Lee Jong-yeol, a sports commentator for SBS, has been appointed as the new general manager of the Samsung Lions.

The Samsung club explained the background of the appointment in a press release on the morning of the 16th, saying, "We judged that new general manager Lee Jong-yeol is the right person to make a strong team that fits the latest baseball trend and a team that is loved by fans." As a result, Hong Joon-hak, who has led the Samsung club since 2016, will step down from his post after seven years.

Lee Jong-yeol, the new general manager, started his professional career with the LG Twins in 1991 and retired in 2009. Since then, he has transformed into a leader and served as a coach for LG's Nurturing Army and Rehabilitation Army. Since 2015, he has been a commentator and a power analyst for the national baseball team, and helped him win the national team gold medal as a defensive coach at the Hangzhou Asian Games. 스포츠토토

Samsung finished this season with 61 wins, 82 losses and one draw (0.427 win rate). The 8th or 9th place will be determined by the results of the Hanwha Eagles-Lotte Giants match on the evening of the 16th. Samsung, which achieved the "Kingdom" until 2015 with its solid power, declined sharply from 2016 and slipped to ninth place in 2016 and 2017. In 2021, he tied for first place in the regular league with KT Wiz, but lost the tiebreaker and was relegated to the playoffs. He ranked seventh last year. He was reborn as coach Park Jin-man this year, but failed to rebound his ranking.

Lee Jong-yeol, the head of the team, said through the club, "There is a history and internal experience that the team itself called Samsung has. "I'm happy and overwhelmed to be at a prestigious club," he said. "I want to make it a strong team that can produce sustainable results, not a team that shines for a year." We will do our best to rebuild Samsung's blue dynasty," he said.