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Jul 08, 2025

KT Wiz Exclusion. Sports Chosun DB

"Rehabilitation is not over yet...."

KT Wiz will face SSG Landers at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 8th.

The last three games of the first half. On the first day, KT announced its exclusion as a starting pitcher.

Jeon Je-seong was discharged from the military on the 17th of last month after completing his mandatory military service at the Armed Forces Sports Unit (Sangju). He joined the team immediately, and went 1-1 with a 2.89 ERA in three games. In the match against KIA on the 19th, which was his return match, he started and scored two runs in three ⅓ innings. Since then, he came out as relief in both games, and played three ⅓ innings (against Lotte on the 27th) and two ⅔ innings (against Kiwoom on the 3rd).

Second start since being discharged from the military. KT manager Lee Kang-chul expressed his intention to use Jeon Je-sung as a starting pitcher in the second half of the year. This season, KT made five starts with William Cuevas, Enmanuel de Heissus, So Hyung-joon, Ko Young-pyo and Oh Won-seok. The plan is to put exclusion in place to give rest once a week or if an exhausted player comes out.

Bae Je-sung threw 58 pitches on the 3rd. the highest number of pitches this season. After undergoing elbow ligament joint surgery in February last year, he is not 100% physical yet. In order to start, the number of pitches should be increased by 30 to 40 compared to the present.

Exclusion from KT. Sports Chosun DB

Manager Lee said, `Exclusion has to raise the number of pitches. I have to start in the second half"I think it will go up to 60-70 wards today (the 8th)."

Manager Lee continued "I think the reason why the ball speed dropped recently when the number of pitches increased is because he went out as a relief pitcher and threw all-out pitches."If you go out as a starting pitcher, you'll control it. "The rehabilitation is not complete yet, so I'm going to watch it."

Son Dong-hyun, who injured his shoulder in May, is also scheduled to play in earnest. He was scheduled to throw one inning in the Futures League, but the game was canceled due to the heat wave, pushing the mound to the next.

KT Lee Jung-hyun is pitching hard in a match between KIA and KT at Suwon KT Wiz Park on the 22nd. Suwon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.22/

Meanwhile, KT called up Lee Jung-hyun after canceling Heyesus, who finished pitching in the first half of the 7th. Lee Jung-hyun, who joined KT in the second round of the rookie draft in 2017 (the first overall pick), played 19 games in the Futures League this year, recording one win, no loss, five saves, and a 1.77 ERA. In the first team, he played three games and allowed one run in one ⅔ inning. He was excluded from the entry after scoring no runs in ⅓ innings against KIA on the 17th of last month.

Manager Lee said, `I had good pitching, and I had good pitching in the Futures League. It's gotten a lot better."

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.