Professional baseball Samsung Lions pitcher Lee Ho-sung shakes off his heart and plays again. 

Lee Ho-sung, who was nominated by Samsung in the first round in 2023 after graduating from Incheon High School, was evaluated as "a player who has excellent control as well as mental control with a complete starting resource, and has all the necessary elements for pitchers such as skills and mental skills, so there is a high possibility of future development." 메이저놀이터

Lee Ho-seong played in five games in his first year, and had one win, no loss, and an earned run average of 2.65. He reported his first win (four hits (one homer) and four walks, six strikeouts and one run) against KT Wiz on Oct. 6, his last game of the season. 

He left strong impression in his first year since debut, and posted 2-4 losses and 7.40 ERA in 16 games last year. He suffered a lot of mental and physical challenges as he moved between the first and second teams. As he was listed in the playoff entry against the LG Twins, he was excluded from the entry for the Korean Series against the KIA Tigers. 

Lee Ho-sung said on the club's official YouTube channel "Lions TV," "I was disappointed in myself after being excluded from the entry for the Korean Series. I felt that I was excluded (from the entry) because I was a player who has not yet added much to the team." 

After the playoffs, he came down from Seoul by taxi after hearing that he was excluded from the entry of the Korean Series, and confessed, "Honestly, I was out of my mind." He set his goal to win the Korean Series in a better way next season by excluding the entry of the Korean Series. 

"I felt like I was pouring everything into a single game because if I lose (unlike regular seasons), I'm going to lose. Both players and fans were nervous. I felt a lot of pressure even though I was alone in the dugout and bullpen." "I got goosebumps from fans' tremendous cheering. It was my first time to hear such loud cheers. My heart pounded a lot while warming up at Jamsil Stadium," he said. 

Looking back on last year, Lee Ho-sung said, "I think I had a lot of shrinking thoughts about whether I could do well or not, rather than confidence that I could do well or greed that I wanted to do well. Whenever I played, I couldn't throw my ball because I was worried that it would damage the team or the fans would be worried. I just wanted the team to win because it was better for the team not to play because the result was bad." 

As Lee Ho-sung, who will become Samsung's ace in the future, suffered from terrible growing pains, his seniors started to save the baby lion's spirit. Lee Ho-sung said, "I'm almost the youngest in the first team, and all the older brothers told me good things. In particular, (Oh) Seung-hwan told me to be confident like a man. It was a great motivation because a senior I respect said good things. I thank all of them." 

Some fans criticized Lee Ho-seong's poor performance, but there were even more genuine fans who raised their heads again by showing sincere support. "The fans don't want too much. Please show your growth slowly and steadily," he said. All I can say to the fans is that I will show them my growth. I will come back with better performances." 

Lee Ho-seong, along with FA pitcher Choi Won-tae and left-hander Lee Seung-hyun, went on training at Cressey Sports Performance (CSP), a baseball program facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. You can easily find videos of Lee Ho-seong training hard on CSP's official SNS. 

Among Samsung pitchers, there were many cases where the poten burst in the third year of joining the team. Choi Chae-heung, Choi Choong-yeon, and Won Tae-in are representative. Lee Ho-seong, who is in his third year as a professional this season, has enough ability to do so. Everyone is rooting for his success, who is always polite and works harder than anyone else.