish the game or increase some saves. All I have to do is win the team," adding, "I don't know what role I will play, but I want to play without any injuries. All the players are working hard to win one game, so I need to help even a little."

He is competing with his juniors. After the end of the last season, pitchers Kim Jae-yoon (formerly KT Wiz) and Lim Chang-min (formerly Kiwoom Heroes) became free agents and built a new nest in Samsung. The three finishing pitchers gathered in one team. Oh said, "I never think about myself finishing the game. Coach Park Jin-man and the coaching staff will discuss and decide the position. I just have to follow him," adding, "I will prepare according to the coach's decision. It is important for the team to win."

"Competing creates synergy effect. It was like that when Samsung did well in the past," he said. "Existing players will work harder to keep their seats, and new players will work hard to meet expectations. In the process, the team will become stronger."

Looking back on the past season, the team is regrettable indeed. Samsung only ranked eighth out of the 10 teams. Oh also suffered ups and downs. He made his first career start to make a turning point. In total, he recorded four wins and five losses, two holds and 30 saves with an ERA of 3.45 in 62 ⅔ innings in 58 games. Samsung's mound was categorized as the weakest. It lagged behind in 10th place with an ERA of 4.60 (4.26), 7th with starters (4.26), and 10th with relievers (5.16). It allowed 38 come-from-behind losses, the most in the league, to swallow its bitterness.

"The team's performance was not good. All the players in the team must have felt sorry," Oh said. "Each team will be preparing well for this year's event, but I don't think our team has anywhere else to lose anymore. The same goes for the bullpen."

He carefully continued. "I want to take this opportunity to say something. I used to keep what I said because I wanted to do well. I kept saying the same thing every time, but I didn't seem to keep my promise. I had a hard time because I felt like I lied to my fans," Oh said.