When someone comes, someone goes. Why are they on the plane back home
Feb 22, 2025
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Kiwoom's first- and second-tier squads are currently performing spring camp schedules in the same area of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
The second team came in first. The second-tier coaching staff and 40 players, including head coach Seol Jong-jin, arrived in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on the 2nd and began training. All 12 rookie players this season are on the second-tier camp list. Kim Seo-joon, Park Jung-hoon, Yoon Hyun, Jeong Se-young, Oh Hye-sung, Jeong Dong-joon, Eo Jun-seo, Yeo Dong-wook, Jeon Tae-hyun, Yang Hyun and Kwon Hyuk-bin, as well as the first rookie in the entire team, all started their first professional camp in Taiwan, not the United States.
Coach Hong Won-ki, the first-team coaching staff and key players played their first camp schedule in Arizona, USA. The first-team camp ended on the 15th, and the team, which immediately joined Kaohsiung, Taiwan, began its second camp schedule in earnest on the 18th.
The first-team camp played its first practice match against the Zhongxin Brothers at CTBC Park in Kaohsiung on the 20th. Ahead of the full-fledged match, 16 players, including rookies, joined the first-team squad twice among the players training in the second-tier camp.
On the 17th, Jung Hyun-woo, Kim Seo-joon, Yoon-hyun, Park Jung-hoon, Cho Young-gun, Park Yoon-sung, Jeon Joon-pyo, infielders Yang Hyun-wook, Jeon Tae-hyun, Eo Jun-seo, Kwon Hyuk-bin, outfielder Lim Byung-wook and catcher Park Sung-bin joined. On the 23rd, additional pitchers Lee Woo-hyun and Lee Joo-hyun will join.
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Rather than dropping out of the entry, players who want to check their skills in the real game right away are the main players. This is to check the condition of the players through a practice match with Taiwanese professional teams by head coach Hong Won-ki himself. Oh Sun-jin, Kim Dong-heon, and Park Soo-jong, who are halfway home, are players whose coaching staff already has enough data, and as a large number of rookie players join, chances to play in the game are inevitably reduced, so it is better to prepare for the second-tier schedule after returning home.
There are no abnormalities in special physical conditions such as injuries. The three returning athletes will continue their training at home with the second-tier squad. The possibility of additional participation, such as exhibition games, is open.
Coach Hong Won-ki is looking at his condition with his own eyes, actively using newcomers such as rookie players who joined this year and second-year players who joined last year in practice games against Taiwanese professional teams. As the opening of the exhibition game is just around the corner, the final decision will be made in Taiwan's second camp.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
