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| Players of the national baseball team trained at Goyang Baseball Team Training Center in Ilsan on the afternoon of the 3rd. Kwak Bin is training in a national team uniform. Goyang=Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.11.03/ |
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| The Korean national baseball team held training at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 5th. Director Ryu Ji-hyun is answering reporters' questions. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.11.05/ |
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| The Korean national baseball team held training at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 4th. Son Joo-young and Kwak Bin are warming up. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.11.04/ |
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Kwak Bin, the right-handed fastball pitcher of the Korean baseball team, will be the starting pitcher to open the door to the K-baseball series.
Coach Ryu Ji-hyun of the national team predicted Kwak Bin as the starting pitcher for the warm-up match against the Czech Republic on the 8th to reporters at the national team training continued at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 5th.
Kwak Bin is a right-hander who sprays a fastball of more than 150km and has consistently worn national team uniforms at the Hangzhou Asian Games, the Asian Professional Baseball Championship (APBC), and the Premier 12 since 2023. In the Premier 12 match against Cuba, he started and pitched four innings of four hits, five strikeouts, and no runs.
The exhibition match between the Czech Republic (Gocheok Dome on the 8th and 9th) and Japan (Tokyo Dome on the 15th and 16th) is to prepare for the World Baseball Classic in March next year. The rules are also in line with the WBC, and the official ball will also use the WBC official ball next year. You can experience various regulations in advance, including a pitch clock shorter than the KBO League (15 seconds when there is no runner and 18 seconds when there is a runner).
Kwak Bin performed well last year, winning 15 games and becoming a joint winner, but this season, he was injured before the season and took the mound in only 19 games, failing to meet expectations with 5-7 losses and an ERA of 4.20. Still, Kwak Bin has a fastball and good breaking ball, so he is expected to play as a right-handed starter in next year's WBC.
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| Players of the national baseball team trained at Goyang Baseball Team Training Center in Ilsan on the afternoon of the 3rd. Kwak Bin is warming up with his colleagues. Goyang=Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.11.03/ |
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| The Korean national baseball team held training at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 5th. Choi Jun-yong and Kwak Bin are training for defense. Gocheok = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.11.05/ |
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| The Korean national baseball team held training at Gocheok Sky Dome on the 4th. Kwak Bin, Choi Jun-yong and Moon Dong-ju are warming up. Gocheok = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.11.04/ |
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Kwak Bin, a member of the Doosan Bears, had about a month to spare after his team was eliminated from the postseason, but he is not expected to throw for a long time against the Czech Republic.
Manager Ryu said, `More than a month has passed since I last took the mound in practice, so I need to recover my senses"He prepared very well and joined the national team. I didn't see him throw it in person, but the coaches of the pitcher's part said so."
In the match against the Czech Republic, pitchers are likely to take the mound to check their condition and go to Japan to further enhance their condition in the two games against Japan.
Manager Ryu said of the pitcher's management against Japan "I have a condition for the season, but I need to check my condition now."It will not create a situation that will strain the player's body. At this time, the director should not be greedy. I'll prepare accordingly."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
