Huh? Why isn't it on the list? The special bullpen that led to the championship, why did you miss the first camp

Jan 22, 2025

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Why did pitchers who could be key bullpen agents this season fall from the first camp list.

SSG Landers will hold its first spring camp in Florida, the U.S., and Kagoshima, Japan, from Jan. 23 to Feb. 21.

The Vero Beach camp in Florida will be joined by 16 coaching staff, including coach Lee Sung-yong, and 36 players, including 20 pitchers, three catchers, eight infielders and five outfielders, with a total of 52 participating in the spring camp, including three rookies in 2025 and four rookies in 2024, who will be responsible for the future of the team.

A total of 20 pitchers were named in the first U.S. camp, but pitchers Kim Taek-hyung, Choi Min-joon and Jang Ji-hoon, who seemed likely to be in the first-tier camp, were missing. It's a bit of a surprise. They will prepare for the season at the camp, where the second team will start on Feb. 10 in Kagoshima, Japan.

Kim Taek-hyung and Jang Ji-hoon were discharged from the Sangmu baseball team during last season. It was expected that he would immediately add a lot of strength to the team with a sense of power. Jang Ji-hoon took the mound in 18 games at the end of the season in the first team and performed well.

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Kim Taek-hyung, who contributed to SSG's winning the 「Wire to Wire」 in the 2022 season, showed his best performance as a closing pitcher in the first half. Kim Taek-hyung, who joined Sangmu shortly after winning the championship, had high expectations when he returned last year, but failed to boost his condition faster than expected. He went through a rehabilitation process due to an ankle injury in the second half of the season while his ball power was not normal, and now he has almost recovered and found his normal condition.

Right-hander bullpen Choi Min-joon was also excluded from the first U.S. camp list. He is a pitcher who played more than 50 games for two consecutive years in the 2022 and 2023 seasons and played a role like Altoran in the middle. However, last year, he hardly received a chance to play in the first team after the first half.

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They will start in the second division as SSG sets up a camp list centered on the main players and promising players in the first division.

Kim Taek-hyung, Choi Min-joon, and Jang Ji-hoon are all players who can become 'key players' this season. If Kim Taek-hyung regains his form in the first half of the 2022 season, and Choi Min-joon also shows his appearance again two years ago, and Jang Ji-hoon bursts the possibility, the SSG mound can be further upgraded. In particular, Kim Taek-hyung is currently a very valuable left-hander bullpen agent in SSG.

If you prepare well in the second-tier camp, you are likely to join the second camp in Okinawa, Japan, which focuses on actual games. Motivation and goals are certain.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.