'Samsung Choi Hyung-woo's first greeting' 2026 KBO Media Day will be held at Lotte Hotel World on the 26th 'Apply for fan admission tickets on the 18th KBO official home'

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Choi Hyung-woo (43), who returned to his home team this winter, will make his first public appearance in a Samsung Lions uniform in 10 years at the KBO Media Day.

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced on the 17th that "2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League Media Day & Fanfest" will be held at Lotte Hotel World (Jamsil) at 2 p.m. on March 26.

The event will be attended by the coaches of each club, 10 KBO league teams and representative players, including LG Park Hae-min, Lim Chan-kyu, Hanwha Chae Eun-sung, Moon Hyun-bin, SSG Oh Tae-gon, Cho Byung-hyun, Samsung Koo Ja-wook, Choi Hyung-woo, NC Park Min-woo, Kim Joo-won, KT Jang Sung-woo, Ahn Hyun-min, Lotte Jeon Joon-woo, Jeon Min-jae, KIA Na Sung-beom, Yang Hyun-jong, Doosan Yang Eui-ji, Kwak Bin, Kiwoom Lim Ji-yeol and Ha Young-min.

The most notable player is Samsung's Choi Hyung-woo. In December last year, Choi signed a two-year FA contract with Samsung for up to 2.6 billion won. It has been 10 years since he moved to the KIA Tigers on a four-year FA contract worth 10 billion won after the end of the 2016 season. Since then, he has appeared several times through fan events, KBO awards ceremonies and Samsung spring camps, but this is the first time in public.

Tickets will be provided to 210 baseball fans this year, and the number of people admitted will be selected through a lottery (200 people) on the official website and a pre-event (10 people). Tickets can be applied on the KBO website from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the 18th.

Before the official media day event begins, the fanfest zone is operated. We have prepared a variety of events and fan gifts, including "Making My Own Baseball Keyring," "Appealing Our Club's Fan Heart Expressions," which draws fans' hearts with facial expressions, and "Season Buff Photo Zone," which pulls out a mini bat frame and performs pose missions in the photo zone.

In addition, KBO will pre-release goods from 10 clubs in collaboration with CJ OnStyle, a platform that has led fandom-based consumption by connecting various IPs such as content, characters, and sports to content commerce. At the Media Day site, a photo zone with a dugout concept including cabinets will be set up to provide fans with the opportunity to experience collaborative goods first and take photos using them. In addition, it will also operate a name sticker printer experience space that reflects baseball concept design elements of "KBOX CJ On Style."

Prior to the official event, a signing event will be held with players from 10 clubs for 210 fans with designated seat tickets. Signatures can be received only for one team selected when applying for media day tickets.

The 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League Media Day, which starts at 2 p.m., consists of a total of two-part events. In the first part, you can hear the bids of the coaches of the 10 teams. In addition, a manager interview will be held in which fans answer hashtag questions left on KBO Instagram.

In the second part, athletes will be presented with their impressions and interviews ahead of this season. After that, a "Balance of Fans" event will be held in which players directly answer questions left by fans on KBO Instagram comments, adding to the enthusiasm of the site.

On the other hand, five question winners are selected for each category through pre-event. The winner of the question will be given one ticket to the Media Day, and details of the event will be announced on KBO's official Instagram later.

The event will end with a group shot of the team, and the team will have an interview with the media in a separate space. 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League Media Day & Fanfest' will be broadcast live on SPOTV2 (produced), KBSN SPOTS, MBC SPOTS+, SBS SPOTS, and wired/wireless platform TVING.

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