Hope for the 5th round is fading, but Na Gyun-an, you are also eliminated from the first team with elbow problems. Kim Tae-hyung's pick for tomorrow is Park Jun-woo in his second year

Sep 25, 2025

Hope for the 5th round is fading, but Na Gyun-an, you are also eliminated from the first team with elbow problems. Kim Tae-hyung's pick for tomorrow is Park Jun-woo in his second year
Lotte Park Joon-woo is pitching hard in the top of the seventh inning against Kiwoom and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 20th. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.09.20/



Hope for the 5th round is fading, but Na Gyun-an, you are also eliminated from the first team with elbow problems. Kim Tae-hyung's pick for tomorrow is Park Jun-woo in his second year
Lotte Park Joon-woo is pitching hard in the top of the seventh inning against Kiwoom and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 20th. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.09.20/
Hope for the 5th round is fading, but Na Gyun-an, you are also eliminated from the first team with elbow problems. Kim Tae-hyung's pick for tomorrow is Park Jun-woo in his second year
Lotte Park Joon-woo, who finished pitching in the top of the seventh inning, is heading to the dugout after a game between Kiwoom and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 20th. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.09.20/
"I briefly thought about making Velazquez throw only one inning and starting."

The Lotte Giants, whose dream of the 5th round is getting far away, even lost their starting pitcher.

Prior to the home game against the LG Twins in Ulsan on the 25th, Lotte canceled Na Kyun-an from the first team and called up Park Si-young.




Na Kyun-an was immediately appointed as the starting pitcher for the Busan Samsung Lions on the 26th, but he complained of discomfort in his elbow and decided to cancel him from the first team and undergo a medical examination in Busan on the 26th.

Na Kyun-an started 26 out of 28 games this season, winning three games (one relief win) with seven losses and an ERA of 3.87.

He recorded two hits, four walks and three strikeouts in three ⅓ against NC on the 19th and prepared to start against Samsung on the 26th.




However, due to a problem with his elbow, he eventually failed to finish the season and left.

The starting pitcher on the 26th, announced by Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung, is Park Joon-woo.

I asked if there was a possibility that foreign pitcher Vince Velazquez, who recently came to the bullpen due to Na Kyun-an's departure, could return to the starting lineup, but it was not.




Hope for the 5th round is fading, but Na Gyun-an, you are also eliminated from the first team with elbow problems. Kim Tae-hyung's pick for tomorrow is Park Jun-woo in his second year
Lotte Na Kyun-an is going down the mound at the bottom of the fourth inning in a game between Lotte and NC held at Changwon NC Park on the 19th. Changwon= Reporter Huh Sang-wook's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.09.19/
Hope for the 5th round is fading, but Na Gyun-an, you are also eliminated from the first team with elbow problems. Kim Tae-hyung's pick for tomorrow is Park Jun-woo in his second year
The match between SSG and Lotte at SSG Landers Field in Incheon on the 5th. First base with no outs in the bottom of the fourth inning. Lotte Velasquez who committed pitcher balk. Incheon=Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song @sportschosun.com/2025.09.05/
Hope for the 5th round is fading, but Na Gyun-an, you are also eliminated from the first team with elbow problems. Kim Tae-hyung's pick for tomorrow is Park Jun-woo in his second year
A game between Kiwoom and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 20th, and Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung staring at the ground before the game. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.09.20/
Coach Kim said, `I thought about making Velazquez throw only one inning yesterday (24th) and starting tomorrow (26th)"But I decided to give (Park) Jun-woo a chance as well," he said. Velazquez changed his position to the bullpen after a shocking slump of five hits (one home run) in ⅔ innings against Busan SSG on the 13th.

Velazquez, who had been sluggish in the bullpen by allowing two hits and one run in ⅔ innings against Samsung on the 16th and three hits and three runs in one inning against Kiwoom on the 20th, gave up three hits and two walks in three innings against Samsung on the 24th, but blocked it without allowing a run.

Park Joon-woo is a second-year high school right-hander who graduated from Yushin High School and joined as the 33rd player in the fourth round of the rookie draft last year.

Park Joon-woo, who pitched two innings as a bullpen pitcher in two games last year, has taken the mound as a bullpen pitcher in nine games this season and has a 1 win, 2 losses and 1 hold average ERA of 9.35.

Park Joon-woo, who was included in the opening entry, played as a relief pitcher until early April, but went down to the second division on April 7 and came back to the first division on September 13. He allowed one run in three innings in two games.

This is his first start.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.