"I'll make it number one, stay number five until I come back" ...I told the coach with "enthusiastic spirit," will he be able to play in the 2025 season

"I'll make it number one, stay number five until I come back" ...I told the coach with "enthusiastic spirit," will he be able to play in the 2025 season

Blog Article

As expected, he is the ace. He made the coach laugh with his bold words.

NC Dinos pitcher Koo Chang-mo is currently serving in the military at Sangmu (National Military Sports Unit). The return time will be in June. Midway through the season, the ace the team has been waiting for will return to the starting lineup.

Koo Chang-mo is one of the best players in the league. After graduating from Ulsan Technical High School, he received high expectations as he was ranked third overall in the second round of the 2015 KBO Rookie Draft.

And as evidenced by this, he showed outstanding performance with an ERA of 1.74 102 strikeouts in 15 games, 9 wins and 93 ⅓ innings in the 2020 season, making a remarkable contribution to his team's first championship. His overall record is 47 wins, 37 losses and 4 holds, 680 ⅓ innings with an ERA of 3.6881 strikeouts.

Lim Seon-nam, the NC Dinosaurs' general manager, gave high marks to Koo Chang-mo, a pitcher who will lead the club's future. The team awarded 8.8 billion won (8.8 million U.S. dollars) in guaranteed annual salary for six plus one year and six years from 2023 to 2029 and up to 13.2 billion won (approx. This shows the club's expectations for Koo.

NC, which is preparing for the 2025 season, will have question marks on its starting lineup except for Logan Allen and Riley Thompson, who are foreigners. Korean players do not have clear cards in the three to five starts.

Ace Shin Min-hyuk returned from surgery to remove a bone fragment in his right elbow, which is why he cannot afford to overdo it from the beginning. Young-gun and Shin have been pitching well in the Ulsan-KBO Fall League and the Australian Baseball (ABL) dispatch during the off-season, but at this point, he cannot be seen as a constant. As it is difficult to set up a starting lineup in Korea, Koo's return could be a great boost to NC.

Koo recently kept in touch with Lee Ho-joon, NC's new coach for the New Year. He made Lee laugh with his determination as an ace player. "I made it clear when I talked to him on the phone for the New Year. If he maintains his fifth place until I return, I will make him No. 1," the coach said. "I have to trust him."

The key lies in Koo's physical condition. He failed to play a full-time season due to repeated injuries even before joining the military. He underwent surgery on his left arm right before joining the military, and focused mainly on rehabilitation last year. He returned to the Futures League at the end of the season and successfully pitched for actual games.

Regarding Koo's physical condition, Lee said, "There is nothing special. I was told that I am doing well now. Now is the time to not get sick and be good at baseball. Given Koo's age and various situations, I think he will be okay because it is the right timing to (play for the rebound)."

Koo's nickname is "Enguhaeng (NC is happy thanks to Koo Chang-mo)." Healthy Koo Chang-mo makes NC fans laugh by displaying powerful pitching that has been called the best pitcher in the league. At the same time, his strong performance leads to team win and high performance. 먹튀검증

Will Koo Chang-mo, who will return to the mound in the upcoming season, be able to revitalize NC? As Koo said, many people are already paying attention to how his joining will affect the ranking competition.