LG's filial son is out of injury, can he return in July? Light training starts...It depends on the MRI results

Jul 17, 2025

LG's filial son is out of injury, can he return in July? Light training starts...It depends on the MRI results
A game between the LG Twins and the KIA Tigers at Jamsil Stadium on the 29th. In the bottom of the seventh inning, LG Austin, with the bases loaded with two outs, is stepping down with a fly ball to the left field. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.29/



Will LG Twins' filial son foreigners, who suffered a side injury, return in July.

LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop, who met at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 17th, replied, "(I started light training)" on Austin's current condition.

"Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test is performed again. If no major abnormality is found there, I think I will be able to return by the 29th."




Austin is a foreign hitter who is entering his third year at LG this year. He is playing a perfect game as a right-handed slugger and first baseman that LG needed. He hit a career high of 0.893 with 23 home runs and 95 RBIs in the first year and 0.957 with 32 home runs and 132 RBIs in the last year.

Although his batting average fell slightly to 272 in the first half of this year compared to the last two seasons, he is still one of the best foreign hitters in the league, hitting 20 home runs with 55 RBIs and an OPS of 0.912. It is the central axis of LG's powerful batting lineup, which ranked second (0.748) in the team's OPS in the first half of the year.

However, he left the first-team entry on the 3rd after receiving a finding of damage to his left side's internal abdominal muscles. As a result, he missed the All-Star Game, which was scheduled to play, and although the second half of the season has begun, he still has not been able to join the first team.




LG's filial son is out of injury, can he return in July? Light training starts...It depends on the MRI results
A game between the Lotte Giants and the LG Twins at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 1st. LG Austin is cheering after hitting a two-run shot with one out and second base in the top of the third inning. Busan = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.07.01/
Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop will play in the Futures game from the 25th to the 27th unless the MRI test results are abnormal. Through this, he will regain his sense of practice and return to the first team as early as the 29th. He explained that he will miss about 10 games in the second half.

The starting rotation for the second half will be operated in the order of Son Joo-young, Hernandez, Lim Chan-kyu, Song Seung-ki, and Chirinos. Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop emphasized, `The player's condition, recovery condition, totality with the opposing team, relativity, and these are the center of the right and left, so that the team that threw well takes a lot of time.' In the case of the game against Lotte, Son Joo-young, who has been on a scoreless streak of 3 games and 19 innings for 2 years, fully took into account the 'Lotte Killer' aspect.

Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop said, `Son Ju-young definitely improved in July. The second half will be better than the first half,' he said confidently.




All five professional baseball games, including the opening game of the second half of the season between LG and Lotte Giants, were canceled due to rain. Both LG and Lotte are scheduled to continue the Gamboa-Son Joo-young selection match on the 18th.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.