Koo Ja-wook again, Moon Sung-joo, OUT national team, Lee Jae-won, surprise...Kim Won-hyung also found a replacement for the coach
Nov 01, 2025
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KBO announced on the 1st that `Samsung Koo Ja-wook and LG Moon Sung-joo failed to join the national team due to injuries to their side and hip muscles, respectively.'
Koo Ja-wook suffered an injury during the postseason this year following last year, making him fall from the national team for the second consecutive year. Koo Ja-wook was scheduled to be selected as the captain of the '2024 Premier 12' national team in November last year, but he eventually had to give up the national flag because he seriously injured his left knee during the postseason.
Koo Ja-wook thought he would wear the national flag again this year in good health, but this time, he decided to focus on rest and treatment right away due to a side problem. This national team has a strong character compared to the 2026 World Baseball (WBC), but there is no reason to overdo it as it is called up for a warm-up match anyway.
The national team surprisingly selected Sangmu outfielder Lee Jae-won for the vacancies of Koo Ja-wook and Moon Sung-joo. Lee Jae-won, a promising player of the LG Twins, is nicknamed 'Jamsil Big Boy'. This year, as a member of Sangmu, he has played 78 games in the Futures League, a batting average of 0.329 (91 hits in 277) and 26 home runs and 91 RBIs, raising expectations after returning to LG. Before putting on the LG uniform again, Lee Jae-won will show his potential first in the national team.
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The national team participating in the '2025 NAVER K-BASEBALL SERIES' will start training on the 2nd. Training on the 2nd and 3rd will be held at Goyang National Baseball Training Center, and from the 4th, they will move to Gocheok Sky Dome and train before departure on the 12th.
The 2025 NAVER K-BASEBALL SERIES will start with two games against the Czech national team at Gocheok Sky Dome from the 8th to the 9th, and will play two games against the Japanese national team at Tokyo Dome in Japan from the 15th to the 16th.
It is meaningful that the players who played in the national team are more likely to participate in the WBC in March 2026.
Meanwhile, LG and Hanwha players, who finished the Korean Series on the 31st of last month, will take a little more rest and join Gocheok training on the 4th.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
