"Retired" Hwang Jae-gyun is coming back as a commentary! KT Wiz will broadcast live in the warm-up match against Melbourne on the 16th, 20th, and 21st

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Hwang Jae-kyun (39), the "winning captain" who retired after last season, will return as a commentator. The first stage will be a live broadcast of the KT Wiz warm-up match.

KT's club said on the 12th, "It will broadcast the Australian spring camp warm-up match live. The caster will be played by announcer Kang Sung-chul and mental coach Ahn Young-myung will make his debut on the 20th and Hwang Jae-kyun will make his debut as a commentator and broadcast the game on the 21st.

KT, which has been holding camp in Geelong, Australia since January 22, will hold a total of three warm-up matches against Melbourne Aces on the 16th and 20th and 21st. The game can be watched on Wiz TV at 5 p.m. Korean time.

In addition, through real-time events, 2026 spring camp hats and 2026 calendars, in which "horse players" such as Kim Sang-soo, Heo Kyung-min and Yoo Jun-kyu participated in the production, will be presented as prizes.

Hwang Jae-gyun is drawing attention as it is his first move with KT after retirement. Hwang Jae-gyun, who applied for the fourth FA after the end of last season, chose to retire, let alone KT's offer. Hwang Jae-gyun, who challenged the major leagues in 2017, returned to Korea and signed a four-year, 8.8 billion won FA contract and first formed a relationship with KT.

Since then, he has played only in KT, leading him to advance to the postseason (PS) for five consecutive years from 2021. In 2021, he took over as captain and led KT to its first regular season and Korean Series championship, becoming the main player in the unified championship. KT alone recorded a batting average of 0.285 (1,075 hits in 3,776 at-bats), 112 home runs, 527 RBIs, 567 runs, 62 steals, and an on-base percentage of 0.436 OPS of 0.785.

It was Hwang Jae-gyun, who chose to distance himself from baseball after retirement. Hwang Jae-kyun was invited to the San Francisco Giants Youth Clinic in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do last month and said, "I have no thoughts of a leader for the time being. I also contacted baseball entertainment, but I refused because I didn't intend to do it," he said, adding, "I'm keeping it open in various ways. Wouldn't it go anywhere if there was a good offer. Still, I have to make a living, so I have to do everything," he said.

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