In other words, the AG brake is gone. It’s AG no break. With the final entry of the AG national team announced last month, clubs have to play at the end of the season without players playing in the AG. The AG national team is scheduled to convene on September 20. AG baseball will be held from October 1 to 7. In other words, the KBO League will be held without normal power for about 18 days from September 20 to October 8, the closing date of the Asian Games.
And LG and SSG, currently at the top of the rankings, are likely to play at least two games during the AG period. Following the Munhak match on June 29, Jamsil Gyeonggi Province was also canceled due to rain on the 22nd. Both games will be scheduled for the rest of the game, which will be organized from September 11. If the game is set between September 20 and October 8, LG will play without Ko Woo-suk, Moon Bo-kyung, and Jung Woo-young, and SSG will play without Jihoon Choi against Park Sung-han.
Both head coaches are preparing for this. LG plans to hire Kim Min-sung and Son Ho-young to third base guarded by Moon Bo-kyung. Ham Deok-ju and rookie Park Myung-geun were prepared to replace closer Ko Woo-suk. In the first half, Ham Deok-ju made three saves and Park Myung-geun made five saves.
Regarding the timing of Park Myung-geun’s return during the All-Star break, LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop said, “The time Myung-geun has to do is the AG period and the postseason. It has already exceeded the scheduled number of innings in the first half. That’s how much I plan to give you more rest. “We plan to make his return date in August without meeting the second half,” he said. Jung Woo-young’s vacancy in the must-win group is expected to be filled by Yoo Young-chan, Baek Seung-hyun and Kim Jin-sung.
SSG manager Kim Won-hyung said about the AG term plan when the match between the two teams was canceled for the first time on the 29th of last month, “The shortstop can be (Kim) Chan-hyung and Sung-hyun.” “I think Kangmin will be the center fielder,” he said. “In fact, I am grateful to Sung-hyun and Kang-min last year and this year.” “I would think of starting the game when the existing players were not good, but they don’t show that and play their roles consistently,” he said.
It was always fierce. Looking back on the past few years, the first place was often decided on the last day of the regular season. LG and SSG are next by 1.5 games until the 22nd. A showdown during the AG period without key players can have a significant impact on the final ranking table.
BY: 토토사이트링크