Another injury occurred to the Doosan Bears. This time, Lee Byung-hun, a left-hander must-win team resource, will leave the lineup for at least 10 days due to symptoms of enteritis.

Doosan canceled Lee Byung-hun from the first-team entry ahead of the away game of the 2025 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League against KT Wiz at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 25th.

"I don't think it's that bad, but it's enteritis. I haven't seen your face," Doosan coach Lee Seung-yeop said of Lee's condition ahead of the game. "I think I'll need about 10 days to recover because I'm out of condition," he added.

Lee continued, "There are a lot of injured people in the early part of the season. You're giving me a lot of trials from the sky," adding, "Well, I have to overcome it. It's okay. I have players."

Manager Lee said, "The only left-hander is Kim Ho-joon, but I don't have time to think about it now. We have no choice but to use a player with good condition first. If the starting pitcher goes down, we actually lack players who can be called must-win groups. Still, we have no choice but to endure with our current players."

Doosan already had two key mound resources out of the lineup. Kwak Bin, the ace of the national team, felt pain in his left side while pitching against Goyang in the Futures League on the 19th. And after the examination, he was diagnosed with internal abdominal muscle damage."온라인카지노

Veteran must-winner Hong Gun-hee is also currently unable to throw the ball. This is because he felt pain in his right elbow during pitching training on the 16th. A Doosan official said, "As a result of the examination, I was diagnosed with damage to the internal ligament in my right elbow." A Doosan official added, "Both Kwak-bin and Hong Gun-hee will be screened again in early April."

With the team losing its national team A-su and veteran must-win team all at once, Doosan fell into a quagmire for three consecutive losses. In the opening two consecutive games against SSG Landers, the team lost two consecutive games despite its foreign players' one-two punches. Choi Won-joon, who had initially failed to compete for the fifth starting pitcher, joined the team as the third starting pitcher and took the mound, but failed to adequately block the team's batters.

To make matters worse, even Lee will not be able to see him on the mound for the first team for the time being. After joining Doosan as the first designated player in 2022, Lee played five innings in nine games in the 2022 season and 27 innings in 36 games in the 2023 season, respectively. He then played the most 77 games in his career in the 2024 season, showing an outstanding performance with 6 wins, 1 loss, 1 save, 22 holds, and an ERA of 2.89.

In this season as well, Lee had two games of relief, one strikeout and one hold in ⅔ innings, and posted an ERA of 0.00. However, he ended up taking a break due to unexpected symptoms of enteritis.

There has been a gap in the mound, but the coach is calmly coping with the situation. Choi, who is currently undergoing shoulder rehabilitation, is expected to return to the mound in April. Asked about the possibility of an early call-up by Choi, Lee said, "There is no such thing as that. He will come when he says he is ready. You cannot use it too fast. You have to match the number of your pitches you can pitch. You have to play live matches in the second division. I am not sure if you will be able to maintain your good condition if you come before that. I will pitch around 30 pitches on Saturday and start pitching next week. He is doing well as expected. If he does not have an over-face, I think he will be able to see it around mid-April."

The departure of key players is directly related to the team's performance. Choi Won-joon, who gave up his place to Kim Yoo-sung in the competition to start the fifth game, took the mound as the third starter on the day, but showed signs of faltering performance by allowing six hits, two walks, one strikeout and three runs (three earned runs) in four innings (84 pitches). In the end, Doosan lost to KT 3-8.

This is the last year of Lee's contract. Lee was appointed as Doosan's 11th manager in October 2022. He signed a three-year contract, totaling 1.8 billion won (down payment of 300 million won and annual salary of 500 million won). And this year marks the last three years of his contract. "First of all, I don't care that (this year) is my last contract period," Lee said. "I haven't been able to produce performances that my fans are satisfied with."

"The chairman of the group said that I am not playing baseball to be fourth or fifth. As a coach, I am not fourth or fifth," he said. "I have prepared a lot since the camp. The strength that I couldn't be with last year will also come back. All the teams' power has also increased, but Doosan has also risen enough. I am confident that I will never lose even if I compete with the rest of the teams." Will Doosan be able to get back on track after overcoming the bad news of injuries to its main players at the beginning of the season.