If you are left out of the team, there will be a loss.”
‘National hitter’ Lee Seung-yeop (47), Doosan coach, expressed regret over the departure of Park Chi-guk (25), who played as a member of the winning team.
Coach Lee Seung-yeop mentioned Park Chi-guk during a meeting with reporters ahead of the ‘2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League’ game against SSG scheduled to be held at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 13th. The game that day was canceled due to rain.
Park Chi-guk was canceled from the first team lineup that day due to pain in his right shoulder. Park Chi-guk, who played a key role in Doosan’s sure-to-win team by appearing in 58 games this year and pitching 50⅓ innings, recording 5 wins, 2 losses, 2 saves, 11 holds, and an ERA of 3.22, left 1 hit and no runs in 1 inning against Samsung in Jamsil on the 10th. He was unable to continue pitching due to pain in his right shoulder.
Coach Lee Seung-yeop said, “After Park Chi-guk threw against Samsung, his shoulder wasn’t feeling well. He woke up today (13th) and said he wasn’t feeling well, so he went to the hospital for a checkup and it turned out that he wasn’t feeling well either. It will likely take about 10 days. First of all, I think it will take about 10 days.” “I think I will start pitching after about 3-4 days if there is no pain,” he said. “I think it will be 10 days for now, but we have to see the situation. If the condition is good, I will register for the first team again after 10 days.”
Doosan, currently ranked 6th, is closely chasing 5th place SSG by 2 games. This can be said to be the most important moment for tickets to fall baseball. That’s why the absence due to injury is even more disappointing.
Manager Lee Seung-yeop said, “(Park) Chi-guk is a player who played such an important role in the bullpen, so there will be a loss if he is left out of the team.” He added, “But (Kim) Kang-ryul is also good, and yesterday, (Choi) Ji-kang was the winning pitcher. “We will somehow play the game with the remaining players. It is unavoidable that they are missing due to injury,” he said.
Initially, Doosan announced right-handed pitcher Park Shin-ji as the starting pitcher for the SSG game on this day, but as it was canceled due to rain, they announced left-handed pitcher Choi Seung-yong as the starting pitcher for the Jamsil SSG game on the 14th.
Regarding Park Shin-ji’s failure to start, Coach Lee Seung-yeop said, “There are quite a few games where Park Shin-ji was unable to pitch due to rain. In fact, if it were early or mid-season, of course he would have played in order, but right now, there is no time for that. There are only 26 games left.” “I don’t think players understand that now,” he said.
Meanwhile, along with Park Chi-guk, Doosan also deleted right-handed pitcher Kim Jeong-woo from the first team entry list. Kim Jeong-woo is a player who joined SK (now SSG) in 2018 and wore the uniform to Doosan through a trade this year. Kim Jeong-woo, who made a relief appearance in the game against Samsung in Jamsil on the 10th, showed a poor showing, allowing 2 hits, 2 walks, and 1 run in ⅓ innings. He has appeared in 7 games for the first team this season, pitched 6⅔ innings, and has no wins or losses, with an ERA of only 9.45.
Instead, Doosan registered left-handed pitcher Baek Seung-woo and right-handed pitcher Park So-jun as first-team entries. Baek Seung-woo pitched 4 innings in 6 first-team games this year and recorded an ERA of 0.00. Park So-jun has no first-team records this year, and has appeared in 22 games in 2021, recording 4 losses and an ERA of 5.73.먹튀검증
Coach Lee Seung-yeop said, “I originally had high expectations for Baek Seung-woo and tried to call him to the first team last May, but his pace did not improve as expected. Now, among the pitchers in the second team, it was reported that he was ‘the best’ and he was registered as a left-handed resource. “After having elbow surgery, Park So-jun appeared in three games in the Futures League and performed very well.
Finally, Coach Lee Seung-yeop expressed his wish for Kwak Bin, the ‘local ace’ who only played 4 innings in the game against Hanwha in Jamsil the previous day, saying, “I hope things will be simple.” He added, “First of all, I’m thinking about pitching on the 17th and 22nd, but the game on the 17th is the key. “It is a very important game. If we overdo it, we may not be able to pitch on the 22nd,” he predicted. Doosan will face off against KIA in Gwangju on the 17th. On the 22nd, we plan to meet with Samsung in Daegu. Kwak Bin, who was selected as a member of the national team for the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, plans to join the national team on the 23rd.
