Kim Tae-hyung → Jang Won-jun, Lee Seung-yeop → Yang Eui-ji received...Can we look forward to the president's present?

Oct 21, 2025

Kim Tae-hyung → Jang Won-jun, Lee Seung-yeop → Yang Eui-ji received...Can we look forward to the president's present?
The joining ceremony of Yang Eui-ji, who returned to Doosan, was held at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 11th. Yang Eui-ji is receiving a uniform from President Jeon Poong. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2023.01.11/



The new coaches of all time were given hot gifts. Will it be possible to give a present realistically again this time.

Doosan Bears has completed the appointment of a new head coach. Doosan officially announced the appointment of Kim Won-hyung on the 20th. The contract is worth up to 2 billion won per year (down payment of 500 million won and annual salary of 500 million won).

Manager Kim Won-hyung, a former high school student who made his professional debut with the Ssangbangwool Raiders in 1991, is a legendary pitcher with 134 wins, 144 losses, 26 saves, 12 holds, and an ERA of 3.92 in 545 active games.




Coach Kim, who took the helm as SSG Landers coach in the 2021-2023 season, also led the team to win the 2022 season 'Wire to Wire'. Since then, he has worked as a training coach for the Softbank Hawks in the Japanese professional baseball (NPB) and continued his career as a national pitching coach.

He is a person who has already had a relationship with Doosan. He served as the main coach for first-team pitchers in the 2019-2020 season, and at that time, Doosan ranked first among the 10 clubs with a team ERA of 3.91.

Kim Tae-hyung → Jang Won-jun, Lee Seung-yeop → Yang Eui-ji received...Can we look forward to the president's present?
new Doosan Bears coach Kim Won-hyung. Photo = Doosan Bears
Doosan's appointment of Kim Won-hyung is largely two key factors. An experienced player who has stabilized the mound and won the Korean Series. First of all, manager Kim Won-hyung, a former pitcher, was clearly recognized for his ability when he was a pitching coach. On-site evaluation is that there is also a sense of game management such as fostering pitchers, finding prospects, and replacing pitchers. In addition, it can give high marks to the process of leading the SSG to the integrated championship as a novice head coach at the time.




What's curious now is Doosan's next move. Taking advantage of its previous failures as a stepping stone, Doosan is taking steps to organize its coaching staff more carefully than ever. This is why he chose a de facto outside person instead of acting coach Cho Sung-hwan, who seemed likely to be the next coach.

However, it is curious whether Doosan, which failed to advance to the postseason for two consecutive years and has a poor report card of 9th place again this year, will strengthen its power with the new coach.

Kim Tae-hyung → Jang Won-jun, Lee Seung-yeop → Yang Eui-ji received...Can we look forward to the president's present?
On the afternoon of the 7th, Doosan's Jang Won-jun's joining ceremony was held at Jamsil Stadium. Jang Won-jun, who was released as a free agent (FA) this year, joined Doosan by signing a four-year contract for 8.4 billion won. Doosan manager Kim Tae-hyung is shaking hands celebrating Jang Won-jun's joining.

Jamsil = Reporter Song Jeong-heon songs@sportschosun.com /2015.01.07
The previous directors received a kind of inauguration gift. It is the recruitment of a large FA. When Kim Tae-hyung was appointed ahead of the 2015 season, Doosan recruited left-hander Jang Won-jun, the only 'pure' external FA. Previously, Doosan did not recruit many external FA itself, and Hong Sung-hun, the only external FA, was actually from 'Doosanman'. Jang Won-jun was the first to recruit a big fish FA who had no relationship with Doosan.




Doosan, which has a clear left-hander in its arms with a hot investment, won the Korean Series immediately in the 2015 season and has won consecutive championships since then. Jang Won-jun also enjoyed the winwin effect while spending his greatest heyday in Doosan.

There was also an FA gift when head coach Kim Tae-hyung stepped down after a long period of power, and when head coach Lee Seung-yeop was appointed ahead of the 2023 season. It was Yang Eui-ji's recruitment. Yang Eui-ji, who grew up as a national catcher at Doosan, transferred the team after receiving the NC Dinos' 'Love Call' in his first FA. After winning NC's first championship together and completing all four years of his contract, he returned to his former team Doosan with the appointment of coach Lee Seung-yeop. Doosan even persuaded Yang Eui-ji, setting a new record for the highest amount of money at that time of 15.2 billion won in four years.

Kim Tae-hyung → Jang Won-jun, Lee Seung-yeop → Yang Eui-ji received...Can we look forward to the president's present?
Picture=Doosan Bears
Then, will there be a gift for Kim Won-hyung. The problem is that there is a variable that is slightly different from the situation before. Doosan's internal crackdown is a priority in the FA market. Lee Young-ha, Choi Won-joon, Hong Gun-hee, Kim Jae-hwan, and Cho Ha-soo are scheduled to obtain FA qualifications, and the key is which of them will be able to remain as the top negotiating target. Otherwise, a power drain is inevitable.

In addition, it is necessary to knock on the calculator whether additional recruitment will be possible here due to the composition of the team already having many high-paid players among fielders. This year, the FA market is expected to be centered on fielders such as Park Chan-ho and Kang Baek-ho, and it is questionable whether Doosan has enough resources to pay a large amount of money.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.