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Kiwoom Heroes rookie Park Joon-hyun (19, who is scheduled to graduate from Cheonan Bukil High School), the No. 1 overall draft of the 2026 KBO League, has also been listed on the first-tier spring camp list due to school violence issues.
On the 20th, Kiwoom announced the list of players to participate in the spring camp for the 2026 season in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, for a total of 45 days from January 22 to March 7. The Kiwoom team will depart for Kaohsiung, the camp site, at 12 p.m. on the 22nd using Chinese Airlines flight CI165 (Incheon Airport Terminal 2).
According to the club, a total of 60 people, including 12 coaching staff including head coach Seol Jong-jin, and 48 players, will participate in the camp. Eight 2026 rookie players will also join the team. Senior coach Park Byung-ho and defensive coach Yoo Jae-shin of the Futures team will also accompany them to support the first-team coaching staff.
In a call with Star News shortly after the announcement of the list, an official from Kiwoom said, "First of all, it is the first full-time season of coach Seol Jong-jin and coaching staff, so we set up the list mainly for players who need direct observation. Eight new players, including Park Joon-hyun, were included in this. "It's somewhat more than other seasons," he added.
"As for Park Jun-hyun, there are no separate regulations or legal regulations that allow the club to impose sanctions on matters that occurred before joining the team. We considered this because the current situation is also ongoing," he added.
Kiwoom's team will conduct individual training for two days after arriving in Taiwan and begin full-fledged training with a one-day break from January 25 at Borders Qingpu Baseball Stadium.
During the camp, the team will train with a focus on checking their skills and improving their performance. Through intensive training, they strengthen their basic skills and play six practice games with Taiwanese professional baseball teams such as the Jungshin Brothers and the Taigang Hawks to check their sense of practice. Practice matches may be arranged additionally.
Meanwhile, foreign players Nathan Wiles, Raul Alcantara, Trenton Brooks, and Yuto Kanakubo will join the spring camp in the 2026 season.
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