FA reward player → Successful running → Trials for the 2nd Army, will it finally be revived

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'Crazy!' Camp batting average of 0.500 + home run, FA compensation player → Main match success → Failed Fauche → 2nd military ordeal, finally revived, but "because there were ups and downs last season..."

The Doosan Bears team returned home through Incheon International Airport on the 8th after the first and second spring camps of a total of 44 days.

Doosan's team conducted technical and tactical training and high-intensity weight training at the first Australian camp in Sydney, which began on Jan. 23. He also made his body with two rounds of blue-and-white warfare.

In the second Miyazaki off-season training in Japan, which began on February 22, he played six games, including one against Cheongbaek, to boost his sense of play.

Doosan manager Kim Won-hyung, the head coach, said, "I'm satisfied that I finished the camp without any major problems. If there is anything lacking, I have no doubt that each person will fill it in in Korea. If you steadily do your best until you achieve your goals, they will come together and lead to team performance. Let's do our best with a united mind in Korea," he said.

Doosan said, "The camp MVP selected by manager Kim Won-hyung and the coaching staff is pitcher Yang Jae-hoon and fielder Kang Seung-ho."

Yang Jae-hoon took the mound in three games and played four innings, boasting a good condition with eight strikeouts, one hit, and a 0.00 ERA. Yang Jae-hoon said through the club, "I didn't expect it at all. I'm glad that I showed you a good performance. Above all, it is most satisfying to complete the camp without injury. We will show our fans a better performance this season than last year," he said, renewing his determination.

What stands out is Kang Seung-ho. In five games, Kang Seung-ho had a batting average of .500 (5 hits in 10 at-bats), one home run and three RBIs.

Kang Seung-ho wore a Doosan uniform as a compensation player for Choi Joo-hwan (then Doosan, current Kiwoom Heroes), who qualified as a free agent (FA) from Doosan after the end of the 2020 season and moved to SSG Landers.

In the 2025 season, Kang Seung-ho had a batting average of 0.236 (85 hits in 360 at-bats) with eight home runs and two doubles, three triples, 37 RBIs and 51 runs, 14 steals (3 failures) with 24 walks and 113 strikeouts, a slugging percentage of 0.372 on-base percentage of 0.302 and an OPS of 0.674 while playing 115 games. In the early days of the opening, he tried to change his position to third baseman, but unfortunately, he failed to secure the position. Since then, he has alternately looked at the second and first basemen, and once suffered from being excluded from the first-team entry.

Last season, Doosan gave young players an opportunity to gain experience by forming an infield team. If "32-year-old veteran" Kang Seung-ho is revived this season, Doosan's infield players are expected to become thicker.

Kang Seung-ho said, "We prepared more thoroughly for this season because there were ups and downs last season. Thanks to that, I was able to make a good result in the camp. I will maintain my current form until the remaining exhibition games and finish this season with good results," he said.

Meanwhile, Doosan will begin its final quenching at 1 p.m. on the 12th, starting with the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League exhibition game against the Kiwoom Heroes at Bears Park in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do.

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