Hanwha Eagles right-handed pitcher Moon Dong-joo, who ended the season early due to a shoulder injury last season, will start against the LG Twins on the 27th.

Hanwha manager Kim Kyung-moon said ahead of the 2025 professional baseball game against LG at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on the 25th, "Moon Dong-ju will take the mound against LG and throw about 3 innings."

Moon Dong-ju led the eagle corps mound with an 8-8 record and a 3.72 ERA in 23 games in 2023, and that fall, he played as the national team's ace at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, helping him win the gold medal.온라인카지노

However, he finished the season with shoulder pain in September after playing 7-7 with a 5.17 ERA in 21 games last season.

Moon Dong-ju, who failed to complete the regular season, devoted himself to recovery and rehabilitation last winter, but failed to fully improve his physical condition.

At the exhibition game, he threw fastballs in the 150-kilometer-per-hour range, but failed to digest a large number of pitches. In response, Hanwha selected Cho Dong-wook as its candidate for the fifth starting pitcher instead of Moon.

However, Hanwha decided to hold the race at the beginning of the regular season with a one-plus-one strategy of giving Moon a chance to start first and putting Cho Dong-wook as a long relief pitcher.

Manager Kim Kyung-moon said, "Cho Dong-wook goes out behind, but depending on the situation, he may become a winning pitcher," adding, "There is a pitcher who plays behind him, so (Moon Dong-ju) will be able to throw comfortably."

Before the game, Moon Dong-joo said, "I threw close to 50 pitches in live pitching (training to pitch with a batter standing up like a real game)," adding, "I will try to take responsibility for as many innings as possible in the game on the 27th."

"I prepared really hard last winter," he said. "I'll be careful of injuries, but I won't be afraid of injuries."