Park Jong-hoon of SSG Landers is now half-faced. He has not lost weight due to mental difficulties. He lost 14 kilograms during the off-season due to bleeding diet. He runs more than 10 kilometers a day and eats a little raw carrots, lettuce and other vegetables for dinner. He is trying to find the best form of his past. 온라인경마
Along with Moon Seung-won, Park Jong-hoon, the first official non-FA multi-year contractor in the KBO League history, hit a “jackpot” of 6.5 billion won (including 900 million won in incentives) for five years. The SSG club honored Park Jong-hoon, its team franchise, before meeting the FA requirements, and Park Jong-hoon, who has a great affection for the team, also happily signed.
He returned to the team during the 2022 season after undergoing elbow surgery and rehabilitation after signing the contract, but the two seasons since his return have been a series of hardships. He had three wins and five losses with a 6.00 ERA in 11 games in the 2022 season, and two wins and six losses with a 6.19 ERA in 18 games in the 2023 season. His poor control and strangely inconsistent balance led to his performance decline. More days were spent skipping rotation, and he stayed in the second team longer. They were days when I felt sorry for not being helpful to my team.
And Park Jong-hoon received shocking news that he had been removed from the 35-member protection list ahead of the second draft in November. The SSG team first tipped off veteran players such as Park Jong-hoon and Choi Joo-hwan among those who were excluded from the protection list and asked for their understanding. Choi moved to the Kiwoom Heroes, but Park Jong-hoon was not selected by another club.
In fact, it is right that the exclusion of the protected list is not known to the outside world. It is courtesy of each other. However, Choi Joo-hwan and Park Jong-hoon were the main players of the first team and had careers, and rumors spread first through other clubs in the process of delivering the protected list.
Park Jong-hoon always smiles kindly, but his heart was broken at that time. Now, I will smile and talk to him, but it would be a lie if everything is okay. When I first heard about it (excluding the protected list), I thought, “What was it? Is it real? Is it a joke?” But later on, I thought, “If it were me, I would have felt the same way if I were in that position (to form a list). To be honest, players say it based on the results. We have to make sure this never happens again. Other than that, there is no answer. Just because you are angry means you have to do it. I’m glad I didn’t go to another team. If I had gone, I might have really had depression.” Park said with a smile, but he also expressed his disappointment.
Although he was born in Gunsan, Incheon started his career and started a family. He also has the biggest affection for the team. “I have a lot of affection for the team. Honestly, would you take me with you? I thought the other team wouldn’t take you with me. I just came out to the ballpark to cover my face,” Park said.
It’s not that I was sluggish because I didn’t work hard. I practiced nonstop on Mondays for the past two years. When it comes to the amount of practice, I can be confident that I practiced more than anyone else. So this time, I chose the opposite. Now, I have decided to spend time with my family and let go of what I focused on building power. Park Jong-hoon decided to focus more on agility and flexibility while losing weight. He intends to overcome the difficulties faced by a submarine pitcher somehow.
Park Jong-hoon said, “My mother-in-law keeps analyzing me. I was like, ‘Jong-hoon, look at your weight at this time,’ comparing your good times with your recent days.” He said, “My best performance was in the early-mid 80kg, but I gained a little bit and came close to 100kg. I focused on bulk-up, but I realized it too late. I think I lost two years of my life after trying hard. I’m focusing on flexibility rather than strength. I’m working on puzzles one by one.”
Asked how he would like to recover his reputation this season, he said, “Did I have the honor? I just want to become a pitcher who never skips his rotation. I was so angry that I postponed the rotation and only got in the team with good opponent’s record. To myself, I also didn’t want to do it. Now, I think it’s my first task as a starting pitcher in the first division to play a full season without that.”