After much consideration, he has decided to retire.
The KT Wiz officially announced on the 28th that they have decided to remove a total of 13 players, including Lee Sang-ho and Lee Si-won, from the pending roster.
The 13 players leaving KT are pitchers Kim Sung-soon, Park Sun-woo, Seo Kyung-chan, Lee Jung-hoon, Cho Byung-wook, and Cho Hyun-woo, catchers Moon Sang-in and Jung Woo-seong, infielders Kim Byung-hee, Lee Sang-ho, and Ji Kang-hyuk, and outfielders Park Joon-hyuk and Lee Si-won.
While Lee Sang-ho and Lee Si-won have been the standouts this season, Cho Hyun-woo has also been one of the standout players.
Cho Hyun-woo was drafted by KT with the 16th overall pick in the second round of the 2014 KBO Secondary Draft. He was traded to the Lotte Giants in the 2015 season and appeared in three games. He then enlisted as a social service worker and was released in February 2018. However, he was unable to make a first-team appearance with Lotte and was selected by KT with the first overall pick in the 2018 Secondary Draft.
He did not make a first-team appearance in the 2018 season. He made his first first-team appearance in a KT uniform in the 2019 season and began to perform well in the 2020 season. In 54 appearances, he posted a 5-1 record, nine shutouts, one save, 46⅔ innings pitched, 33 strikeouts, and a 3.09 ERA.
In 49 games in 2021, Hyun-woo posted a 2.61 ERA with six saves and 13 strikeouts in 31 innings pitched, and in the Korean Series against the Doosan Bears, he pitched all four games with two saves, 1⅔ innings pitched, two strikeouts, one run, and a 5.40 ERA. After pitching a no-hitter in the first three games, he gave up a home run to Kim Jae-hwan in the fourth game, but still earned a championship ring 아톰카지노 도메인.
However, it has been difficult to see Choi in the first team since last season. He appeared in 19 games in the 2022 season. This season, he appeared in five games and pitched three innings. There was a problem. Injuries.
A KT representative said, “Cho Hyun-woo initially had an elbow injury. He recovered, but then he suffered a leg injury.” “He was injured back-to-back. He was thinking about it (retirement) a lot. Not only this year, but also last year, he had a hip injury and often missed games.”
He continued, “Choi Hyun-woo himself was constantly wondering, ‘Should I do it or not?’ That’s why he finally decided to retire.”