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SSG Landers ascends to the long road looking higher. Kim Min-joon (20), who is receiving high expectations at a glance, is also the only rookie to be included in the list, drawing attention.
SSG Landers will hold its first spring camp in Vero Beach, Florida, from the 23rd to February 20th.
Coach Lee Sung-yong, veterans such as Kim Kwang-hyun, Choi Jung, Han Yu-sum, Kim Jae-hwan, Oh Tae-gon, Moon Seung-won and Jihoon Choi will head to the U.S. first on the 19th, while the rest of the team will fly to the U.S. on the 23rd.
SSG sets the core keywords of this camp as "strengthening details" and "reorganizing basic skills" and focuses on actual power increase. In particular, it has set specific goals to strengthen the depth of the starting pitchers and improve the on-base plus slugging ratio (OPS) of the batters, and plans to maximize team power through personalized training based on data analysis.
A total of 55 people will participate in the spring camp in Vero Beach, Florida, with 18 coaching staff including Lee Sung-yong and 37 players including 17 pitchers, three catchers, nine infielders and eight outfielders.
First of all, the starting pitchers will focus on finding a new face and forming a competitive structure to induce competition among pitchers and widely check the possibility of joining the starting rotation. In particular, it aims to give young pitchers enough opportunities to closely examine their possibilities and build a solid starting depth that is not swayed by variables that may occur during the season.
Among them, Kim Min-joon stands out. Kim Min-joon was evaluated better last year than Park Joon-hyun (Kium), the No. 1 rookie overall, and Kim Sung-joon, who went to the Texas Rangers with 10 wins and no losses (ERA) of 2.16 and 104 strikeouts in 78 ⅔ innings last year. He won the Star Award at the "2025 Futures Star Awards" organized by Star News in November last year, and the selection committee said, "He is a right-hander who has shown steady improvement in skills and stability, but he has a command and a clear ball and has excellent performance."
Kim Min-joon expressed his ambition, saying, "As I was selected as the grand prize, I will become a player who strives more to win the Rookie of the Year award next year, beating all rookies."
Director Lee Soo-yong met with reporters before leaving the country on the 19th and said, "Kim Min-joon will join the camp. "I'm going to start pitching in the bullpen without overdoing it, and gradually improve my physical condition," he said. "As a result of talking with coach Kyung Heon-ho, I think I can have fun using the team as long as I don't get sick." They highly value the performance they have and the management of the game. "If you're not sick, I think you'll have to think about how to use it while raising your physical condition more in spring camp and watching Japanese camp and exhibition games," he explained.
Kim Min-joon, who said, "Roh Kyung-eun wants to learn how to throw his senior's long innings and how to manage his body without getting hurt even if he throws a lot," is expected to have an opportunity to grow by communicating with many senior pitchers, including Noh Kyung-eun, Kim Kwang-hyun, Cho Byung-hyun, and Lee Eui-woon.
The batting lineup sets OPS improvement centered on long balls as its core goal and focuses on producing strong hits through individual customized training and one-on-one feedback. This is not just a long shot orientation, but a direction to increase offensive productivity through an attack approach tailored to the situation and pitcher type.
In addition, it plans to actively utilize data-based conditioning programs to improve the physical management of the team and the efficiency of operating the season.
The advance team, which has already arrived at the camp site, will focus on improving the completeness of training at the beginning of the camp, starting with local adaptation and condition checks.
Coach Lee Sung-yong, who is going to spring camp, said, "The first priority is to create physical strength for players to play a season stably. In addition, while thoroughly strengthening the basics, I will prepare without missing the details that determine victory or defeat in the actual game," he said.
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