Lee Kang-cheol's top-tier smokescreen operation: "Non-traveling players? Take a look → Game 4 starter Logan? Don't ask" [KS3 On-site]

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It was a knife-edge battle befitting autumn baseball. Lee Kang-cheol (60), manager of the KT Wiz, is approaching Game 3 of the Korea Series with a reserved demeanor.

KT will face the Samsung Lions in Game 3 of the 2026 Shinhan SOL KBO Korea Series (best-of-seven) on the 6th at Daegu Samsung Lions Park. With the series tied at one win and one loss, the outcome of Game 3 is expected to be crucial.

In an official interview conducted in the press conference room before the game, Manager Lee deflected the reporters' barrage of questions with a "rock-solid defense." When asked about the list of non-traveling players for that day's game, Manager Lee Kang-cheol gave a sly smile and briefly quipped, "Take a look, once." Immediately after, an official from the KBO (Korea Baseball Organization) revealed that the players were Go Young-pyo and left-handed foreign pitcher Logan Allen.

After a very coincidental announcement, he cleverly expressed his intention not to voluntarily open his mouth first and expose his team's strength, prompting immediate laughter among the on-site reporters.

Following this, a question immediately came in asking whether Logan, who was on the non-traveling list, would start in Game 4, scheduled for the 7th. In response to the reporter's query, "Is Logan pitching tomorrow?", Manager Lee showed his characteristic humor without a moment of hesitation, saying, "If you think so, just don't ask."

Although it is a tense situation where exposing team strength must be strictly guarded against in a short series where one win is extremely important, Manager Lee Kang-cheol displayed the composure and seasoned rhetoric of a veteran commander.

Meanwhile, KT fielded a lineup of Kim Min-hyuk (left fielder) - Ahn Hyun-min (right fielder) - Kim Hyun-soo (first baseman) - Hillyard (center fielder) - Jang Seong-woo (designated hitter) - Kim Sang-su (second baseman) - Ryu Hyun-in (third baseman) - Jo Dae-hyeon (catcher) - Jang Jun-won (shortstop). It is a positive sign that Kim Sang-su returned after being hit in the leg by his own foul ball in Game 2, but Heo Kyung-min and Choi Won-jun are waiting in the dugout first, rather than starting as third baseman and right fielder, respectively. Regarding Jo Dae-hyeon being the starting catcher, Manager Lee Kang-cheol also cited his chemistry with So Hyoung-jun.

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