2nd-tier 3 innings without allowing 6K runs. 42-year-old Ko Hyo-joon is ready for the first team. Bears debut on May 1

Apr 29, 2025

A game between the Doosan Bears and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. Doosan Bears' Ko Hyo-joon is training. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.18/



2nd-tier 3 innings without allowing 6K runs. 42-year-old Ko Hyo-joon is ready for the first team. Bears debut on May 1
A game between the Doosan Bears and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. Doosan's Ko Hyo-joon is training with his juniors. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.18/
2nd-tier 3 innings without allowing 6K runs. 42-year-old Ko Hyo-joon is ready for the first team. Bears debut on May 1
A game between the Doosan Bears and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 18th. Doosan Bears' Ko Hyo-joon is training. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.04.18/
With two days left on May 1, when the first-team call-up is possible, Doosan Bears' Ko Hyo-joon (42) also showed a stable appearance in his third appearance in the Futures League.

Ko Hyo-joon, who wore a dramatic Doosan uniform, took the mound as an intermediate game against SSG Landers in Ganghwa on the 29th and allowed one hit, two strikeouts and no runs in one inning.

Ko Hyo-joon, who played for SSG Landers until last year, signed a total of 100 million won with Doosan on the 17th after failing to find a new club after being excluded from the list of pending players.




You can sign a contract as a nurturing player and register as an official player on May 1.

Thanks to consistent personal training, he quickly found a real sense in his two Futures League appearances since signing.

Ko Hyo-joon, who took the mound against the Goyang Heroes on the 23rd and struck out two in one inning to prevent no hits and no holds, recorded one hit and two strikeouts in one inning in the game against Hanwha in Icheon on the 26th.




Then he rested for two days and stood on the mound again on the 29th. Ko Hyo-joon, who became the second pitcher after starting pitcher Cho Jae-young in the bottom of the fourth inning, trailing 0-2, caught the first No. 5 Seok Jung-woo with a ground ball in front of the third base at the first pitch.

He got a left-handed hit on the first pitch by No. 6 Lee Jung-beom, but he struck out No. 7 Kim Chang-pyeong with a rookie strikeout and No. 8 Choi Yoon-seok with a swing and miss to end the inning. At the end of the fifth inning, he replaced Kim Myung-shin.

Ko Hyo-joon pitched three innings in three Futures League appearances and pitched two hits and six strikeouts. It is quite eye-catching that he struck out six out of nine out-counts.




Doosan manager Lee Seung-yeop has already announced that he will call Ko Hyo-joon to the first team on May 1. Manager Lee said, `It's time for a pitcher because it's a nine-game series.' In particular, Ko Hyo-joon is expected to be a good card as he needs a left-handed pitcher to catch the opponent's left-handed batter.

Doosan and Ko Hyo-joon are looking forward to May 1st.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.