Four catchers? College graduate rookie catcher registered for the first team...If the pain was caught, he was willing to take the bat as the main catcher

Sep 09, 2025

Four catchers? College graduate rookie catcher registered for the first team...If the pain was caught, he was willing to take the bat as the main catcher
The game between KT and Lotte at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 3rd. Lotte Yoo Kang-nam is warming up with his colleagues. Suwon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.03/



Four catchers? College graduate rookie catcher registered for the first team...If the pain was caught, he was willing to take the bat as the main catcher
A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 2nd. Lotte catcher Yoo Kang-nam is catching his breath. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.02/
"He said he'd try it. "

The Lotte Giants registered Park Gun-woo in the first-team entry ahead of the game against the Hanwha Eagles at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 9th.

After graduating from Jangchung High School and Korea University, Park Kun-woo, who joined as a nurturing player in 2025, was batting .281 with two home runs in 28 games in the Futures League.




With Park Kun-woo's registration, Lotte will have a total of four catchers, including Yoo Kang-nam's Son Sung-bin and Information Geun, in the first-team entry.

In general, catchers register as many as three. Lotte needed more catchers due to Yoo Kang-nam's injury.

Yoo Kang-nam was hit in the right arm by a foul ball against Incheon SSG Landers on the 5th. In the match against KT Wiz in Busan on the 28th of last month, he was hit with a foul ball in the right collarbone.




Four catchers? College graduate rookie catcher registered for the first team...If the pain was caught, he was willing to take the bat as the main catcher
KT-Lotte match held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 28th. Ahn Hyun-min at bat with two outs in the top of the fifth inning. When catcher Yoo Kang-nam was struck down by a foul ball, manager Kim Tae-hyung came out and replaced him himself. Busan = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.8.28/
It is difficult to throw properly as the ball continues to hit the arm. First of all, I gave him a break.

Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said ahead of the game on the 9th, "(Yoo) Gangnam will do nothing this week. I'm going to swing the bat next week, and if I get pain, I'm going to make him hit the bat. "He said he's going to try it. Is it better than throwing a ball? If you don't like it after batting?? I'm going to see it."

Lotte ranks sixth with 62 wins, 6 draws and 62 losses before the game on the 9th. He is 3.5 games behind the third-ranked SSG Landers and 0.5 games behind the fifth-ranked KT Wiz. a busy situation. For Lotte, the best scenario is that Yoo Kang-nam is hit. Yoo Kang-nam has a batting average of 274, five homers, 38 RBIs and 35 runs scored in 110 games this season, and an OPS (long hitting rate + on-base percentage) of 0.735.




Regarding Park Geon-woo's registration, "It can be considered that there are three captives. He explained, "(Yoo) Kang-nam can't take a catcher right now."

On this day, Lotte organized the starting lineup in the order of Hwang Sung-bin (center fielder), Ko Seung-min (first baseman), Yoon Dong-hee (right fielder), Victor Reyes (left fielder), Na Seung-yeop (designated hitter), Park Chan-hyung (second baseman), Son Ho-young (third baseman), Lee Ho-joon (striker) and Information-geun (catcher). The starting pitcher is Park Se-woong.

On Information Geun's selection, manager Kim said, `We considered the part of the team's teamwork with the starting pitcher" he said.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.