
Entry adjustments for each club’s postseason, including Samsung’s Koo Ja-wook
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Ahead of the professional baseball postseason, each club is adjusting its first-team entries to manage injured players and improve power.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Dae-ho = Professional baseball Doosan Bears key infielder Park Jun-soon left the lineup ahead of the postseason (PS) due to a thigh injury.
Doosan Club expunged Park Jun-soon from the first team ahead of the Lotte Giants match held at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 6th.
Park Jun-soon missed the game against the Daegu Samsung Lions on the 4th after feeling pain in his right thigh while running the bases.
As a result of the examination, it was determined that the right thigh muscle was partially damaged, and the club decided to give him some rest for now.
Park Jun-soon played in 98 games this season and played with a batting average of 0.302, 114 hits, 16 home runs, 61 RBI, and OPS (on-base percentage + slugging percentage) of 0.853.
He contributed to winning the gold medal as a baseball representative at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Doosan deleted right-arm pitcher Seo Jun-oh along with Park Jun-soon and registered Kwak Bin, who is scheduled to start that day.
The Samsung Lions, who failed to take first place in the regular season due to a loss the previous day, expunged captain Koo Ja-wook from the first team.
He injured the muscle behind his thigh (hamstring) in the game against Hanwha Eagles in Daegu on the 30th of last month. As a result of the examination, he was found to have damaged the muscle on the back of his left thigh and is receiving treatment.
Samsung did not remove Ja-wook Koo, who was symbolic to the club, from the first team, but cleared the entry list by confirming second place.
Samsung prepares for the postseason by eliminating right-arm pitcher Choi Won-tae along with Koo Ja-wook. Instead, right-arm pitchers Hong Won-pyo and Lee Jae-hee were registered.
With only two games left at the end of the regular season, Kiwoom Heroes removed right-arm pitchers Won Jong-hyun, Jeon Jun-pyo, and Kanakubo Yuto from the first team and replaced catcher Park Seong-bin.
KT Wiz, which confirmed first place in the regular season, deleted left-arm pitcher Logan Allen and registered an outfielder.
NC Dinos canceled right-arm pitcher Kim Tae-kyung, and SSG Landers promoted infielder Moon Sang-jun.
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