It's hard to return next year. 5 starters for the heel surgery, finally out of the season, overcome it well and come back fully prepared...

Aug 13, 2025

It's hard to return next year. 5 starters for the heel surgery, finally out of the season, overcome it well and come back fully prepared...
KIA-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 24th. Yoon Young-chul, who allowed consecutive hits without an out count in the top of the fourth inning, is being replaced. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.6.24/



KIA coach Lee Bum-ho delivered a message of support in sorrow at the news of Yoon Young-chul's surgery.

Coach Lee Bum-ho said ahead of the Samsung match held at Lions Park in Daegu on the 13th, `The elbow ligament was quite damaged, so we had to decide, but Young-chul said he would have surgery, so we decided that it would be much better to do it. If it's an operation that needs to be performed someday, I think it's better to do it as soon as possible. "Lingival ligament does not come back even if it's a little damaged. I think it's about 50% damaged, but I think it's better to perform surgery at that time and take it step by step rather than rehabilitating it. He interpreted the surgery decision positively. Director Lee said, "(Lee) has done it, so I think it should take a little more than a year. I think it will be a little difficult to return next year. I think we should prepare more step by step and completely."
It's hard to return next year. 5 starters for the heel surgery, finally out of the season, overcome it well and come back fully prepared...
The match between Hanwha and KIA at Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon on the 8th. With no outs and no outs, first base in the bottom of the third inning. KIA starter Yoon Young-chul, who is being replaced. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.07.08/
Coach Lee Bum-ho said, `It's a little bad situation, but it's something that everyone has to go through, and we have to come back and do it, so I hope we treat it well and overcome it, and we sent it to Japan.'

KIA officially announced on the 13th that Yoon Young-chul is scheduled to undergo reconstructive surgery on his left elbow medial ligament at Minami Mutual Aid Hospital in Yokohama, Japan on September 4th.




Yoon Young-chul was removed from the entry on July 11 due to left elbow flexor muscle pain. He was on the injured list for the next month.

Yoon Young-chul started as the fifth starter this season, but suffered from a severe slump with a 15.88 ERA in the first three games of the season. He also shed tears and caused regret. He returned to the first team 13 days after reorganizing in the second team. He is 2-7 with a 5.58 ERA in 13 games this season. Next year was promised, leaving a performance that did not meet expectations.

Yoon Young-chul, who joined KIA as the second overall pick in the first round in 2023 after graduating from Chungam High School, competed with Hanwha Moon Dong-joo for the Rookie of the Year with an 8-7 record and a 4.04 ERA in 25 games in his first year as a professional. Last year, in its second year, it played only 18 games due to a gap caused by lumbar inflammation in the summer, recording an ERA of 7 wins, 4 losses and 4.19.




It's hard to return next year. 5 starters for the heel surgery, finally out of the season, overcome it well and come back fully prepared...
Third baseman Kim Do-young, who scored the first run in the top of the first inning with Na Sung-bum's timely hit with two outs and runners on the first and third bases at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 7th, is welcomed by manager Lee Bum-ho. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.07/
KIA has been suffering from a string of main players this year. Left-hander bullpen member Kwak Do-kyu ended the season early after undergoing reconstructive surgery on his inner collateral ligament due to left elbow flexor and ligament damage at the beginning of the season.

Kim Do-young, the core of the lineup, effectively ended the regular season after suffering three hamstring injuries this year. As even Yoon Young-chul ended the season amid the decision to have elbow surgery, KIA has swallowed its disappointment.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.