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Is Hanwha the best in Korea now?

This is also the effect of Ryu Hyun-jin.

Until the start of the spring camp, Hanwha had only three spots confirmed, including Felix Peña, Ricardo Sanchez and Moon Dong-ju. Coach Choi Won-ho planned to select four players, right-handed Kim Min-woo and Lee Tae-yang, and left-handed Kim Ki-joong and Hwang Joon-soo, as candidates for the fourth and fifth starters.

However, Ryu's sudden return to the Hanwha Eagles helped resolve the issue of starting pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin. Naturally, Ryu Hyun-jin, Peña, Sanchez, and Moon Dong-ju have established a four-star starter system. Only the remaining five starters should be given to a pitcher who is in good condition among the four.

"Among the four candidates, Lee Tae-yang, Kim Ki-joong and Hwang Joon-seo can be used in the bullpen, but Kim Min-woo cannot be used in the bullpen," Choi told reporters after returning to Korea on Tuesday. "Fortunately, Kim Min-woo displayed fairly good pitching in the camp. However, since we don't know how the situation will change in the exhibition game, I think Kim Ki-joong and Lee Tae-yang will make a final decision based on how they did in the exhibition game."

Currently, if Kim Min-woo, who can only be selected as a starter due to the team's circumstances, takes charge of the fifth starter, the team's strength can be strengthened as the rest of the competitors play in the bullpen. Kim Min-woo was recognized for his sincerity to the extent that he was selected as the camp MVP along with Kim Seo-hyun and Jung Eun-won in the spring camp.

Kim Min-woo recorded 14 wins and 10 losses in 2021 and became the first Korean pitcher to win a double-digit victory since Ryu Hyun-jin, but he won only six games in 2022, and played 51 ⅔ innings last year, slumping to one win and six losses with a 6.97 ERA, and ending the season early due to shoulder pain. After recovering from rehabilitation, Kim Min-woo, who went to the drive-in center in Seattle, the U.S., to try to revive, is producing the results.

On February 29, he started a practice game against the KT Wiz at Gochinda Stadium in Okinawa, and allowed three hits, four outs and three strikeouts in two ⅔. He recorded a maximum speed of 143 kilometers.

If Kim Min-woo regains his form in 2021, Hanwha, which has been considered weak in domestic selection, will have the strongest starting lineup, leading to Ryu Hyun-jin, Moon Dong-ju, and Kim Min-woo.

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