NC Dinos pitcher Koo Chang-mo is currently serving in the military at Sangmu (National Military Sports Unit). The return time will be in June. Midway through the season, the ace the team has been waiting for will return to the starting lineup.메이저사이트

Koo Chang-mo is one of the best players in the league. After graduating from Ulsan Technical High School, he received high expectations as he was ranked third overall in the second round of the 2015 KBO Rookie Draft.

And as evidenced by this, he showed outstanding performance with an ERA of 1.74 102 strikeouts in 15 games, 9 wins and 93 ⅓ innings in the 2020 season, making a remarkable contribution to his team's first championship. His overall record is 47 wins, 37 losses and 4 holds, 680 ⅓ innings with an ERA of 3.6881 strikeouts.

Lim Seon-nam, the NC Dinosaurs' general manager, gave high marks to Koo Chang-mo, a pitcher who will lead the club's future. The team awarded 8.8 billion won (8.8 million U.S. dollars) in guaranteed annual salary for six plus one year and six years from 2023 to 2029 and up to 13.2 billion won (approx. This shows the club's expectations for Koo.

NC, which is preparing for the 2025 season, will have question marks on its starting lineup except for Logan Allen and Riley Thompson, who are foreigners. Korean players do not have clear cards in the three to five starts. 

Ace Shin Min-hyuk returned from surgery to remove a bone fragment in his right elbow, which is why he cannot afford to overdo it from the beginning. Young-gun and Shin have been pitching well in the Ulsan-KBO Fall League and the Australian Baseball (ABL) dispatch during the off-season, but at this point, he cannot be seen as a constant. As it is difficult to set up a starting lineup in Korea, Koo's return could be a great boost to NC.

Koo recently kept in touch with Lee Ho-joon, NC's new coach for the New Year. He made Lee laugh with his determination as an ace player. "I made it clear when I talked to him on the phone for the New Year. If he maintains his fifth place until I return, I will make him No. 1," the coach said. "I have to trust him."

The key lies in Koo's physical condition. He failed to play a full-time season due to repeated injuries even before joining the military. He underwent surgery on his left arm right before joining the military, and focused mainly on rehabilitation last year. He returned to the Futures League at the end of the season and successfully pitched for actual games.