He was demoted to the ninth hitter in two years, which did not work either. What should we do with Kang Seung-ho (Doosan Bears) who is on the verge of collapse even with his batting average in the .200 range. 

Professional baseball Doosan Bears infielder Kang Seung-ho started the season's fourth game against KT Wiz in the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 29th and went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. 온라인카지노

Kang Seung-ho, who faced his first batter's box without runners with two outs in the bottom of the second inning when his team was losing 0-2, met KT starter William Cuevas and struck out on the outside fastball (145 kilometers) for the fifth time in the ball count 2B-2S. 

In the bottom of the fifth inning, when he was still being dragged 0-2, he responded to Cuevas' low cutter (139km) outside the first pitch with one out and one out, but he was withdrawn by a fly ball to center field. 

His last at-bat was also regrettable. When his team was losing 0-3, he had a chance to score with runners on second and no outs in the bottom of the eighth inning. He swung and missed the first pitch and the second pitch in succession by KT's must-winner Son Dong-hyun, before striking out helplessly on a fork ball (124 kilometers) that fell for the fourth time in the count against 1B-2S. 

Kang Seung-ho's batting average for the season, who has remained hitless in the last three consecutive games, has fallen from 214 to 28 (22 hits in 106 at-bats). His batting average in the last 10 games is 866, or three hits in 35 times at bat, which is less than 10 percent. Various indicators, including the on-base hit ratio of .321, the on-base hit ratio of .286 OPS.607 and the batting average of .156, are in a total crisis. 

Kang Seung-ho, who had been a single second baseman until last year, announced his plan to switch to third baseman along with Huh Kyung-min's transfer to the FA. "Kang Seung-ho, who ranks first in high school, is a player who can achieve a much higher career than he is now," coach Lee Seung-yeop said. "There are more things that second basemen have to do than third basemen. If we move to third basemen, I think the batting will be even better. In the recent trend, there are many third basemen who can hit long balls such as Noh Si-hwan, Moon Bo-kyung, Kim Do-young, Choi Jeong, and Kim Young-woong. Kang Seung-ho can join the team." 

Third baseman Kang Seung-ho got off to a fresh start to the season. The sweat drops he shed in the spring camp seemed to come to fruition. Along with his more stable hot corner defense than expected, he showed off his batting average of .323, one homer, three RBIs and five runs scored during the month of March. Until early April, Kang's batting order was mostly 3 or 5, and he had hardly missed the clean-up trio. 

Starting with two strikeouts and no hits in four times at bat against the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil on Tuesday, Kang suffered a sharp decline in his batting pace. Since then, he has not had multiple hits for nearly three weeks until the game against KT on the previous day. As he has consistently had no hits, his monthly batting average in April remains at 160. 

In response, coach Lee Seung-yeop set up an extraordinary lineup to demote Kang to the ninth batter on Tuesday. Kang's appearance as the starting pitcher came in 598 days after the second doubleheader game against the Samsung Lions on Sept. 9, 2023. "He has strength in hitting, but since he can't hit well, he can't concentrate on defense as well. Everything is in a bad situation," the coach said. 

However, Kang failed to make a turnaround even in the ninth, when his team was under less pressure. Even his batting average in the .200 range is on the verge of collapse. The slump in offense and defense is so serious that it would not be strange to be informed of his move to the second division on Thursday. 

The head coach said he would wait for Kang a little longer. "I don't think it's a matter of physical strength because it's early in the season. If Kang Seung-ho comes up a little more, the team will be much better," Lee said. As he participates in the game, he has no choice but to take a hit. I will wait until then," he said, expressing trust despite repeated sluggish performances.