Lotte's four illegal gambling "finish" second camp was also excluded from the list, and Kim Won-joong and Choi Jun-yong, who were desperate to return, filled the vacancy

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Only Lotte Giants players, who were desperate for baseball, were called up for the second camp.

Lotte revealed the list of the 2026 second spring camp to be held in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, starting on the 21st. Lotte, who left the country on January 25, finished its first spring camp in Tainan, Taiwan.

Park Seung-wook, Kim Won-joong, Choi Jun-yong, and 2026 rookies Kim Han-hole and Lee Seo-joon will join, and a total of 39 people will participate in the first-team camp. The names of Kim Won-joong and Choi Jun-yong are very welcome. Both players were unable to participate from the start of the first-team camp due to unexpected injuries. In particular, Kim Won-joong returned from a dizzying car accident in December last year, to the extent that his vehicle was completely damaged by 100% of the opponent's negligence.

Fortunately, the right rib microfracture ended with a relatively minor injury thanks to the opponent's vehicle hitting the passenger seat. After working hard on rehabilitation with the goal of returning to the team in mid-February, he finally appeared on the first team list. Choi Jun-yong, who left during training due to a sprained right rib cartilage, will also head to Japan.

Ko Seung-min (26), Kim Dong-hyuk (26), Na Seung-yeop (24), and Kim Se-min (23), who greatly damaged the team's atmosphere ahead of the end of the camp, were finally excluded from the second camp list.

Their deviations were revealed on the afternoon of the 13th, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. Four Lotte players stopped by a stadium in Taiwan at 2 a.m. on the 12th. CCTV footage of the footage spread widely through personal social networking services (SNS). One of them was even seen touching a certain body part of a waitress, which was even more controversial.

According to Taiwanese police, the allegation of sexual harassment was ended because no one had sued. However, the controversy did not fade easily in that it failed to meet the expectations of the club and fans. The Lotte club said, "First of all, I apologize for the concern caused by the team-related content. We confirmed that Na Seung-yeop, Ko Seung-min, Kim Dong-hyuk and Kim Se-min, who were confirmed as a result of interviews with players and finding facts, visited places classified as illegal in the country."

Regardless of the reason, we plan to immediately return home four players who committed acts contrary to KBO and club internal regulations. In addition, we will immediately report it to the KBO Clean Baseball Center and the club will take corresponding measures depending on the results.

Since the KBO disciplinary action has not yet been dropped, Lotte's own disciplinary action has not come out. However, with the opening of the season just around the corner, he even excluded it from the actual camp, which measured the anger of the club.

In addition, 11 coaching staff, three power analysis coaches, and six training-strengthening coaches will accompany Lotte's first-team coach Kim Tae-hyung. Pitcher Choi Choong-yeon, who was with him in the first-team camp, will head to Futures Camp, and catcher Cho In-geun will head to Sangdong Camp.

Next, the list of participants in the 2026 Lotte Miyazaki 2nd Spring Camp in Japan

Coaching Staff (11)

- Kim Tae-hyung, Kang Seok-cheon, Kim Sang-jin, Lee Jae-yul, Lee Byung-kyu, Lee Sung-gon, Baek Yong-hwan, Moon Kyu-hyun, Cho Jae-young, Lee Hyun-gon, Kanemura

Power Analysis Coach (3)

- Park Sehun, Jo Sebum, and Baek Jin

Training & Strength Coach (6)

- Lee Byung-guk, Kim Tae-hyun, Lee Dae-seung, Cho Dong-kwan, Kim Dong-hwan, Hisamura

Pitcher (21)

- Kim Kang-hyun, Park Se-woong, Jeremy Bisley, Na Kyun-an, Elvin Rodriguez, Masaya Kyoyama, Yoon Sung-bin, Kim Young-joon, Jung Chul-won, Park Jin, Chung Hyun-soo, Hong Min-ki, Kim Ki-jun, Kim Jin-wook, Park Joon-woo, Lee Young-jae, Park Jung-min, Park Se-jin, Lee Jun-seo, Kim Won-joong, Choi Jun-yong

Catcher (3)

- Yoo Kangnam, Son Seongbin, and Park Jaeyeop

Infielder (9)

- Kim Min-sung, Han Dong-hee, Jeon Min-jae, Park Chan-hyung, Han Tae-yang, Lee Ho-joon, Park Seung-wook, Lee Seo-joon, Kim Han-hole

Outfielder (6)

- Junwoo, Son Hoyoung, Victor Reyes, Hwang Sungbin, Jang Doo-sung, Yoon Dong-hee

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