I can't use the left-hander of 13.2 billion countries right away. Why?You have a call.
Jun 11, 2025
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NC Dinos manager Lee Ho-joon sighed deeply when left-hander ace Koo Chang-mo was mentioned ahead of the Gocheok Kiwoom Heroes match on the 11th. Koo Chang-mo is scheduled to be discharged from military service on the 17th after completing his military service in Sangmu. Coach Lee tried to join the first team as soon as Koo Chang-mo was discharged from the military, but he couldn't.
Koo Chang-mo had very high expectations as a left-hander ace for the national team, but he was always hampered by injuries. In the 2021 season, he took a full rest after undergoing a left ulnar fatigue fracture plate fixation, and in 2023, he played only 11 games due to a left arm ulnar fatigue fracture. When NC set the stage for its first championship in 2020 with nine wins and no losses, 93 ⅓ innings and a 1.74 ERA, it almost lost the second half.
Nevertheless, NC signed a non-FA multi-year contract worth a total of 13.2 billion won for up to seven years after the 2022 season with Koo Chang-mo. There were concerns about a malicious contract because he joined NC in 2015 and had never met the prescribed innings, but concerns were becoming a reality due to repeated injuries.
Koo Chang-mo took his breath when he joined Sangmu. In Sangmu, few balls were thrown. Since he was a player who was stressed due to injury, he put his heart and soul into managing his condition and preventing injury. He pitched about 10 innings in two games in 2024 and another two this year.
However, on April 2, he took the mound in a Futures League match against the Samsung Lions' second-tier team and stopped pitching again when he was hit by a hit on his left shoulder. There is no abnormality in his physical condition at all now. However, while resting for nearly two months, he failed to make enough body to rotate the starting rotation. The player decided on his own that he still needs more build-up process and called coach Lee.
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If he is in a physical condition of throwing one inning, he will have to catch at least a month before he can start.
Manager Lee "Now, after throwing one inning, there should be nothing wrong. His plan cannot be in the first division until he raises the 80th pitch, and one inning tomorrow (12th) is also important in raising the 80th pitch. I will do a medical check in the training part because I can't do it just by listening to the player."
Director Lee also said "I'm not particularly sick. Some parts were hit by the ball, and the game was rested for too long. I think he was trying to be careful. It's not a situation to use it right away because it's the first inning pitching this time after a few months off. To be exact, I'm doing the build-up again. "I've been waiting for Koo Chang-mo to come. If you can give yourself some time to start, you will have the room to use your starting players as longs in the middle, but no matter how good your condition is, you were going to use it only once every 10 days. I was never going to overdo it, but now that the promise is completely gone, he expressed regret.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
