KIA Kim Do-young is bombarded with praise for the national team's head coach. Why? "Ko Woo-seok and Noh Kyung-eun are on the pitcher's side." [Incheon Airport]

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Ryu Ji-hyun (55), head coach of the Korean national baseball team, expressed great satisfaction after entering the country after completing the first off-season training. In particular, he directly mentioned the names of several players and praised them.

Ryu returned home via Incheon International Airport on the 21st after completing the first off-season training held in Saipan, the U.S. North Mariana Islands.

Coach Ryu, who met with reporters at the meeting, said, "Overall, if I give a score, I think I can give 100 points," adding, "If I add a bit of my personal score, I want to give 100 points plus 200 points."

As for the reason, coach Ryu said, "I judged that I had prepared very well from the first day. Secondly, in terms of the attitude of the players in training, it was very impressive to see them do themselves in addition to team training. Finally, I could feel the mindset of preparing for the competition. So it was a very satisfying camp," he said with strength.

In addition to overseas players such as Kim Hye-sung (LA Dodgers) and Ko Woo-seok (Detroit Tigers), Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha Eagles), Noh Kyung-eun (SSG Landers), Kim Do-young (KIA Tigers), Park Dong-won (LG Twins), and Noh Si-hwan (Hanwha Eagles) participated in the Saipan training to fully improve their physical condition.

Coach Ryu picked the most impressive and well-prepared players among them, respectively.

"The most impressive players are Ryu Hyun-jin and Park Hae-min as the focal points, and I think I can give the best score," he said highly. Manager Ryu emphasized, "It was really impressive to see the two seniors leading the juniors by taking over the pitching and fielding respectively."

"The best prepared players were Noh Kyung-eun and Ko Woo-seok on the pitcher side, and Kim Do-young on the fielder side," he said.

Manager Ryu said, "I thought the first camp of Saipan was the most important time for pitchers to build up. It is also true that achievements have been achieved in that area. In fact, in the first turn, Noh Kyung-eun and Ko Woo-seok were impressed by the fact that they were very fast from the beginning. On the last turn, I watched 13 out of 17 pitchers enter bullpen pitching. At this pace, I believe that we will come in good condition, assuming that there are no major injuries or variables when we go to Okinawa (second camp site) on February 15," he said, expressing his expectations.

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