The LG Twins of professional baseball began their 2025 spring camp in Arizona on the 25th (local time).스포츠토토
Left-handed pitcher Song Seung-ki (22)'s "five-starter challenge" has also come to an end.
LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop consisted of two foreign players (Eliaser Hernandez and Yonny Chirinos), Lim Chan-kyu and Son Joo-young.
Song Seung-ki, Woo Kang-hoon, Lee Ji-gang and Choi Chae-heung will compete for one starting position.
Song Seung-ki, who served in the Armed Forces Sports Unit (Sangmu) last year and ranked No. 1 in the overall Futures (2nd Army) league in multiple wins, ERA, and strikeouts, will try to enter the first team selection team in his first year of return.
Song Seung-gi, who was included in the list of the top-tier spring camp, told reporters before his departure on Sunday that he will join the top-tier spring camp for the first time. "I'm finally going to train overseas," he said. "I'm going to do my best."
Song Seung-ki was called by LG at the end of the draft and ranked 87th overall in the second ninth round in 2021.
Song Seung-ki, who took eight appearances in the first division stage in 2022 and 2023, had one loss and an ERA of 4.82 (10 hits, 5 runs and 10 strikeouts in 9 ⅓ innings).
Song Seung-ki's goal has also grown by joining Sangmu and playing as a starting pitcher in the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
Last year, Song Seung-ki pitched in 20 games, went 11-4 with a 2.41 ERA and struck out 121.
Coach Yeom Kyung-yeop mentioned Song Seung-ki several times as a "five-starter candidate."
"Since you looked forward to it, I want to live up to it," Song said. "I like vertical movements and have short intervals. I am a pitcher who actively competes."
Last year, the Futures League conducted a test operation of Peach Clock, which limits the time required for pitching preparation. This year, it will introduce Peach Clock in the first division stage as well.
Song Seung-ki stressed that the new regulations have already adapted, saying, "I've never had pitch clock last year. No problem at all."
Song's idol is Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha Eagles), the "best pitcher in Korea in the 21st century."
Son Joo-young, who became a first-team starting pitcher after completing his military service, is a good role model.
"I watched a lot of videos of Son Joo-young throwing last year. It was really cool," Song said. "I wish I could succeed Joo-young."
"I really like Ryu Hyun-jin's game management. I've never seen him before, but I often imagine myself facing Ryu Hyun-jin as a starter," he said. "I really hope the wind comes true."
Song Seung-ki, who struggled to enter the professional league in the ninth round, has grown and emerged as a "first-team selection candidate."
If he crosses another hurdle, he can also face off as a starter with his idol, Ryu Hyun-jin.