To recruit Park Chan-ho as an FA? Doosan doesn't even need to think about it, because the guy with the muscle turned out to be in a show of force

Sep 16, 2025

The game between KIA and Doosan held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 12th. Ahn Jae-seok of Doosan Bears hit a solo home run as the leadoff hitter in the top of the first inning. Gwangju =Song Jeong-heon, Reporter Song@sportschosun.com/2025.09.12/

We don't even need to think about Park Chan-ho, I'm looking forward to this player's next year.

At the end of the season, interest in prospective FA players is hot. Recently, Kang Min-ho (Samsung), who is trying for the fourth time in the KBO League, mentioned the possibility of going to his home Lotte Giants He was at the center of the topic.

In addition, Kia Tigers shortstop Park Chan-ho, who is recognized as the reserve FA's biggest fish, is receiving attention. As a big-time player named Kang Baek-ho (KT) is sluggish in the preliminary FA season, the concentration on Park Chan-ho is increasing. In particular, there are many teams that do not have suitable main shortstop, so the possibility of Park Chan-ho's success is naturally mentioned.

KIA and Hanwha match at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 2nd, and KIA shortstop Park Chan-ho catches Hanwha Lee Won-seok's ball and throws it to first base in the bottom of the 2nd inning with 2 outs and runners on the 2nd and 3rd base. Daejeon = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.09.02/

First of all, Lotte Giants and KT Wiz are considered as teams that do not have a clear main shortstop. There is also Kiwoom Heroes, but Kiwoom is excluded because it is not easy to recruit a large amount of FA due to team circumstances.

And the Doosan Bears also failed to find a suitable starting shortstop this year, the first season since Kim Jae-ho's retirement. Candidates such as Park Joon-young, Lee Yoo-chan, and Oh Myung-jin failed to take over for various reasons. Park Joon-soon, an ambitious rookie, was evaluated as not easy to play shortstop in the professional league.

Therefore, Doosan was also mentioned as a team that could recruit Park Chan-ho if he came out as an FA. Doosan doesn't know at this point whether the FA market will jump in or not, but only because of the shortstop position.

Doosan, however, is likely to be excluded from the list now. This is because a player named Ahn Jae-seok appeared.

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Doosan's first designated player of 2021. a player marked as Kim Jae-ho's successor. However, it was tough after joining the professional league. With a skinny body, I only wasted time as a character that was neither this nor that in both ball and water.

After the 2023 season, he announced the news of joining the military in a surprise move. The process was not smooth either. He joined the army as an active-duty soldier, not as a managing director, with a nuance as if he was putting down baseball.

But what's wrong with this. He's back in shape. He succeeded in bulk-up in the military and appeared in a tremendous muscular body, showing a monster batting quality. On August 15, he made a strong impression with a dramatic walk-off home run in the 11th inning of overtime against the KIA Tigers, and has been steadily gaining opportunities since then.

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He hit a batting average of 393 in August, and has been showing good batting performance in September. On the 16th, he recorded a multi-hit game against Kiwoom Heroes. He hit home runs in two consecutive games against KIA on the 12th and NC Dinos on the 13th.

The defense is not very stable, but the strength is that the shoulders are stronger than anyone else. If he sharpens his defense from this year's closing camp and maintains the sense of hitting he shows now, chances are growing that Ahn Jae-seok will be Doosan's main shortstop next year.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.