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The main characters who played as key players were also included. KIA Tigers announced the list of participants in the Futures Spring Camp. In particular, coach Jung Bum-mo, who played as a battery coach in the Hanwha Eagles Futures team, also joined the tiger corps.
KIA said on the 29th, "The Futures team will leave for Kochi, Japan, for training on February 4th."
"The KIA Futures team will set up a camp at a baseball stadium in eastern Kochi, Japan, and begin full-fledged quenching for the 2026 season, starting with its first training on the 5th," he explained.
A total of 43 players, including Futures coach Jin Gap-yong, 13 coaching staff, 15 pitchers, 3 catchers, 8 infielders and 4 outfielders, will participate in the Futures camp.
First, Futures coach Jin Gap-yong and coaches Takahashi, Park Jung-bae, Hong Se-wan, Kim Min-woo, Park Hyo-il and Jung Bum-mo will guide the Futures squad. In the power analysis part, Lee Dong-gun, Koo Ye-rim, and in the training part, Naito, Jung-young, Baek Seung-hoon, and Yang Jae-chan are accompanied.
Coach Jung Bum-mo's name stands out. Coach Jung Bum-mo worked with the players as a battery coach for Hanwha's remaining forces last season. And ahead of this season, the team moved to manager Lee Bum-ho's KIA. Coach Chung, who graduated from Naedeok Elementary School, Cheongju Middle School, and Cheongju Technical High School, joined the Hanwha Eagles in the 18th overall pick of the third round in the second rookie draft in 2006. After moving to the NC Dinos in 2018, he took off his active uniform at the end of the 2022 season.
Coach Chung's overall KBO league performance in 485 games was .208 (196 hits in 943 times at bat) with 19 home runs, 47 doubles, 96 RBIs, 85 runs, 13 steals (10 failed), 80 walks, 10 fit balls, 262 strikeouts, a slugging percentage of .318, and an on-base percentage of 0.275. He turned into a leader from the 2023 season and served as a battery coach for the second team and the remaining team in Hanwha. And this time, I became involved with KIA.
KIA recruited a large number of Hanwha members ahead of this 2026 season. Lee Tae-yang, who seemed to remain Hanwha's franchise star, transferred to KIA through the second draft held in November last year. At that time, he was nominated by KIA as the third overall pick in the first round. On top of that, he signed an FA contract with Kim Bum-soo, a free agent (FA) who played an active part in Hanwha's must-win group last season, on the terms of a total of 2 billion won, including a three-year contract period, 500 million won in down payment, 1.2 billion won in annual salary and 300 million won in incentives.
In addition, training coach Jang Se-hong, who is currently in KIA's first-team camp, also worked for Hanwha until last season. In addition, infielder Song Ho-jung, who was named in the Futures Camp, was also from the Eagles who played for Hanwha until last season as the 12th overall pick in the second round in 2021.
There are a total of 15 pitchers, including Kim Geon-guk, Kim Jung-yeop, Lee Sung-won, Jang Jae-hyuk, Choi Gun-hee, Na Yeon-woo, Yoon Joong-hyun, Kim Kyung-mook, Jang Min-ki, Kim Se-il, Yoo Ji-sung, *Sangbum Kim, *Jung Chan-hwa, * Ji-hyun, and *Choi Yoo-chan (hereinafter *marked as a rookie in 2026).
There are three catchers, Kwon Da-goose Shin Myung-seung and Kim Sun-woo joined the Futures Camp. In the infield, the main players stand out. In addition to Hwang Dae-in and Byun Woo-hyuk, Park Sang-joon, Um Jun-hyun, Song Ho-jeong, *Park Jong-hyuk, *Han Jun-hee, and *Hwang Seok-min were listed on the camp list. There are four outfielders, with veterans Ko Jong-wook and Lee Chang-jin, and Lee Young-je and *Cheon Jung-min aiming to take off this season in Futures Camp.
The camp will be held for four days of training and one day of rest. The team will conduct physical training, technical and tactical training early in the camp, and then increase their sense of practice through practice games. A total of seven practice games will be played, including three against the Hanwha Eagles and four against Japanese independent clubs.
Meanwhile, the KIA Futures team is scheduled to return home on March 4 after completing training camp on March 3.
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