Notification of 5 LG members not being able to renew their contracts...Shim Chang-min, again, gave up the trade opponent

Nov 25, 2025

Notification of 5 LG members not being able to renew their contracts...Shim Chang-min, again, gave up the trade opponent
The KBO League exhibition game between Lotte and LG held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 11th. LG's Shim Chang-min is pitching. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.03.11/



The LG Twins released five players.

LG announced on the 25th that the club has decided not to renew the contract with five players, including pitchers Shim Chang-min and Kim Eui-joon, catcher Park Min-ho, outfielder Choi Seung-min and infielder Kim Soo-in through the team's reorganization work.

Shim Chang-min took off his uniform a year after joining LG. Shim Chang-min is a sidearm who joined the Samsung Lions in 2011 as the fourth overall player in the first round. He played as a national bullpen, joining the WBSC Premier 12 in 2015 and the World Baseball Classic (WBC) national team in 2017. He has 51 saves and 80 holds overall.




It showed no signs of a recent rebound after 2018. Shim Chang-min was nominated by the NC Dinos as a compensation player for catcher Kim Tae-gun (currently KIA Tigers), whom Samsung recruited as an FA ahead of the 2022 season, but he had only 16 first-team games, 1 win, 3 ⅔, 9 innings and an ERA of 10.24 before being notified of his release in 2024.

NC thought it would be possible to use Shim Chang-min as a bullpen, but the injury and sluggishness combined to perform below expectations.

Shim Chang-min got a chance again at LG after going through a tryout test in December last year. LG believed in Shim Chang-min's past experience as a must-win team and tried to strengthen the bullpen at the same time, but it was notified of the release without using a single game in the first team this year.




Notification of 5 LG members not being able to renew their contracts...Shim Chang-min, again, gave up the trade opponent
A game between the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants at Jamsil Stadium on the 2nd. In the bottom of the 8th inning, LG Choi Seung-min is rushing home after tag-up with one out and runners on the 2nd and 3rd bases. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.02/
Outfielder Choi Seung-min graduated from Shinil High School and began his professional career as a nurturing player at NC in 2015. LG hired Choi Seung-min in a trade because it needed a pinch runner agent in 2023, but he did not perform as well as expected in the first team. Playing only as a pinch runner, it became difficult to expect a batting performance, and he has scored a total of 20 steals and 36 points in three seasons at LG so far this year.

Infielder Kim Soo-in graduated from Shinil High School and Chung-Ang University and joined LG as a nurturing player in 2020. The only record for the first team was playing in four games last year.

Right-hander Kim Eui-joon was nominated by LG as the 57th overall in the second sixth round in 2018, and catcher Park Min-ho as the 97th overall in the second 10th round in 2021, but he was able to pack up without taking the first-team mound.




Notification of 5 LG members not being able to renew their contracts...Shim Chang-min, again, gave up the trade opponent
The LG Twins Blue and White match held at Jamsil Stadium on the 22nd. LG Kim Soo-in is defending. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.10.22/




This article was translated by Naver AI translator.