LG's Choi Dong-hwan is not allowed to renew his contract. Oh Ji-hwan is the only one left to join the team in 2009
Oct 07, 2024
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On the 7th, the LG Twins decided not to renew their contracts with pitchers Choi Dong-hwan (35), Kim Dan-woo (23), Lee Ji-hoon (21), infielder Han Ji-yong (23), and outfielder Lee Tae-gyeom (23) and Jeon Jin-young (26).
Among them, Choi Dong-hwan stands out the most. Choi Dong-hwan, 35, is a right-hander who graduated from Kyungdong High School and joined as the 13th player in the second round in 2009. In the meantime, he has spent the dark period and the growth period together as an intermediate pitching member of the LG Twins. He pitched in 344 games and played 368 ⅓ innings with a 10-6 record with four saves and a 5.11 ERA with 16 holds.
Choi Dong-hwan, who had recorded 4 wins, 1 loss and 4 holds in 54 games, the most in 2020, pitched in 47 games in 2022 and reached 45 games last year, showing a stable record of 1.19 with one save and one hold, and pitched in Game 4 of the Korean Series, allowing no hits, one walk, and one strikeout in ⅔⅔ innings to wear the winning ring.
This season, he pitched in 26 games with a 6.95 ERA with one loss and two holds.
Only the two of them have been together at LG so far, as a motive for joining with Oh Ji-hwan. During the same period, Chung Ju-hyun announced his retirement and became a coach after last season. And now Choi Dong-hwan has to say goodbye to the LG uniform.
The remaining five never made it to the first team and ended their relationship with LG.
Lee Tae-gyeom came as a nurturing player this year after going through Kaesong High School and Dankook University, but he played in 46 games in the Futures League with a batting average of 189, (14 hits in 74 at-bats), one home run and seven RBIs. Jeon Jin-young, who graduated from Kyung Hee University and came to LG through KT Wiz, played in 13 games in the Futures League and had a batting average of .20 (65 hits in 30 at-bats) with four RBIs. Han Ji-yong, who graduated from Shinil High School and went through KT, also played only two Futures League games this season.
Kim Dan-woo, who graduated from Sungji High School and joined as 77th in the 2nd 8th round in 2021, and Lee Ji-hoon, who joined as 37th in the 2nd 4th round in 2022, did not have any results in the 2nd division this year.
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