Who is the next generation representative player that comes to mind of Lim Chan-kyu, a regular "LG Media Day 80% Attendance"... have preconditions

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Lim Chan-kyu (34), who marks the LG Twins Media Day exclusively, expected another representative player to be born.

The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) held the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO Media Day at Lotte Hotel World in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 26th.

Lim Chan-kyu participated as a representative player of LG, with each team captain mandatory attendance on this year's Media Day. Captain Park Hae-min picked up the microphone first for the defending champion LG when asked about his pledge to win the Media Day annual event. Park Hae-min said, "I didn't think of a pledge when I didn't win because I was only looking at the championship," and turned over the turn, saying, "The witty (Lim) Chan-kyu will do it."

Lim Chan-gyu was famous for his good talking skills since his rookie days. Another hot topic of conversation is the relationship between Cha Myung-seok (57), LG's general manager, and Tom and Jerry. Again this time, Lim Chan-kyu said, "This year could be my last year at Jamsil Baseball Stadium, so even if it's cold, how about a beer party in Jamsil?" and added, "I hope General Manager Cha Myung-seok will spend his own money to prepare whiskey and champagne (to be with fans). The general manager is spending his own money, but I wonder if the players won't join. I'll give you the general manager's answer through L-Tube," he said, turning the audience into a sea of laughter.

After graduating from Whimoon High School Lim Chan-kyu, who still showed off his talk, he joined LG as the second-ranked player in the first round of the 2011 KBO Rookie Draft. to suffer from injuries and sluggishness early in one's career It took me a while to get on track. However, after the appointment of LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop, he set an opportunity for a reversal and became the mainstay of the starting rotation from 2023.

With his beautiful speech and skills, he naturally became a regular customer of LG Media Day. From the 2023 Korean Series Media Day to the 2024 KBO Opening Media Day and the 2025 Korean Series Media Day, he has played four of the five times as a representative LG player until this event.

Being a representative of a team may be a pride, but there will be pressure. In response, Lim Chan-kyu said, "It's a convenient way for everyone to go out on Media Day. The club and the team are relying on me a lot, so I just responded to it," he said calmly.

Just as Doosan's Kwak Bin (27), NC's Kim Joo-won (24), SSG's Cho Byung-hyun (24), KT's Ahn Hyun-min (23), and Hanwha's Moon Hyun-bin (22) were among the team's representative players this year, new faces are slowly emerging as signs of each team. LG is also seeing new stars as the generational change goes smoothly.

When asked, "Who will be the player who will come to the Media Day on his behalf someday?" Lim Chan-kyu drew the line, saying, "First of all, it's better to play baseball." "I hope players like (Moon) Bo-kyung and (Lee) Jung-yong will grow further in the future." "I'm still doing well, but I hope I can perform better and become a mainstay of the team and a player who comes out well on media days," he said.

As much as he expected from his juniors, he still has a sense of responsibility to make a performance worthy of the team's representative player. In the recently concluded exhibition game, Lim Chan-kyu was not good with a 9.00 ERA in two games and three strikeouts with no outs in nine innings. In response, Lim Chan-kyu laughed, saying, "I don't think I've done well during the trial game," but added, "I've tried a lot of changeups that I've been preparing since the camp, but they didn't work well this time. I don't mind too much, saying, "I think we can think about this process carefully and prepare for the opening."

The head coach also did not take Lim Chan-kyu's performance in the exhibition game seriously. It also contained the cold reality and the consideration of the head coach to ease the burden on the players. Manager Yeom said, "The (Im) Chan-kyu I expect is in the late three points range with three to four points in six innings. I never tell Chan-gyu to stop me without losing a point. "If you start quality (more than 6 innings and less than 3 earned runs), I think it's best, so you can give me the score quickly," he said.

"Chan-gyu's count goes against him, so he has no choice but to get hit on bad days. Chan-kyu stressed, "We have to set the timing by subtracting the timing from the advantageous count so that the opponent can hit it within three pitches."

The player was also well aware of the coach's feelings and intentions. Lim Chan-kyu said, "I'm aiming for a lower ERA than that, but the coach can do that. In fact, the standard (quality start) that the director said is not easy, he said.

"Don't you know how precious a pitcher who gives three runs in six innings on average in the league is?" he said, adding, "It's a pity that you think of me as a pitcher for three runs in six innings."Rather, I'm just grateful that you acknowledged me that much. We try to prepare well to meet those expectations," he added.

Last year, Lim Chan-kyu spent his career high season with 11 wins and 7 losses with a 3.03 ERA and 107 strikeouts in 160 ⅓ innings in 27 games. He was the No. 1 ERA among native starting pitchers. But I never meant to be satisfied here.

Lim Chan-kyu said, "In fact, what does the No. 1 ERA for domestic players mean. Foreign players are also members of our league. He said, "I've never played baseball paying attention to that (No. 1 in the league ERA)," but added, "I think it's more important to take one step at a time without being culled every year. I just silently go up to the mound and throw the ball for that," he said.

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