KIA 10R Nomination → Release → Independent League → KT Joined...After a long period of hard work, the MVP was selected, and the prospect of entering the pitching kingdom was revealed
KIA 10R Nomination → Release → Independent League → KT Joined...After a long period of hard work, the MVP was selected, and the prospect of entering the pitching kingdom was revealed
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Will a spring day finally come to Choi Yong-joon (24), a right-hander of KT Wiz in professional baseball.
KT Wiz said, "The Futures team successfully completed the 2025 spring camp on the 10th."
52 players participated in the 2025 Futures Spring Camp, which was held at Iksan National Baseball Training Center and Hyundai Motor Dream Ball Park in Gijang, Busan, for 44 days from January 26th.
The first camp focused on individual customized training and tactical training, and on February 15, he moved to the injured captain, the second camp site, to check his sense of practice through practice games with domestic professional teams such as the LG Twins and KIA Tigers.
The Futures Spring Camp MVP was awarded to pitcher Choi Yong-joon and fielder Oh Seo-jin.
Choi Yong-joon is a right-handed pitcher who graduated from Busan Technical High School and was ranked 96th in the 10th round of KIA in the 2020 Rookie Draft. He achieved his dream of making his first-team debut as a starter against Gwangju SSG Landers on June 16, 2021, but he became a losing pitcher due to six runs in two ⅓ innings, and realized the high wall of the professional with one loss and an ERA of 14.21 (10 earned runs in six ⅓ innings) without winning three games that year.
Choi Yong-joon, who suffered from the release during the 2022 season, sought to re-enter the professional league by heading to the Paju Challengers in the independent league. Choi Yong-joon achieved his goal by joining KT in 2024, and was selected as the MVP of this year's Futures League spring camp following last year's 12 Futures League games with 2 wins, 1 loss and a 5.40 ERA, and announced his prospects for entering the first division of the new season. 안전놀이터
Oh Seo-jin is a rookie infielder who left Yu Shin-go and was selected 59th in the sixth round of KT in the 2025 Rookie Draft.
The KT Futures team also practiced social contribution activities to expand the base of local baseball. On the 5th, 52 youth baseball players from Shinjeong Middle School and Gijang-gun Little Baseball Team were invited to hold a teaching class on the 1st and basic skills lessons such as pitching, defense, and hitting.
Nine coaching staff, including defense/operations coach Kim Ho, Park Jung-hwan, Kim Yeon-hoon, Lee Sung-yeol and Hong Sung-yong, participated in the event, and after the lesson, about 3,000 official balls were donated.