Out of selection in FA season, frustrated.. By the way! → Don't be a great bird. I can't believe three starters got hurt the day before the opening.. I can't believe we have such a chance

Mar 21, 2025

The Doosan-Hanwha exhibition game held at Cheongju Baseball Stadium on the 9th. Doosan starter Choi Won-joon is pitching. Cheongju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.9/

The Doosan-Hanwha exhibition game held at Cheongju Baseball Stadium on the 9th. Doosan starter Choi Won-joon is coming down after finishing the first inning without losing a point. Cheongju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.9/

It seems like the sky is really here.

My colleague is hurt, so I can't just laugh, but anyway, opportunities are opportunities. Choi Won-joon, who was eliminated from Doosan's fifth starter, is expected to get his last chance due to Kwak Bin's injury.

Choi Won-joon was pushed out of the starting competition in the FA season, and the outlook was dark, but he felt the life history 'Don't be a bird' with his skin.

Doosan delivered the news like a bolt from the blue on the 21st, the day before the opening.

Doosan announced its opening entry and revealed why starting pitcher Kwak Bin and reliever Hong Gun-hee were excluded.

Hong Gun-hee felt pain in her right elbow during pitching training on the 16th. As a result of the examination, he was diagnosed with internal ligament damage.

Kwak Bin took the mound in the Futures League on the 19th. I felt pain in my left side during the pitch. It's a damage to the internal oblique muscles.

Kwak Bin is the first starter in Korea and the third starter in Doosan.

Doosan has already decided on the starting rotation. It is in the order of Cole Irvin-Jack Logue-Kwakbin-Choi Seung-yong-Kim Yu-sung. As Kwak Bin fell out, one more starter was needed. Choi Won-joon, who competed for the fifth starting position until the end of the exhibition game, is the No. 1 candidate.

Choi Won-joon was a candidate for the fifth selection. He had a very good pace with one run and an ERA of 1.29 in seven innings in two exhibition games.

The Doosan-Hanwha exhibition game held at Cheongju Baseball Stadium on the 9th. Doosan starter Choi Won-joon is pitching. Cheongju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.3.9/

However, Kim Yoo-sung was also not easy. Kim Yoo-sung caused a fresh shock with his 153km fastball. His ERA in the exhibition game was 2.57 (two runs in seven innings), slightly higher than that of Choi Won-joon. However, Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop decided early in the season that a powerful pitcher would exert more power, so he asked Choi Won-joon for his understanding.

Choi Won-jun eventually accepted the relief mission. Doosan decided to use Choi Won-joon as a must-win card as Choi Ji-gang was delayed from joining the team at the beginning of the season.

However, Kwak Bin was injured and there was a hole in the rotation. Kwak Bin is expected to be re-examined in about two weeks and resume training if there is no abnormality. It takes three to four weeks at the earliest. The calculation is that it will take about four to five starting rotations.

The first replacement is Choi Won-jun. Attention is drawn to how Choi Won-jun will make use of the opportunity given by heaven.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.