Song Seong-moon (29) of Keum has resumed his baseball career in 2024. He had his first and best season since debut in every aspect, from his team captain to his first All-Star to his first national team. Song's goal to prepare for the new season is to surpass himself in 2024.토토사이트

Song Sung-moon's off-season is busy. Kiwoom failed to enter the fall baseball league and finished the season relatively quickly, but he woke up early in the morning and went to work at Gocheok to do weight training and live a regular life. In fact, it is an off-season without a break. Song Sung-moon said on the phone on the 2nd, "I keep exercising because it's not good for me to take a break from exercising."

Song has displayed impressive performance in the 2024 season. He played in 142 games and recorded a batting average of 0.340 with 19 homers, 21 steals, and 104 RBIs. His on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) is 0.927. All figures have improved dramatically compared to the previous seven seasons. Song has emerged as a "stolen player" thanks to weight loss and muscle mass gain through diet management and weight training before the opening of the season. It was regrettable that he failed to reach 20 homers and 20 steals due to just one homerun.

Based on his stellar performance during the season, he also joined the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier 12 national team. Song, who has neither played for an adult national team nor a youth national team, is wearing the national flag for the first time. As Koo Ja-wook, who had previously played for the national team, was unable to join the team due to injury, Song even wore the national team captain's armband.

His first international performance was not easy. After going hitless in three matches since the opening of the tournament, Song finally had his first hit in the fourth match. Korea failed to advance to the Super Round, which advanced to the semifinals, and was eliminated early. "I received a lot of inspiration from my experience in the national team. Coming to Korea after experiencing difficulties in the national team, I felt that I still had a lot of work to do," Song said.

He is now in his second year as a captain. His mindset is different due to changes in his team. As Kim Hye-sung, who was the team's flagship batter, left for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Song will instantly become the best hitter among Kiwoom in Korea. Expectations are also high for Yasiel Puig, who will meet again in three years. "Puig is full of excitement and entertains the team's mood," Song said. "I have high expectations because he showed good performance in 2022.

"The year 2024 was a really happy year. I want to prepare for the offseason so that I can have confidence but not be complacent and do better than last year," Song said. "My goal this year is to overcome 2024."