No. 1 reservation at 38 years old to write history again...I got a lot of money, so I have to pay fo...

"(Yang) Eui-ji sometimes says that. Because I got paid a lot. You have to pay for the money."

Yang Eui-ji, the home of Doosan Bears, is preparing to write history again. In the 38-year-old season, he succeeded in rebounding and showed the power of a veteran. In 2023, he signed a six-year contract with Doosan for a total of 15.2 billion won, which was re-qualified as an FA, and this year is his third year, and it is surprising to see him perform better as he gets older.

First of all, he washed away his humiliation last year. Yang Eui-ji was completely excluded from the Golden Glove candidate last season because he played only 608 ⅓ innings as a catcher. This is because he failed to fill 720 innings, which is the prescribed innings. Yang Eui-ji has already met the standard by recording 726 innings this year.

Yang Eui-ji won the Golden Glove eight times as a catcher, the most in the category, and including the Golden Glove, which he received as a designated hitter in 2021, he received the honor of winning nine times. He also won the Golden Glove for six consecutive years from 2018 to 2023.

It is no exaggeration to say that Yang Eui-ji has already reserved the catcher Golden Glove this year. He ranks first with a batting average of 0.338 (151 hits in 447 at-bats). He is 8 ri ahead of second-place Lotte Giants Victor Reyes (0.330). He is likely to be the second batting champion of his life after 2019.

Yang Eui-ji's WAR (contribution to victory over substitute players) is the number one catcher with 6.60 based on the baseball statistics site Statistics. No. 2 LG Twins Park Dong-won has a record of 4.48.

If Yang Eui-ji embraces his 10th Golden Glove this year, he will be honored with the most awards ever with former Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop.

The catcher is the position with the greatest defensive burden. It is not easy to maintain the top of the league until he is in his late 30s, and Yang Eui-ji is doing it.

Acting Doosan manager Cho Sung-hwan said, `Basically, I'm good at managing my physical strength, but I think he's a player with good basic skills. If your physical strength supports you now, I think it's not long even if you have a slump, and you can do it without being pushed out of the competition with your juniors for such a long time. Yang Eui-ji is the team's big brother and big mountain. Yang Eui-ji sometimes received a lot of money, so she should pay for it. It seems like a real theoretical story, but I think it leads to the result by playing in the ballpark with that level of responsibility. He is setting a number of examples."

One variable is injury. Yang Eui-ji played against the Changwon NC Dinos on the 13th and was replaced after suffering from his left knee hit by a foul ball. It's a relief if it's a simple bruise, but if the injury is severe, there's a possibility that you won't overdo it and play the rest of the season.

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