'Great Shock' Kim Young-woong was canceled due to damage to his hamstring! "It'll take about 3 to 4 weeks"

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Kim Young-woong (23), the "next big shot" of the Samsung Lions, was eventually removed from the first-team entry due to a hamstring injury following the exclusion of the starting lineup on the 8th. A big bad news came to Samsung.

Samsung made an entry change ahead of the NC Dinos match at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on the 11th. Kim Young-woong was excluded from the first-team entry, and another infielder Kim Jae-sang was called up.

Kim Young-woong's cancellation is due to injury. An official from the Samsung club told Star News, "I played my last at-bat during the game the previous day (10th) and was replaced due to poor hamstring in the process of playing from first base to second base. A diagnosis on the morning of the 11th found damage to the hamstring. I think it will take about three to four weeks to recover," he explained.

Kim Young-woong is a key third baseman for Samsung. There is no home run with a batting average of 0.171 (7 hits in 41 at-bats, 2 doubles) in 10 games this season, but this departure is all the more painful because he has shown a trend of reviving his sense of hitting with three RBIs. He was excluded from the starting lineup because his hamstring was a little uncomfortable against KIA in Gwangju on the 8th, but that became a problem again.

For the time being, Samsung's starting third baseman is expected to be Jeon Byung-woo. Attention is focusing on how Samsung, which has suffered a major setback in its power operation due to the departure of Kim Young-woong, who was the core of the lineup and the centerpiece of the infield this season, will overcome this crisis.

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