'Eight First-Team Coaches Reassigned': LG Lineup Sees Little Change, with Moon Bo-kyung at No. 4, Moon Sung-ju at No. 7, and Park Dong-won at No. 8 [Jamsil On-Site]

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Following recent struggles that prompted major changes in its first-team coaching staff, LG Twins has unveiled a starting lineup that remains largely unchanged.

On the 28th, LG announced its starting lineup for the home game against Kiwoom Heroes at Seoul Jamsil Baseball Stadium as part of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO League regular season.

For this game, LG set its batting order as follows: Hong Chang-ki (right fielder), Park Hae-min (center fielder), Austin Dean (designated hitter), Moon Bo-kyung (third baseman), Moon Jung-bin (first baseman), Oh Ji-hwan (shortstop), Moon Sung-ju (left fielder), Park Dong-won (catcher), and Gu Bon-hyeok (second baseman). The starting pitcher is Anders Tollhurst.

The day before (27th), LG made significant changes to its first-team coaching staff. Kim Il-kyung, who was in charge of defense, will now serve as QC coach and defensive coach. Song Ji-man, who previously handled base running and outfield defense, has been reassigned as the first-team hitting coach.

Yoon Jin-ho, who managed defense in the Futures League, moves to the first-team defensive coaching role. Kim Yong-ui, who remained with the reserve squad as a hitting coach, shifts to first-team base running and outfield coaching. Meanwhile, Choi Kyung-cheol from the Futures League joins the first team as the new battery coach.

In the Futures League, Jung Ju-hyun will handle strategy and defense, while Suzuki Fumihiro takes on the battery coaching role. Hitting coach Kim Jae-yul has been reassigned to the reserve squad.

A total of eight coaches changed positions in this major reshuffle, aimed at revitalizing a team that has struggled with just one win and nine losses in its last 10 games. After concluding the final series of the first half against Samsung Lions on the road with a record of one win and two losses, LG dropped from first place. The team continued to suffer consecutive losses, and as of the match on the 28th, it sat in third place with 53 wins and 41 losses—five games behind first-place Samsung and 2.5 games behind second-place KT Wiz.

In the previous game on the 26th against Daejeon Hanwha Eagles, LG surrendered ten runs in the bottom of the eighth inning after tying the score at 4-4, effectively dashing their hopes. Consequently, Choi Ji-myeong, who had been performing poorly, was removed from the first-team roster on the 27th. He was replaced by left-handed pitcher Lee Sang-young. Lee had been sent down to the second team on the 6th and posted strong results in two Futures League games, allowing just one earned run over 13 innings.

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