NC Dinos’ Park Gun-woo has been removed from the first team roster.
The KBO announced the status of the first team roster on Wednesday afternoon. A total of 10 players were sent down to the second team.
The most notable is Park Gun-woo. Park has played in 69 games this season, hitting .286 with 73 hits, seven home runs, 41 RBIs, 36 runs scored and a .816 OPS. After hitting .303 in May, he rebounded in June with 24 hits, four home runs, 13 RBIs, 18 runs scored, and a .293 OPS of 0.887.
“It’s not an injury,” an NC official said of Park’s first-team assignment. There is nothing unusual about his body.” Manager Kang Myung-hwa is expected to explain Park’s exclusion from the roster before the Gochuk Kiwoom Heroes on April 4.
SSG expunged rookie Song Young-jin. The Lotte Giants removed Shin Jeong-rak and Choi Yi-jun from the first team roster. Hanwha Eagles’ Nam Ji-min and Jang Ji-soo were also sent to the second team.
Kiwoom removed rookie catchers Kim Dong-heon and Lim Byung-wook. Kim had never been out of the first team since 안전놀이터 being included in the opening roster. He was dropped to the second team for the first time with nine games left in the first half. He appeared in 57 games this season, batting .237 with 27 hits, 11 RBIs, 13 runs scored and a .635 OPS.
The last-place Samsung Lions removed infielder Kim Ho-jae and outfielder Kim Dong-yeop from the first team roster. Kim batted .266 with five home runs, 15 RBIs, 14 runs scored and a .770 OPS in 29 at-bats this season, primarily as a designated hitter. Kim appeared in 36 games, hitting .185 OPS with 10 hits, five RBIs, one run scored, and a .450 batting average.