The first team is overwhelmingly No. 1 in the exhibition game, and the second team is going to make 4 consecutive wins this year

Mar 20, 2025

The 2025 KBO League Media Day was held at the Lotte Hotel World Crystal Ballroom in Jamsil, Seoul on the 20th. KT Jang Sung-woo, director Lee Kang-chul, and Kang Baek-ho, who are posing at Media Day. Jamsil = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.20/

If you do well in both the first and second teams, don't you just win?

KT Wiz's 2025 season is unusual. Both the first and second teams will challenge for the championship with a good start.

KT will mark the opening of the regular season by ranking first with a 6-1 win rate of 857. Of course, it is said that exhibition games do not mean much to win or lose. It is a step in which players improve their condition, and they replace players significantly regardless of the situation in the middle of the game. Still, he wins because he has good power and the players show good condition. No matter how many exhibition games are played, coaches sometimes show mercenary skills such as regular season when a match is decided at the end of the game. Coach Lee Kang-chul laughed, saying, `It's good to win first place in anything.' He then exaggerated, saying, "Are we doing well, the other team hasn't come up yet?"

KT is a strong team based on its powerful pitching capability. He reached the postseason for five consecutive years until last season. The problem is 'Slow Starter'. I killed porridge at the beginning of every season. It has been going up since the summer, but autumn baseball was not enough to aim for the championship. When winning the integrated title in the 2021 season, KT was able to erase the slow starter image amid the peculiarity (?) that all teams are training in Korea due to the COVID-19 issue.

The KBO League KT Wiz and Doosan Bears exhibition game held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 17th. KT Huh Kyung-min is making a high five with manager Lee Kang-chul after the victory. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.17/

Coach Lee has increased the amount of training ahead of this season. The determination not to be pushed back from the beginning. The first Australian spring camp I visited here was the best training because the weather was good and the sun was rising at night. It is a completely different result as it became a team with 6 wins and 1 loss from 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in last year's exhibition game.

In the end, the bat should be played by players who will play at the top, such as Rojas, Kang Baek-ho, Heo Kyung-min, and Jang Sung-woo. KT has a strong starting lineup and a strong bullpen. Manager Lee said, "In the end, we have to play baseball to win by scoring four or five pointsbe envisioned as " The pitchers looked very good ahead of the opening, so it's worth looking forward to 'this year is different'.

The KBO League KT Wiz and LG Twins exhibition game held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 8th. KT manager Lee Kang-chul, who won 5 to 1, is delighted. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.08/

On top of that, the Futures team also won against the KIA Tigers on the 20th and won four consecutive games since the opening of the Southern League. This means that the second-tier players' pool is good and their current condition is good. The first team is a battlefield. We don't know when or what will happen. At that time, it is very important for the competition for the championship to have the right player come up in the second division so that there is no gap.

Will KT be able to get rid of the stigma of 's slow starter' this year and enter the competition for the championship. It is an important check point that can control the KBO League game at the beginning of the season.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.

The first team is overwhelmingly No. 1 in the exhibition game, and the second team is going to make 4 consecutive wins this year

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