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Byeon Woo Hyuk is getting tested. He's getting ready to come back

Crowe, a foreign pitcher who joined this year, was removed from the first-team entry ahead of the match against Gwangju SSG on the 10th. While preparing to take the mound, he felt pain in his elbow after pitching a bullpen in Daegu on the 8th, and was found to have partially damaged collateral ligaments after examination at two medical institutions. First, he will have a re-examination after a two-week break and then look at the next one, but his future course of action has also become unclear in terms of the discovery of ligament damage.

Kia started the rotation with certain starting pitchers Crow, James Nail, Yang Hyun-jong, Lee Eui-ri and Yoon Young-chul. However, following Lee's departure from the team after playing three games this season due to a sprained elbow, the team has left open the possibility of long-term absenteeism of more than a month including Crow this time. Two spots for the starting pitcher were punctured. Hwang Dong-ha and Kim Sa-yoon will take the mound immediately at the SSG and the doubleheader on Wednesday.

Lee has started to return to the team. Ahead of the match against the Gwangju SSG on Wednesday, Kia Tigers coach Lee Bum-ho said, "Lee said he does not feel uncomfortable (with) a catch, so we will throw a bullpen session on Tuesday, and if there is no problem then, we will put him in for the game," adding, "Under the current circumstances, we have been keeping him out of the game due to his stiff neck before that, but he said he had no problem throwing the ball yesterday, so I am thinking about taking steps from the Futures team's training part. I will prepare him like that."

This means that if a player does not have a problem in bullpen pitching on Tuesday, he will return to the main league after a game in the second division. However, even after Lee's return, one spot is vacant, and Lee is paying attention to Lim Ki-young, who is undergoing rehabilitation due to his side injury. Lim Ki-young has been a starter for a long time. Last year, he made stellar pitching in the bullpen by giving up the starting lineup to Yoon Young-cheol, but with Crowe out of the team, a card for Lim Ki-young's starting lineup has emerged. It is always unreasonable to change a player's position during the season, but Kia needs at least one more candidate.

Lim Ki-young is now recovering from a side injury and is in the process of recovering her condition in earnest. Originally, the company planned to use long relief rather than selection as it would take a long time to build up the team's starting lineup, but the trend has changed subtly recently. "I talked with Ki once again. The starting lineup is very important," Lee said, adding, "It's not a problem for Ki to build up his body as a starting pitcher and come in the middle, but it's hard to start while playing in the middle." He suggested raising the number of pitches (to) by about 60 at Futures and then making a decision between starting and intermediate. "I will make a judgment whether it is a starting pitcher or an intermediate pitcher if I pitch about 60 times and am in good condition."

"I'm trying to get him ready by holding onto the starting line. I didn't stay at Futures because I had a bad arm, but because I had a bad side, I have no problem with my arm condition. Since Ki-young is a player who throws balls up to 80 to 100 in the camp, I think he will be able to prepare enough physical condition to enter the starting rotation if he is ready. I think it would be better for our team to use him as a starting pitcher for now if possible," he said.

It's a card that you can think of because you don't know how long Crowe's departure will continue, and the bullpen still has room compared to last year. Coach Lee thinks that if Lim Ki-young's pitch number build-up continues smoothly, the timing of Lim Ki-young's return to the first team will be similar.

Meanwhile, Kia called up Byun Woo-hyuk and Kim Hyun-soo as special entry (two more can be registered) ahead of the doubleheader on the day. Byun had a batting average of 0.343, four homers and 17 RBIs in 22 games during the Futures League season. Byun will start in lieu of Na in one game. Since Na is not in physical condition to play in both games yet, he will start in two games, and plan to check the timing of pinch-hitters in one game. Kia plans to play in the order of Park Chan-ho (striker), Kim Sun-bin (second baseman), Kim Do-young (third baseman), Choi Hyung-woo (nominated hitter), Lee Woo-sung (right wing), Socrates (center fielder), Byun Woo-hyuk (first baseman), Kim Tae-gun (possession) and Lee Chang-jin (left wing) in one game on Saturday.

BY: 토토사이트

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