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Feb 05, 2025

Coach Kim Kyung-moon and Hanwha players. Sports Chosun DB

Warwick Suffold, who played for Hanwha in the past. Sports Chosun DB

Australian baseball team against Hanwha Eagles. For them, this showdown is also a valuable opportunity.

Hanwha's team, which is currently holding a spring camp in Melbourne, Australia, for the 2025 season, will play three consecutive practice games against the Australian national baseball team from the 14th to the 16th. Usually, practice games are often held during camp to check the sense of play with overseas teams, but games against the national team are rare.

Hanwha plans to check the players' senses through three consecutive games against the Australian national team at the end of the first camp. Manager Kim Kyung-moon has decided to entrust three young pitchers, including Park Bu-sung, Kwon Min-gyu, and Lee Sang-gyu, to start three consecutive games.

The Australian national team officially announced its roster for the practice game against Hanwha early on the 29th of last month. A total of 27 players were selected.

The Australian Baseball Federation said, `The Hanwha Eagles include several Korean national team players, including Ryu Hyun-jin, a long-time major league pitcher, and Noh Si-hwan, the 2023 KBO home run king"This practice match can be a good test for the quality growth of the Australian national team. It's a good opportunity to evaluate players that you haven't seen before."

Lotte and Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 2nd. Ryu Hyun-jin, Hwang Joon-seo and Kim Seo-hyun are training together. Daejeon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.4.2/

Australian national team coach Dave Nielsen is also `hugely anticipated. The next WBC (World Baseball Classic) is just around the corner, so we have to look at the talent of players across Australia through this series."

The Australian national team included 17-year-old prospect Max Durrington, who was a finalist for ABL Rookie of the Year and recently signed with the Oakland Athletics in this entry. He also recruited a large number of young players, including other prospects Joe Stevens and Jaylin Ray. Pitcher prospect Alexander Wells is also noteworthy. Thirteen participants participated in the 'Premier 12' last year, and the remaining 14 are mainly non-playable prospects.

Above all, veteran Warwick Suffold, who has a special relationship with Hanwha, was also included. Suffold, who was born in 1990, is a pitcher who won 10 games for two consecutive years while playing for Hanwha in the 2019-2020 season. He is still active as an active player and national team player.

A number of familiar names were also included, including Alex Hall and Tim Kennelly, as well as frequent veteran players such as Rickson Wingrove, Robbie Perkins, Ulrich Boyarski, Liam Spence, and others.

The match against the Australian national team could be a preview audition in the Asian quarter. The Asian quarter will be officially introduced in the KBO League from next year, but Australian players who play in Australia and other Asian leagues, who are not members of the U.S. minor league team, are also likely targets.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.