No hit in 17 at-bats? Now I can see 30 percent. "I can't control it, but..."

No hit in 17 at-bats? Now I can see 30 percent. "I can't control it, but..."

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Esteban Floral (28) of the Hanwha Eagles has had a terrible start this season. He had no hits in 17 at-bats for 20 times at bat, including no hits in four consecutive games since the season's opening.메이저사이트

Floral was highly regarded when he was hired. Having signed an international amateur contract with the New York Yankees in 2015, he ranked first in MLB Pipeline, Baseball America, and FanGraphs in 2019. With his fast feet and long hitting power, he gained high expectations as a batter who can even steal 20 to 20 homers and 30 homers and 30 homers.

He was evaluated as a top prospect, but he did not see any sign of success in the Major League. He only had four homers with a batting average of 192, in 245 games during his five seasons in the Major League.

The Major League showed weakness in accuracy, but Hanwha gave a total of $850,000 in the KBO League stage, hoping that it would adapt enough.

An early start caused anxiety. He had a "time of humiliation," with the performance of an all-time poor foreign player recalled from Hanwha.

Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon waited for a rebound, with Floral making a batting adjustment.

Floral has started to gradually increase as well. Since his first hit at the game against LG on April 27, he has gradually increased his batting average since then.

As he entered April, his expectations continued. Having his first multi-hit game against Samsung on Saturday, he had 13 consecutive hits from Saturday to Sunday.

In the game against Lotte on Sunday, he continued his batting performance. After he had a hit at his first at-bat, he had a double at his second at-bat. He struck out once after his walk, but again he had a two-base hit and had three hits.

With three hits on Sunday, Floral's batting average has already risen to 298. Amid Floral's hard hitting, the Hanwha Eagles beat the Lotte Giants 6-4 to play eight consecutive games for the first time in 662 days since June 21 (against Daejeon KIA) and July 1 (against Daegu Samsung).

"I'm happy that I had three hits, but the team's victory is more important than mine. I always have the same mindset," Floral said after the game. "I didn't know that I had a hit in 13 consecutive games. The goal is always the team's performance."

Now, if he raises his batting average by 2 percent, he can rise to .300. "The same goes for him as he is approaching .300," Floral said. "I can't control the batting average, I just think about trying hard every time," he said.

However, he was greedy. "But I want to beat the batting average of 300," Floral said.