'Catching specialist' Kim Tae-hyung leaves SSG for Lotte Battery, becomes coach of Jung Sang-ho

Lotte Giants manager Kim Tae-hyung, a former catcher and battery coach who specializes in catchers, chose coach Jung Sang-ho.

Kim Tae-hyung, who was recently appointed as the new manager of the Lotte Giants, has begun hiring a coaching staff. Most of the coaching staff has now been finalized, but the battery coach, who has been attracting the most attention, will be taken over by Jung Sang-ho.

He is currently the battery coach of the SSG Landers' second team. Coach Kim Tae-hyung approached him and they joined hands. He also informed SSG head coach Kim Won-hyung of the news.

Coach Kim Tae-hyung and Coach Jung Sang-ho have a strong relationship. When Kim Tae-hyung was the SK Wyverns' second-team battery coach, Sang-ho was one of his starting catchers. Since then, the two have worked together as coaches and players. Before the 2020 season, when Kim Tae-hyung was the Doosan manager, Doosan acquired the veteran catcher from the LG Twins for one season. 카지노사이트가이드 

He later moved back to SSG, where he retired after the 2021 season and began coaching in the 2022 season. After serving as a rehabilitation coach for SSG Landers' second team, he coached the catchers as the first team battery coach since last year. This season, he also started as the first team battery coach before moving to the second team battery coach in July.

The new battery coach will coach Lotte's main catchers. Lotte has mainstay catcher Yoo Kang-nam, who signed a four-year, 8 billion won outside free agent contract last year, as well as Shin Jung-geun, who has been prominent in the offense this season, and rookie powerhouse catcher Son Sung-bin. Manager Kim Tae-hyung is also a former battery specialist, so synergy with coach Jung Sang-ho is expected.