5.2 Billion FA Finished, Ankle Injury → Opened Game?Yum Liang, why did we mention the 156km rookie as a temporary closing candidate

5.2 Billion FA Finished, Ankle Injury → Opened Game?Yum Liang, why did we mention the 156km rookie as a temporary closing candidate

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The LG Twins in the professional baseball league had a bad news when the FA pitcher Jang Hyun-sik suffered an ankle injury in the first spring camp in the United States. Jang Hyun-sik underwent an X-ray test in the U.S., and it turned out that his bone was not abnormal. He will return to Korea and undergo an MRI examination.온라인카지노

Considering the worst-case scenario, the team should also come up with countermeasures. If ligament or muscle damage is severe, it may take a long time before returning to the team. The team should also prepare for the absence of Jang Hyun-sik in the early days of this season, when it was preparing for the season as a closing pitcher. Manager Yeom Kyung-yeop mentioned rookie Kim Young-woo as a temporary closing pitcher.

Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop, who met at the Indian School Park ballpark in Scottsdale, Arizona on the 20th (Korea time), said about Jang's condition, "I heard that the pain gets better and faster than I thought. If I don't have severe ligament damage in Korea, I think I can match the opening game if I do well. Or in the long run, I think I will have about a 10-game gap."

It is hard to join the second camp in Okinawa, Japan. The best scenario is that he would join the opening game. "If successful, he or she can throw at the end of the exhibition game, he or she can throw at the beginning of the season," Yeom said. "If he or she fails to throw at an exhibition game, he or she should go to the second team and throw at the first team."

"I'm also thinking about that (if the situation is bad). (If temporary finishing is needed), the best player will take charge through the exhibition game, or we can use it as a group finishing game as early as 2023. At that time, Park Myung-geun, Baek Seung-hyun, Kim Jin-sung, and Lee Jung-yong took turns blocking Ko Woo-seok because he was not injured," Yeom said.

Kim Young-woo, a high school graduate, was mentioned as the closing candidate. "If you like Young-woo in a trial match, you can test him as the closing player, and if he passes the first game well, I can go to you," Yeom said. "I am thinking of various options."

Kim Young-woo, a high school senior who recorded fastball of up to 156 kilometers last year, was nominated by LG as the 10th overall pick in the first round of the 2025 Rookie Draft. He also threw 151 kilometers in bullpen pitching in early February at the U.S. spring camp. Yeom noted Kim's fast ball pitching and said he would put Kim in the opening entry midway through the spring camp.

Since last year's wrap-up camp, Yeom has been paying attention to rookies who throw fast balls 150 kilometers away, and brought in two pitchers – Kim Young-woo and Ryu Hyun-hyun – as new pitchers in this spring camp. During the camp, he confirmed Kim's potential.

"I think we need to have ball power to finish the game. I'm always nervous about finishing games that don't have ball power. So innings in the middle can be stopped even if they are not fast with ball power. [Kim] Jin-seong doesn't win with power. He blocks it with a fork. You have to be able to push the ball with power to finish."

It reminded me of Kim Taek-yeon, a Doosan pitcher who won the Rookie of the Year award last year. "My hope is that I will work with the coaching staff to make Kim grow up like Kim Taek-yeon," Yeom said.

The LG club said on the 19th, "Jang Hyun-sik tripped his right foot on the evening of the 16th local time in the United States due to slippery road and sprained his right ankle. The X-ray test on the 18th local time showed that there was no abnormality in the bone and he will leave the country on the 19th. He will undergo an MRI and a thorough examination at a hospital immediately after arriving in Korea."

Officials at LG were concerned about Jang's physical condition, and were relieved that his bone was fine. After returning to Korea, he needs to have an MRI examination to determine the extent of damage to his ligament. Jang will leave Phoenix Airport in the U.S. on Tuesday, pass LA, and return to Korea. Upon thorough examination, it is possible to predict the exact extent of his injury and the timing of his return to Korea.