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Won Tae-in (26), the "native ace" of the Samsung Lions, shook off his elbow injury and began a full-fledged countdown to return to the mound.
According to the Samsung club on the 6th, Won Tae-in's recent re-examination of the elbow area at Cheongdam Leon Orthopedic Surgery revealed that more than 90% of the damaged area had been recovered. Won Tae-in, who has been focusing on rehabilitation due to elbow pain in the Samsung camp after playing in the national team's schedule after the end of the 2025 season, turned on the green light for his return through this examination.
According to the hospital's positive findings, Won Tae-in is said to be able to resume light catch training from the 8th. After that, the elbow condition will be closely checked and the step-by-step pitching program (ITP) will be decided. As Won Tae-in, a key player in the team's selection team, shows a smooth recovery, Samsung's mound management is also expected to be a big boost this season.
Won Tae-in is truly the ace of Samsung. Won Tae-in, who played in 27 games in the 2025 season with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and a 3.24 ERA, showed excellent durability after wearing the uniform as Samsung's first designation in 2019, playing 20 games and more than 100 innings for as many as seven consecutive seasons. In particular, he left a respectable record of 68-50 with a 3.77 ERA in 187 KBO league games. Above all, he won 15 games in the 2024 season and won the title of the most wins. There is no doubt that he is the ace of blue blood.
Since January, Won Tae-in has made himself early for the WBC (World Baseball Classic) national team. However, after returning to the Samsung team, he felt elbow pain and dropped out of the national team. In the end, he accepted the result of ligament damage. On top of that, foreign pitcher Matt Manning (26) also returned home as he felt pain in his elbow after a practice game against the Hanwha Eagles on February 24. Manning was confirmed to be replaced after receiving the opinion that he needed elbow ligament reconstruction.
Even Ariel Furado, the most reliable starting pitcher, will play in the WBC as a member of the Panama national team, which was an emergency for Samsung. However, fortunately, Won Tae-in was diagnosed to start training soon, so he took a breather.
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