Lee Chang-yong (26), the Samsung Lions' "secret weapon" who returned from bombing the Futures League, finally hit his first home run in the first division.토토사이트

Lee Chang-yong played as a substitute in the sixth inning of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League regular season home game against the Lotte Giants at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 18th.

After starting the game on the bench, Lee entered the ground in the top of the sixth inning with a big defense by first baseman Park Byung-ho. He was then the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the sixth inning. When meeting Lotte's second pitcher Park Jin-hyung, he boldly hit a fastball that was 144 kilometers per hour outside the first pitch.

The ball continued to extend to the center, and center fielder Hwang Sung-bin jumped in front of the fence but fell within reach. It was Lee Chang-yong's solo home run. He drew an arch while flying 130 meters. It was Lee Chang-yong who became the first player to score in the Samsung lineup, which had not scored a single point until the fifth inning.

Later in the eighth inning, he was grounded out to shortstop, and Lee Chang-yong finished the game with one hit (one homer) and one RBI and one run from two times at bat. For Samsung, which lost 1-8, it could have taken a breather because it would have been a permanent defeat had it not been for his home run.

The homer was Lee Chang-yong's first in the season as a slugger and first since his debut in the first division. Lee was included in the opening roster, but was removed from the first division two days after playing at-bats. He hit hard with a batting average of 0.347, six homers and 12 RBIs, and an OPS of 1.120 in 19 Futures League games. He showed impressive performance by posting two hits and two homers from three times at bat against KT on April 25, and four hits and one homer from four times at bat against Lotte on April 4.

Lee Chang-yong, who returned to the first division ahead of the Jamsil LG match on the 17th, hit one hit and one stolen base from four times at bat on the first day, and then hit a home run in a day.

Lee Chang-yong came to the pro league after being selected 73rd in the second round of the eighth round by Samsung in the 2021 rookie draft. Since his debut in the first division last year, he only posted a batting average of 0.190 in nine games. In the Futures League last season, however, he showed good performance with a batting average of 0.304, 12 homers and 41 RBIs, and an OPS of 0.948 in 55 games.

Amid this appearance, Lee Chang-yong was selected as the first person to be dispatched to the 2024 MLB Draft League by the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) for a month and a half from mid-July during the season. He hit .280 with eight homers and 38 RBIs in 38 games, ranking first in homers and RBIs in his team. On top of that, he was dispatched to the Miyazaki Education League in Japan instead of autumn baseball during the post-season, gaining another experience. His team even sent him to study abroad twice during the season.

This year, he was accompanied by the first-tier spring camp, but he was replaced by a hit in the face in a practice game against the KIA Tigers on the 2nd, at the end of the camp, and returned to Korea a day earlier than the team. There was a setback in the plan, but he found a sense in the Futures League, and in the end, Lee Chang-yong proved his worth.