Ahn Hyun-min, the rookie of the year award with "disappeared from the training site," is taking a rest as a precaution → Saipan site

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Ahn Hyun-min (23, KT Wiz), who won the Rookie of the Year award last year with a huge impact, was excluded from Saipan national team training. This is because he showed symptoms of body aches.

In the first training session of the national team's first camp in Saipan on the 10th, Ahn Hyun-min briefly came out to the field and packed his bags and returned home. On this day, he did not appear at the training site at all.

An official of the national team said, "Ahn Hyun-min is taking a rest at the hotel due to mild symptoms of body aches," adding, "It is early in the camp, so I did not overdo it, but gave him a break as a precaution."

Ahn Hyun-min, who made his debut at KT in 2022 and returned from his mandatory military service early, hit .334 with 22 home runs, 80 RBIs, 72 runs and 7 steals, a on-base percentage of 0.448, a slugging percentage of 0.570 and an OPS (on-base percentage + slugging percentage) of 1.018 in 112 games last year.

Although he started the season late, he left a very strong impact and won the Golden Glove as an outfielder at the same time as the Rookie of the Year.

Expectations are also growing ahead of the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC), which will be held in March. In the K-baseball Classic held in November last year, he played in all four games against the Czech Republic and Japan, leading the national team's batting average of 0.286 with two home runs, three RBIs, six runs and two steals, an on-base percentage of 0.474, a slugging percentage of 0.714 and an OPS of 1.188.

He was hampered by unexpected body aches at the beginning of the camp at a time when there is a positive outlook that he will play a big role in WBC because he has high expectations and has relatively little analysis in Japan and Taiwan.

So far, it is known that it is not at the level of much concern. The first Saipan camp will start with the first training on the 10th and run until the 21st. It is a situation where it is urgent to recover quickly and return to the training ground.

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