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Mar 29, 2025

The KBO League KT Wiz and Doosan Bears match held at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 27th. KT Oh Won-seok is pitching hard. Suwon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.03.27/

The KBO League match between SSG and Lotte at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 25th. SSG Kim Min pitches on the mound in the top of the eighth inning. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.25/

A surprise trade that surprised everyone. First of all, both teams are satisfied with the atmosphere of the first week.

SSG Landers and KT Wiz are seeing the trade effect side by side.

The two teams traded starter Oh Won-seok and must-win group Kim Min shortly after the Korean Series ended last year. It was a result of the matching needs of SSG, which wanted a must-win team with strong ball power, and KT, which wanted a young left-hander.

In the case of Oh Won-seok, he is a highly anticipated pitcher who was called the 'second Kim Kwang-hyun'. Since his second year of debut, he has secured a starting position. Of the 130 games played in the professional league, 99 were selected as starters. He has passed 100 innings for four consecutive years, and there have been two innings. If it wasn't for injuries last year, it is highly likely that he would have filled the regular innings. He has been steadily heading to the top with 27 wins in his career.

There were also criticisms that growth was somewhat slower than expected. However, he is a left-hander with a fastball in the mid-140km range that is released in the third quarter, and he has steadily accumulated his starting experience.

KBO League SSG and Lotte match held at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 27th. Director of SSG Lee Sung-yong who answers interviews with reporters. Incheon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.27/

KT filled the starting spot without Um Sang-baek this season with Oh Won-seok. Oh Won-seok pitched five scoreless innings against the Doosan Bears on the 27th, making KT manager Lee Kang-chul laugh.

In terms of player value, Kim Min is also a big player. First of all, he is the owner of a fighting spirit that exceeds 150km. It is a perfect piece of heyday for SSG, which needs 'Winnow' due to its age of being born in 1999, and Kim Kwang-hyun and Choi Jung No-kyung have many veterans such as Park Jong-hoon and Moon Seung-won.

It was a perfect piece for SSG, who was disappointed in the bullpen in that he had already played as a must-win team for many years and completed his military service.

However, the performance of each year was not consistent. In particular, last season, when he recorded 8 wins, 4 losses and 21 holds with an ERA of 4.31 last year, was Kim Min's best career performance since 2020. Another concern was that he played 77 ⅓ in the first team alone.

But at the beginning of the season, Kim Min is literally thriving. Noh Kyung-eun and SSG, who are beneficial with overwhelming ball power, make up a trio of must-win teams. He played three ⅔ in four games, holding two without allowing a run and leading SSG's rise at the beginning of the season. Coach Lee Sung-yong also smiled at the strong performance of the must-win group.

이강철 KT 감독. Sports Chosun DB

The two teams will face off in the weekend series on April 4-6. Kim Min said, `I imagined myself facing KT right after the trade. I want to show KT how much I have grown. Jang Sung-woo received my credit for a long time, so you know me well, but I also wanted to deal with Sungwoo seriously," he said, exerting his enthusiasm.

Regarding the rather frequent appearances "I like playing a lot of games. The management is well received. There are many pitchers in the second division, and it is an honor to go to the game."

Both players are young, so the trade bill will only be opened in a long time, but both KT and SSG deserve to shout 'Good start'.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.