"I can't believe you gave me 8 billion won in FA..." That's amazing! "Even though they're not athletes that you've been working out with,"

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Park Chan-ho (31), who newly joined the Doosan Bears as a free agent (FA) infielder, showed a big heart. He pledged to take a leap forward in the 2026 season by helping junior players with overseas training costs at his own expense.

According to Doosan officials, Park Chan-ho set up a mini-camp in Okinawa, Japan with his juniors. It is said that he already left the country on the 3rd. And individual training is in full swing at Kushikawa Stadium in Okinawa for 11 nights and 12 days until the 14th.

In fact, Park Chan-ho trained separately before the spring camp since he played for the KIA Tigers. This is the third year.

However, the situation is a little different this time. It's because they moved the team to Doosan. And Park Chan-ho and his teammates, who are sweating along with their new teammates.

An official from Doosan explained the background, "I participated in the fan festival 'Bears' Gathering' immediately after signing the FA contract with the team and suggested individual training to several junior players."

In addition, Ahn Jae-seok, Oh Myung-jin, and Park Ji-hoon, who are in the same infield position, and bullpen pitcher Park Chi-guk were also accompanied. On top of that, a total of seven people, including Park Min and Park Jung-woo, who were in the same team as KIA, are training hard in Okinawa. An official from Doosan said, "Park Chan-ho will support the cost of staying."

It is evaluated that both the weather and the environment are great, so all of the party is satisfied. In the morning, he trains mainly on weight training, and in the afternoon, he goes to the ballpark himself and builds his body with light technical training.

Park Chan-ho said through the club, "I think the amount of money the club invested in me includes taking care of juniors outside the ground. I may still be unfamiliar, but I am doing well with my juniors who willingly accompanied me. I hope the current time will help my personal performance as well as my Doosan infield strengthen in some way," he said.

Oh Myung-jin said, "I'd like to thank (Park) Chan-ho. Even though the players, including myself, were not the players who had been exercising together, they gave me a good opportunity as soon as they joined the team. I want to prepare well together and produce good results this year. "I want to take my juniors to take care of this winter training when we become better players later on," he said.

Meanwhile, Doosan signed a four-year contract with Park Chan-ho in November last year for up to 8 billion won (down payment of 5 billion won, annual salary of 2.8 billion won, incentive of 200 million won). Park Chan-ho joined the KIA Tigers as the 50th pick in the 5th round of the 2nd round of the 2014 KBO Rookie Draft after graduating from Sindap Elementary School, University Bujung, and Jangchung High School. He started his first professional career in the first year of the professional league and posted a batting average of 0.266 (951 hits in 3579 at-bats) with 23 home runs, 353 RBIs, 514 runs and 187 steals, and an on-base percentage of 0.328 slugging percentage of 0.332 in 1,088 games until the 2025 season.

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