Last season, he even forgot the pain of breaking his nose and ran for his team's victory. The next day, he hit a home run. During the post season, he displayed his fighting spirit by scoring a come-from-behind grand slam from an ankle injury. This is what Seo Ho-cheol (28) of the NC Dinosaurs described as "gut and determination" in this season. Seo has claimed himself to be the epitome of strength in this season.

Seo Ho-cheol, who met at Enex Field in Tucson Reed Park in Arizona, the U.S., where the NC spring camp is in full swing on the 10th (Korea time), said, "I like to say that I am a tireless player and have a lot of grit and determination. I will be a strong player who presses the opponent with a persistent game this year."

Seo had a successful season last year. He took the opportunity to become the starting third baseman by filling in the void left by Park Seok-min due to injury. He played in 114 games last year, posting a batting average of 0.287 with five homers and 41 RBIs and 0.714 with OPS (on-base plus slugging). Notably, although he had to suffer from injuries throughout the season, he stood up and displayed stellar performance. Such remarkable fighting spirit led to compensation. Seo signed a 120 million won (120,000 dollars) contract this year, an increase of 167 percent from last year. He ranks first in overall increase rate in his team.

He is sweating profusely to make another leap forward with his grit and determination this season. "I was concerned about the burden of rehabbing my ankle before the camp, but I am doing well without any difficulties during the camp training," Seo said. "I don't think it's a week ago. I am training more seriously than others with the same mindset as when I was a freshman."

As veteran Park Seok-min (39) announced his retirement after the end of the last season, he seems to be virtually the starting third baseman. As such, he has no choice but to have a sense of responsibility and burden.

"I don't think so. I'm participating in the camp with the mindset that everyone competes in the same way," Seo said. "Now that I've reached a certain age, I think my direction is to generate good energy with my juniors." And I lacked what I could show because of my injury last year. "I just want to make my body more 'complete' this year so that I can play full time without any injury and show better performance," Seo said.

He is batting well enough to become the batting champion of the Futures League when he was serving in the Korean Armed Forces Sports Unit. At this camp, he is focusing on completing stable defense.

Seo Ho-cheol said, "I am engaged in defensive training to add stability to my defense. Actually, the same goes for hitting. When I came to bat, I had a lot of thoughts, but I want to get rid of those thoughts and focus on fighting with pitchers," adding, "I am preparing well through conversations with infield defense coach Jin Jong-gil and hitting coach Song Ji-man." "I am focusing on increasing the on-base percentage because I am not a slugger and I am the number one in defense stability."

This year's goal is simple and clear. To fill the required time without injury. My goal is to fill the required time without injury. If I work hard and prepare well, I think I will get good scores automatically. I will do my best in this season by showing confidence and mindset in myself rather than showing figures," he said.

Seo is in his second year as a full-time starting pitcher this year. He displayed his presence by significantly playing his role during the last season. This year is an important test stage. Attention is focusing on whether Seo will be able to give confidence as a starting third baseman for NC, and whether he will be able to establish himself as another proven hitter following Son Ah-seop, Park Geon-woo and Park Min-woo in batting.

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