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| Lotte-Samsung match held at Daegu Lions Park on the 19th. Baek Jung-hyun is pitching. Daegu = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.4.19/ |
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| Lotte-Samsung match held at Daegu Lions Park on the 27th. Baek Jung-hyun is pitching in the top of the ninth inning. Daegu = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.27/ |
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| Lotte-Samsung match held at Daegu Lions Park on the 27th. Samsung's Kang Min-ho and Baek Jung-hyun, who won 7-3, are shaking hands. Daegu = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.27/ |
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Baek Jung-hyun (38), a key left-handed bullpen pitcher of the Samsung Lions, will be available in the second half.
Samsung manager Park Jin-man delivered the disappointing news. Before the home game against the Hanwha Eagles at Samsung Lions Park in Daegu on the 26th, head coach Park said, `I don't think Baek Jung-hyun will be easy in the first half.'
Baek Jung-hyun, who changed his position as a bullpen pitcher this season, was rather active as a key agent as if he wore clothes that fit him. He had a good record of 1.95 ERA with two wins, one save and three holds in 29 games. He allowed only 19 hits in 32 ⅓ innings, with a hit rate of 165, striking out 31 and giving up only seven walks. The on-base allowance per inning (WHIP) is 0.80.
But all of a sudden, the news of the injury came in. On the 7th, Samsung said "Baek Jung-hyun recently felt pain in his left shoulder and did an MRI examination, and found inflammation in the shoulder joint area."
As I entered the bullpen pitching this week, I reached the stage of preparing to return, and a stop order came in.
Coach Park said, "'I was going to pitch live originally, but I heard it was uncomfortable' and "'I don't think it will be easy in the first half with the updated report yesterday (25th)."
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 31st. Samsung's Baek Jung-hyun is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.31/ |
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| A game between the LG Twins and the Samsung Lions at Jamsil Stadium on the 31st. Samsung's Baek Jung-hyun is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.31/ |
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Coach Park went on to say, `If we let him tight, he could come in (within the first half of the year), but there is no need to advance it because of one or two games. I decided that I didn't have to overdo it because I could give you another 10 days of rest." Baek Jung-hyun is expected to return to the first team at the start of the second half after the All-Star break.
Baek Jung-hyun was in the middle of the starting line when he was a child, but he has been a starter since then. In 2021, he recorded a career high with 14 wins, 5 losses and a 2.63 ERA, became an FA after the season and hit a four-year total of 3.8 billion won. Since then, he has mainly started, but he has not been able to pitch as expected, but since he started only one game this season, he has moved to a bullpen pitcher and has shown more stable pitching.
In Samsung's bullpen, where Baek Jung-hyun is absent, only rookie Bae Chan-seung and Lee Seung-min are left-handed pitchers. It seems that they will have to play the rest of the game until the first half.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
