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Kiwoom Heroes infielder Seo Geon-chang, pitchers Kim Yoon-ha and Im Jin-mook joined Taiwan's Kaohsiung Spring Camp.

According to the Kiwoom club, Kim Yoon-ha and Im Jin-mook entered Taiwan on the 17th and Seo Geon-chang on the 20th, respectively.

On Seo Geon-chang, Kiwoom said, "I made my body well through personal training during the off-season and have maintained a stable condition in the Futures team camp. The first-team coaching staff decided to join Seo Geon-chang's Taiwan camp to directly check his physical condition and his actual sense."

"Seo Geon-chang will accompany the team from a closed practice game with Taiwan's WBC baseball team at Taipei Dome on the 21st," he added.

Seo Geon-chang, who joined the Taiwanese camp, said through the club, "First of all, I would like to thank coach Oh Yoon, the coaching staff, and the front office for helping me a lot during training for the Futures team. It's been a long time since I joined Kiwoom's first team camp. I prepared well during the winter, and I'm in good condition now. I will do my best to contribute to the team this season," he said.

Seo Geon-chang has dominated the era as a second baseman representing the KBO league. He won the second baseman's Golden Glove three times (2012, 2014 and 2016). After joining the LG Twins as a nurturing player in 2008 and being released, he showed his full-fledged skills with the Nexen Heroes (currently Kiwoom). He received the Rookie of the Year award in 2012 and was named MVP of the season in 2014.

In particular, in 2014, he wrote a new history of 200 hits (201) for the first time in the KBO league. It was in July 2021 that the change came to Seo Geon-chang. At that time, he left the Kiwoom Heroes and wore the LG Twins uniform through a 1:1 trade with pitcher Jung Chan-heon. However, the number of business trips began to decrease. Ahead of the 2024 season, Seo Geon-chang continued to train and build his body in his hometown of Gwangju. The team that reached out to him was the 'hometown team' KIA Tigers.

In the 2024 season, Seo Geon-chang played in 94 games and succeeded in a perfect rebound with a batting average of 0.310 (63 hits in 203 at-bats), one homer, two doubles, one triple, 26 RBIs, 40 runs and three steals (1 failure) with a ball of 31 strikeouts and a slugging percentage of 0.416 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of 0.820, a scoring batting average of 0.344, and a pinch-hit batting average of 0.346.

He then signed an FA contract with KIA in the 2025 season with a contract period of 1+1 year and a total of 500 million won. However, after only 10 games, he eventually left KIA. And this time, he signed an annual salary of 120 million won with Kiwoom. It was the moment when he returned to his old team after five years.

Seo Geon-chang has played in 1,360 games in 15 seasons in the KBO League and has a batting average of 0.297 with 1,431 hits, 41 homers, 854 runs, 519 RBIs, and 233 steals.

Kiwoom also said, "Kim Yoon-ha and Im Jin-mook also trained smoothly in the Futures team camp."

Kiwoom explained, "As the Taiwanese camp pitchers' pitching schedule has been partially adjusted, two additional players in good condition have been added for smoother pitching management."

In addition, rookie pitchers Lee Tae-yang and Choi Hyun-woo will return home on the 23rd after completing their Taiwanese camp schedule until the 22nd. Kiwoom said, "After that, we will move to Changnyeong Sports Park in Gyeongsangnam-do, where the Futures Team spring camp is underway, to continue training."

Kiwoom's team, which turned the halfway point of the spring camp schedule, plans to boost its sense of practice through its own Cheongbaek match and practice game.

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