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The feat of advancing to the Korean Series for the first time in 19 years is making Hanwha Eagles players busier.
Hanwha Eagles said on the 22nd, "We will depart for Melbourne, Australia through Incheon International Airport for the 2026 Australia-Japan spring camp on the 23rd."
Hanwha's team, led by head coach Kim Kyung-moon, set up the first spring camp list with a total of 63 people, including 17 coaching staff and 46 players.
Among them, six players who have been selected for the national team are drawing attention. Starting with Ryu Hyun-jin (39), they are Choi Jae-hoon (37), Noh Si-hwan (26), Moon Dong-ju (23), Moon Hyun-bin (22), and Jung Woo-ju (20).
They were listed on the baseball team's Saipan 1st camp list to prepare for the World Baseball Classic (WBC) in March, improved their physical condition early, and returned home on the 20th after 13 days of training.
After only two days off, I get back on the plane to Australia. It is a long flight that lasts 10 hours and 30 minutes. The team will take a break on the 24th and begin training in earnest.
Melbourne, Australia, where Hanwha's camp will be set up, has a time difference of only two hours from Korea. Starting the day two hours earlier, but not too much pressure compared to flying long distances is a definite advantage. The maximum daily temperature is in the mid to late 20 degrees Celsius, which is the best climate to wake up the muscles that have been sleeping all night and raise their physical condition.
After conducting intensive team play training such as defense and base running in Australia's first camp, he will prepare for the actual game with three consecutive games against the local Melbourne Aces on the 13th and 15th of next month.
Among them, those listed in the final entry of the WBC will have to rejoin the second camp of the national team in Okinawa, Japan, from the 15th of next month. He will play several practice games with Hanwha and other KBO League teams to coordinate his sense of play and then move back to the Czech Republic for the first round of the WBC group stage on March 5.
Rookie outfielder Oh Jae-won in the first round and rookie infielder Choi Yoo-bin in the fourth round will also participate in this camp. He will sweat hard to impress director Kim Kyung-moon.
Hanwha plans to arrive in Okinawa, the second camp site, on the 19th of next month, boost its sense of practice with nine practice games with the WBC national team, Japanese professional baseball teams such as the Yomiuri Giants, and KBO teams, before returning home through Incheon International Airport on March 5.
Meanwhile, foreign pitcher Owen White will join the Australian team directly.
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