Jang Hyun-sik → Reyes and Kim Young-woong → White are warned of spring camp injuries, and if you let your guard down, you will get hurt again

Feb 28, 2025

SSG Landers' team held spring camp training at Kochinda Stadium in Okinawa, Japan, on the 24th. White is playing catch. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.02.24/

Argh! Injuries.

Spring camp is a hopeful place. They do the groundwork for a season of farming. At that time, it is full of rosy colors than worry. The players are also working hard, and I feel good about the team being built as the coach planned.

But there is the worst. It's an injury. If a player leaves the camp after injuring himself in the process of preparing to do well, there is nothing more futile for the coach and coach. If it's a main player, it's even more painful.

When it comes to exercise, there are inevitable injuries. That's why spring camp injuries sound every year, and it's the same this year.

Usually, not many people are injured in the first spring camp. This is because it is a stage where you build your body without practicing. However, the LG Twins had to cry at the end of the first camp. FA closer Jang Hyun-sik, who was ambitiously brought in for 5.2 billion won, injured his ankle while walking after training. Thankfully, the bone was not injured, and the diagnosis was made for about four weeks. However, it was an incident that put all LG officials, including manager Yeom Kyung-yeop, under stress.

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The Samsung Lions, who advanced to the Korean Series last year and are trying to win this year, also feel that `Let's beat the stone bridge and cross it.' This is because an abnormal signal occurred in the bodies of foreign pitcher Reyes, one of the pillars of the starting lineup, and Kim Young-woong, a 28-home run hitter last year. Reyes is a microfracture of the foot, and Kim Young-woong is a rib contusion. In the case of Kim Young-woong, he may recover quickly because of a bruise, but Reyes is a problem. You may not be able to enter the opening rotation. If you are a team that is trying to win, you have to hit hard from the beginning of the season, but if the key starter is out due to injury, it will be a big blow to your power.

The Samsung Lions' spring camp training was held at Onnason Akama Stadium in Okinawa, Japan, on the 21st. Furado and Reyes are warming up. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.02.21/

Less than a day after the shocking news of the pair was announced, this time the sad news flew in from SSG Landers. New foreign pitcher Mitch White, who was selected in anticipation of playing the ace role, has left the camp due to a right hamstring problem. Although it is not a major injury, the risk of recurrence is very high in the case of hamstrings and it is a leg injury that greatly affects the pitching motion, so it is inevitable.

The coaches were worried because the weather in Okinawa and Miyazaki, Japan, where many teams held camps this year, was colder than usual. KIA manager Lee Bum-ho raised awareness within the team, saying, `The wind is the perfect wind for batters to get injured on the side.' KIA Yoon Do-hyun also received a trainer check while touching his side while swinging during a practice game against LG on the 27th.

Unexpected injuries can occur when not only the main players but also the players competing for the starting lineup do not spare themselves to show one more thing and use more power than they have.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.