(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-han = Professional baseball KT Wiz and Samsung Lions have confirmed the list of participants for the Korean Series (KS, 4 wins in 7 games), focusing on key players.
The two teams each released the list of 30 players who will play in KS on the 2nd. The team consisted of 13 pitchers, 3 catchers, 7 infielders, and 7 outfielders.
Samsung will send 30 players who played in the playoffs (PO) with the KIA Tigers to KS without replacement.
Key pitchers including Ariel Jurado, who was named PO Most Valuable Player (MVP), Chris Fedek, Choi Won-tae, and Won Tae-in were named.
Lee Seung-min, Bae Chan-seung, and Kim Tae-hoon, who played an active part in the bullpen at PO, were also included.
With closer Kim Jae-yoon missing due to injury, Won Tae-in, who was in charge of the tailgate at PO, is scheduled to wait in the bullpen first in KS as well.
Samsung coach Park Jin-man said at the KS Media Day held at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do that day, "Depending on the situation in the first and second games, (Won) Tae-in will likely have to continue to wait in the bullpen," and added, "Depending on the results of the first and second games, he may be selected as a starter."
Players who were left out of the PO entry due to injuries, such as Kim Jae-yoon and left-handed pitchers Lee Seung-hyun and Baek Jeong-hyeon, were unable to join this time.
There is no change in field training either.
The team included captain Koo Ja-wook, veterans Choi Hyeong-woo and Kang Min-ho, as well as Llewin Diaz, Kim Young-woong, Lee Jae-hyeon and Ryu Ji-hyuk.
Kim Ji-chan and Park Seung-gyu, who played in PO, will also perform on the KS stage.
KT, which ranked first in the regular season and advanced directly to KS, also formed a roster centered around key players who led the team to victory.
Starting resources such as foreign pitchers Davis Daniel, Logan Allen, Ko Young-pyo, and So Hyun-jun, as well as closer Park Young-hyun were included.
Bullpen resources such as Koki Sugimoto, Gyu-min Woo, Yong-joo Jeon, Dong-hyun Son, and Ju-won Ju, as well as Won-seok Oh, Bae Seong-seong, and Jeong-woon Kim were also named.
KT manager Lee Kang-cheol compared the bullpen to the time of the 2021 unified championship at the media day and said, "There are a lot of good players, and the middle is much more stable than then."
The catchers consisted of three players: captain Jang Seong-woo, Cho Dae-hyun, and Han Seung-taek.
The batting lineup included Sam Hilliard, Choi Won-jun, Ahn Hyun-min, and veterans Kim Hyun-soo, Heo Gyeong-min, and Kim Sang-soo. Infielders Oh Yoon-seok, Ryu Hyun-in, Kwon Dong-jin, and Jang Jun-won and outfielders Bae Jeong-dae and Kim Min-hyuk also boarded.
Right-handed bullpen Han Seung-hyuk and Kim Min-soo did not make the list.
The two teams will play the first game of the KS at Suwon KT Wiz Park at 6:30 pm on the 3rd. KT announced Daniel L and Samsung announced Choi Won-tae as the starters.
◇ 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO Korean Series participant list
KT Wiz Samsung Lions coach Kang-cheol Lee Coach Jin-man Park Coach Kang Kim Kang-soo Park Kyung-soo Jang Jae-joong Park Ki-hyuk Park
Kim Tae-han, Kim Ho, Yu Han-jun, Je Chun-mo
Choi Man-ho, Jeon Byeong-du, Park Han-i, Lee Heung-ryeon, and Choi Il-eon are the grandchildren.
Murakami Park Seok-jin Jeong Byeong-gon
Pitcher Lee Jong-wook, Chae Sang-byeong, Go Young-pyo, Sugimoto Woo Gyu-min
Exclusion, Jeon So-jun, So Hyeong-jun, Daniel, Sovereignty, Son Dong-hyun, Logan, Oh Won-seok
Park Young-hyeon, Kim Jeong-un, Lee Jae-hee, Won Tae-in, Choi Won-tae, Lee Seung-hyun
Kim Tae-hoon, Lee Seung-min, Lim Lim-young, Yang Chang-seop
Bae Chan-seung, Fedek Jang Chan-hee, Jang Chan-hee, Satoshi Hurado, catcher Jang Seong-woo, Cho Dae-hyun, Han Seung-taek, Kim Do-hwan, Jang Seung-hyeon, Kang Min-ho, infielder Oh Yoon-seok, Kim Sang-soo, Ryu Hyun-in, Heo Gyeong-min, Hilliard, Kwon Dong-jin, Jang Jun-won, Diaz, Lee Jae-hyun, Park Gye-beom, Ryu Ji-hyuk.
Kim Young-woong, Kim Sang-jun, Jeon Byeong-woo, outfielder Choi Won-jun, Kim Hyun-soo, Ahn Hyun-min, Bae Jeong-dae, Lee Jeong-hoon, Jang Jin-hyuk, Kim Min-hyuk, Koo Ja-wook, Kim Heon-gon, Choi Hyung-woo, and Kim Seong-yoon.
Kim Hyun-jun, Kim Ji-chan, Park Seung-gyu
