Ryu Hyun-jin of the Hanwha Eagles pitches in opposition to the LG Twins throughout Sport 5 of the Korean Sequence at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, Oct. 31. Yonhap
Two seasoned veteran pitchers have made the Korean nationwide baseball group’s coaching camp roster forward of subsequent yr’s World Baseball Basic (WBC).
The Korea Baseball Group (KBO) unveiled the 29-man coaching roster Wednesday, with supervisor Ryu Ji-hyun set to run camp in Saipan within the western Pacific Ocean from Jan. 9 to 21.
Ryu Hyun-jin, the 38-year-old starter for the Hanwha Eagles, and Noh Kyung-eun, the 41-year-old reliever for the SSG Landers, are amongst 16 pitchers. The camp may also function 13 place gamers, together with KT Wiz outfielder Ahn Hyun-min, the 2025 Rookie of the Yr, and Kia Tigers infielder Kim Do-yeong, the 2024 KBO MVP.
After Korea performed 4 exhibition video games final month, two every in opposition to the Czech Republic and Japan, with a youthful squad, supervisor Ryu spoke about needing some veteran presence on the pitching workers.
Ryu Hyun-jin, a former main league All-Star, went 9-7 with a 3.23 ERA this yr, rating ninth in ERA amongst pitchers who threw at the least 120 innings. Ryu represented Korea on the 2006 Asian Video games, the 2008 Summer season Olympics, the 2009 WBC and the 2010 Asian Video games.
Noh has led the KBO in holds in every of the previous two seasons, with 38 final yr and 35 this yr. The ageless marvel led the KBO with 77 appearances final yr and ranked third this yr with the identical variety of outings.
The KBO stated it submitted its provisional roster of 35 gamers to the WBC organizing committee Wednesday, nevertheless it can’t be disclosed per event laws.
The deadline to finalize the 30-man roster is Feb. 3. The 2026 WBC runs from March 5 to 17.
The three Korean gamers who plied their commerce in Main League Baseball this yr, Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants, Kim Hye-seong of the Los Angeles Dodgers and free agent infielder Kim Ha-seong, weren’t named to the camp roster. However they are going to seemingly be included on the ultimate event squad.
