“Thank you very much for your support during this time.”
“Hanwha Eagles 2017 One Club Man” Jang Min-jae greets the fans.
Jang Min-jae recently reviewed his career as a player and greeted fans through Hanwha’s official video channel “Eagle TV”.
Jang Min-jae, who graduated from Mudang Middle School and Gwangju First High School, is Hanwha’s franchise star. After receiving the call from Hanwha in the second and third rounds of 2009, all No. 22 players have only been active on the court wearing Eagles uniforms until last year. In a total of 313 games (780.1 innings), he had a record of 35 wins, 54 losses, 4 hits, and a 5.11 earned run average.
Especially in the 2016 season, the presence is very strong. He participated in a total of 48 games (119.1 innings), achieving 6 wins, 6 losses, 1 hit, and an ERA of 4.68. In the 2019 season, he achieved 6 wins and 8 losses with an ERA of 5.43 in 26 games (119.1 innings). His report card for the 2022 season is also 7 wins and 8 losses with an ERA of 3.55 in 32 games (126.2 innings). In addition, his unique honesty also sets an example for the player team.
It was just not so good last year. He never received a call from the 1st team and only played in the Futures (2nd team) league. His results include playing in 14 games (44 innings), achieving 3 wins, 2 losses and 1 save, with an average ERA of 4.30.
Jang Min-jae said through Hanwha’s official video channel: “(The announcement that the contract cannot be renewed) was expected to a certain extent. So rather than being disappointed, I accepted it,” and “There are many pitchers with outstanding pitching power in our team. It is difficult to see ‘Beautiful’ having such thoughts with my power.”
He continued: “I put in a lot of effort. In order not to leave any regrets, I persisted until the end. So I seemed to accept it without regrets.”
The Hanwha team proposed to Jang Min-jae to serve as a combat effectiveness analyst, and as a one-clubman, he accepted the offer. Jang Min-jae said, “I have also thought about (whether to continue my career as a player with another team). I am a little nostalgic. I once had the nostalgia of wanting to continue playing baseball.” It seems that I correctly judged whether the path was correct, so I made a relatively smooth decision. “
He also said: “Although I regret not being able to become a player, from a certain perspective, Second Life is longer. Baseball is the first one, and Second Life is very long. I am thinking about how to make what I am doing now more interesting.”
He also looked back on memories with his fans. He said, “To be honest, it was hard to only stay in the second team this year, but the older elders came to Seosan and gave me a lot of gifts to cheer me up.” “When my younger brother goes to Hanwha Life Baseball Park in Daejeon to watch a baseball game, he will recognize him and give him something to eat. He takes care of me even more when I am tired. The fans will be impressed. No matter if I do well or not, I care. They scold me when I do poorly, and they applaud me when I do well.”
She continued: “When I go around, I more often hear people saying that I have worked hard than fans and people around me saying they are sorry. Such words make me even more touched.”
Finally, Zhang Minhao said: “Thank you very much for your support during this period. Second Life started in the direction of baseball. If we meet on the baseball field, I would be very grateful if you can say hello. I am very grateful to everyone during this period.”
[MK体育记者 李汉柱]
