Outfielder Jang Jae-young → 1st pass of Mir Sangmu before Tommy John surgery! Doosan has no applicants

Feb 05, 2025

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Already, 'military technology' has become a key point in the management of professional baseball teams. It is also a time to look at the future that 10 teams pay attention to and care about the successful candidates of the Armed Forces Sports Unit (Sangmu), which is announced twice a year.

The first successful candidates of the Armed Forces Sports Unit were announced. On the 5th, the South Korean military sports unit announced the schedule for the physical measurement of the second athlete selection on its official website and announced it by organizing the application area, date of birth, sports, and position.

The most notable player is Kiwoom Jang Jae-young. Jang Jae-young turned from a pitcher to an outfielder after an elbow injury. It is notable that this support was also applied as 'outfielder'.

His performance as a batter is still not good enough. Last year, he had a batting average of 1688 and an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of 0.582. However, he proved his 'real talent' by hitting four home runs.

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For Lotte, Jeon Mir and Jin Seung-hyun chose to go to Sangmu side by side. In particular, Jeon Mir complained of elbow pain after going down to the second division in June last year, and eventually ended the season without additional appearances. Since then, he underwent Tommy John surgery (reconstructive surgery on the inner ligament of the elbow) in December last year and has been rehabilitating. Given the general prognosis of Tommy John, it seems difficult to take the mound this season. He was also excluded from the recent list of registered players.

Jin Seung-hyun, who has suffered from frequent injuries, Seo Dong-wook, who also played as a backup catcher for the first team, and Kang Sung-woo, a fast-paced new infielder, applied to Sangmu together and passed the first round.

The NC Dinos have the largest number of first-round successful applicants with six. SSG Landers, KIA Tigers, Lotte Giants and Kiwoom Heroes each had three, Samsung Lions, LG Twins and Hanwha Eagles had two, KT had one, and Doosan had no applicants.

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Kiwoom Jongmin Lee, who won the first-team starting position, KIA pitcher Kim Min-jae, who experienced the U.S. pitching center and the Australian Baseball League (ABL), Hanwha pitcher Kim Kyu-yeon, Samsung pitcher Lee Ho-sung and infielder Kim Ho-jin, SSG fastball pitcher Shin Heon-min and outfielder Lee Seung-min will knock on Sangmu's door through the second physical measurement.

Doosan has no players who applied to Sangmu in the first half of the year. A Doosan official explained that `most of them are military-related or competitive resources for the first team.'

◇ List of first successful applicants for the 10th team's Armed Forces Sports Unit

▶KIA - Kim Min-jae Kim Min-ju Lee Sang-jun Kim Doo-hyun

▶Samsung - Lee Ho-sung Kim Ho-jin

▶LG - Jung Jiheon Kim Sungwoo

▶ Doosan - None

▶KT - Kim Byung-joon

▶SSG - Park Kiho, Shin Heon Min, Jung Hyun Seung, Lee Seung Min

▶Lotte - Jeon Mir, Jin Seung-hyun, Seo Dong-wook, Kang Sung-woo

▶Hanwha - Kim Kyu-yeon Jung Ahn-seok

▶NC - Son Joo-hwan, Shin Yong-seok, Kim Se-hoon, Park In-woo, Seo Jun-kyo, Park Hangyul

▶ Raising - Jongmin Lee Lee Seung-won Jang Jae-young

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.