Why is Kim Jongsoo absent from the practice game? Hanwha Decided, Samsung also excluded 0G veterans

Oct 16, 2025

Why is Kim Jongsoo absent from the practice game? Hanwha Decided, Samsung also excluded 0G veterans
The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th. Hanwha Kim Jong-soo is catching his breath. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.13/



Hanwha Eagles and Samsung Lions officially announced their playoff entries.

KBO announced the list of playoff players on the afternoon of the 16th. Hanwha, the second-ranked team in the regular season, has a 30-man entry with 13 pitchers, three catchers, eight infielders and six outfielders.

Samsung, the semi-playoff winner, filled the entry with 12 pitchers, three catchers, eight infielders and seven outfielders.




Except for pitcher Kim Jong-soo, Hanwha's peculiarities are. Veteran infielder An Chi-hong, who has suffered severe sluggishness throughout this season, was also excluded, but it is somewhat surprising that Kim Jong-soo, who trained together and even took the mound in practice games, was excluded.

Why is Kim Jongsoo absent from the practice game? Hanwha Decided, Samsung also excluded 0G veterans
Hanwha-KIA match held at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on the 18th. Park Sang-won, who took the mound in the bottom of the sixth inning, is pitching. Gwangju = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.9.18/
Kim Jong-soo played a great role as a bullpen resource in 63 games of the regular season this year, recording a comprehensive performance of 4 wins, 5 losses, 5 holds, and an ERA of 3.25. Manager Kim Kyung-moon, who was agonizing over the composition of the pitching staff until the end, eventually made a playoff roster, excluding Kim Jong-soo, including Park Sang-won, Joo Hyun-sang, and Um Sang-baek in the entry.

Samsung is almost similar to the semi-playoff entry, but there have been some changes in the pitching staff. Veteran pitcher Lim Chang-min, who was named in the entry, disappeared.




Lim Chang-min never pitched in the wild-card game and the semi-playoff series, and was excluded from the list in the playoffs. Instead, Samsung added infielder Yang Woo-hyun.

Why is Kim Jongsoo absent from the practice game? Hanwha Decided, Samsung also excluded 0G veterans
The Samsung Lions and Kiwoom Heroes match held at Daegu Lions Park on the 25th. Samsung's Lim Chang-min is struggling. Daegu=Park Jae-man Reporter pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.25/
Yang Woo-hyun, an infield utility resource, can play defense on second and third bases. Coach Park Jin-man, who mainly used Ryu Ji-hyuk and Yang Yang-geun as the starting second baseman, is expected to develop various patterns in both offense and defense, including Yang Woo-hyun. In addition, Hong Hyun-bin, an outfield backup resource, was also included in the playoff roster following the semi-playoff.

Here is a list of playoff players.




◇Hanwha Eagles

Pitcher = Moon Dong-ju Um Sang-baek Han Seung-hyuk Hwang Jun-seo Ponce Jung Woo-ju Kim Seo-hyun Kim Bum-soo Weiss Park Sang-won Joo Hyun-hyun Cho Dong-wook Ryu Hyun-jin

Catcher = Choi Jae-hoon Lee Jae-won Heo In-seo

Infielder = Shim Woo-jun Lee Do-yoon Roh Si-hwan Ha Joo-seok Kwon Kwang-min Chae Eun-sung Moon Hyun-bin Hwang Young-mook

Outfielder = Liberato Lee Jin-young Kim Tae-yeon Son Ah-seop Choi In-ho Lee Won-seok

◇Samsung Lions

Pitcher = Lee Ho-sung Choi Won-tae Won-tae Lee Seung-hyun Lee Jae-ik Kim Tae-hoon Lee Seung-min Yang Chang-seop Bae Chan-seung Garabito Kim Jae-yoon Hurado

Catcher = Kim Jae-sung Lee Byung-hun Kang Min-ho

Infielder = Diaz Lee Jae-hyun Ryu Ji-hyuk Kim Young-woong Jeon Byung-woo Park Byung-ho Yang Woo-hyun Yang Yang-geun

Outfielder = Koo Ja-wook Lee Seong-gyu Kim Tae-hoon Kim Heon-gon Kim Seong-yoon Kim Ji-chan Hong Hyun-bin





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.