The opening is fine, but... Genius shortstop retirement → He's a prospective main player, so why except for the first-team camp?
Jan 17, 2025
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The Doosan Bears announced their spring camp schedule on the 17th. A total of 57 players, including 13 coaching staff including head coach Lee Seung-yeop and 44 players, will participate.
One of Doosan's biggest tasks this season is the maintenance of its infielders. Kim Jae-ho, who was the starting shortstop for the postseason last year, retired, and Heo Kyung-min, the main third baseman, became an FA and moved to KT Wiz.
a situation in which infield reorganization is necessary. Park Joon-young (26) is receiving the most expectations for the shortstop position. Park Joon-young, who joined the NC Dinos with the first designation in 2016, moved to Doosan ahead of the 2023 season as a compensation player for FA Park Se-hyuk. It was evaluated that he can grow into a large shortstop because he has stable defense and long-range power. He played in 65 games this season and had a batting average of only 2206, but he showed off his slugging power by hitting seven home runs. The OPS (plus slugging percentage) was 0.772.
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Park Joon-young's growth was important as Kim Jae-ho retired. He seemed to be given another chance this year, but he was not included in the list of first-team camps. There was a pain in the back. A Doosan official said, `My back was not good, so I was excluded from the list of the first-team camp for now. It's not to the extent that he can't make it to the opening game, but rather than overstretching himself, he was asked to join the Futures camp so that he could slowly raise his pace", he explained. The Doosan Futures team will hold spring camp in Miyakojima, Japan.
Last year, Doosan's Kim Kang-ryul, Kim Myung-shin, and Kim Jae-ho built themselves at Futures Camp.
Meanwhile, Doosan will hold its first training camp in Sydney, Australia from February 26 to February 16. After returning to Korea on Feb. 16, he will leave for Miyazaki, Japan, the second training site, from Feb. 18. The plan is to play a total of seven games, including six with a Japanese professional baseball team and one with the Lotte Giants in the KBO League, including participation in the Miyazaki Koochun Competition.
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Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop said at the inaugural ceremony, "(Park Jun-soon is the first player in the draft, so I want to see what kind of player she is next to her. He is a player who has to play in the first team anyway, so I want to make time for him to get close to his seniors quickly. I heard you are so talented in hitting, but you can't evaluate it if you don't see it with your eyes. I don't intend to let him play in the second division just because he is a rookie. If you do well, you will play in the first team. In addition, other fielders are not expected to let go of their tension while watching Park Joon-soon. Hong Min-gyu explained, "Players with good control."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
