"Only those who have experienced it will know that you are moving teams with a lot of expectations."

Hanwha Eagles captain Chae Eun-seong started as the fifth batter and first baseman in the first showdown of the regular season against the NC Dinos in the "2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League" held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 18th. He made four hits (one homer) with five RBIs and three runs from four times at bat on the day, contributing to the 12-4 team's victory.스포츠토토

Chae Eun-sung's presence shone from his first at-bat. With the bases loaded with one out and one out in the bottom of the first inning when the 0-0 match continued, he did not avoid a 145-kilometer four-seam fastball flying toward his body and hit an RBI single.

Following the performance, Hanwha continued to display explosive batting performance from its second at-bat. With the team leading 5-0, Hanwha hit an RBI double with two outs and a runner on the first base in the bottom of the second inning to make it 6-0. The team also hit a double after the fourth inning with one out.

Chae Eun-sung's bat did not cool down. In the bottom of the sixth inning, when Hanwha led 7-4, he hit an RBI timely hit with one out and runners on the first and third bases. In the bottom of the seventh inning, when the team led 10-4, Kim Jae-yeol hit a two-run home run (season No. 2) of 120 meters over the left fence to seal the victory 12-4.

After the game, Chae Eun-sung, who was considered one of the most valuable players, said, "I don't have anything special about hitting my first home run in the new stadium. I'm glad that I'm maintaining my good batting performance. I had a hard time in hitting in the early days of the season, and the players were under a lot of stress. They all did well, and the pitchers threw well, so I'm very happy that they won consecutive games." "If you get a two-strike full base in the bottom of the first inning, you should be hit with 'thank you' if you get a right answer. It depends on the person, but I was thankful that I get hit by a lot of dunes. I got bruises, but it depends on which part I get hit by."  

On this day, Chae Eun-sung scored five RBIs to help starter Um Sang-baek win his first game of the season.

Eom joined Hanwha after leaving his former KT Wiz team as a free agent contract. Eom had high expectations as a transfer student, but he had been sluggish in all three games, including three losses and 10 ⅔ innings with 6.75 12 strikeouts. He had hard time as he could not afford to play as he pleased.

Captain Chae Eun-seong understood the mind of Um Sang-baek, who is starting anew at Hanwha. He also sympathized with the psychological burden that the transfer student would have because he had a similar experience by joining Hanwha after leaving his former team, the LG Twins, in the 2023 season.

Chae Eun-seong said, "(Um) Sang-baek will have a hard time. I was like that, but only those who have experienced it can know that I am moving a team with high expectations. That's why I tell Sang-baek and (Shim) Woo-jun to "let go of the pressure." I was like that, but it's really hard to live up to expectations. When I try to do it, I get chased more and I can't do it. I told him to put it down as he usually does."

Meanwhile, Hanwha has won five consecutive games since the match against the Kiwoom Heroes in Daejeon on the 13th. It has already risen to third place (12 wins and 11 losses).

"Rather than feeling like I will win any team, I try my best every day," Chae said. "I don't try to look far away. This is not the time to calculate, but I think about whoever the opponent is, 'Let's do what we have to do,'" Chae said. "I will definitely do my best to win the rest of the weekend series. I will try my best to win."