Final 28-man Premier12 squad named...Uhm Sang-baek-Sang-hyun excluded

Final 28-man Premier12 squad named...Uhm Sang-baek-Sang-hyun excluded

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National Baseball Team head coach Ryu Jung-il and the KBO Power Enhancement Committee have finalized the 28-man roster for the Premier12.

The KBO announced the final 28-man roster for the Premier 12 today (July 7), one day before the team departs for Taiwan for the deciding game.

Thirty-four players had participated in the team's training camp, but six players - pitchers Uhm Sang-baek, Jeon Sang-hyun, Kim Si-hoon, and Cho Min-seok, catcher Han Jun-soo, and infielder Kim Young-woong - did not make the final cut.

The most surprising omission was starting pitcher Eom Sang-baek.

With Uhm off the final roster, the national team was left with only four starting pitchers - Kwak Bin, Choi Seung-yong, Ko Young-pyo, and Lim Chan-kyu.

Ryu plans to play the five Group B qualifiers with four starters.

The Premier12 is an international tournament featuring the top 12 nations in the WBSC rankings.

Korea, which is in Group B, 메이저사이트 will play in Taiwan starting on the 13th.

Korea will face Chinese Taipei on the 13th, Cuba on the 14th, Japan on the 15th, Dominican Republic on the 16th, and Australia on the 18th.

The top four teams from Groups A and B will advance to the Super Round, where they will play for the title at the Tokyo Dome in Japan starting on the 21st.

South Korea won the first edition of the tournament in 2015 and finished runner-up in the second edition in 2019.

This time around, they have set their primary goal of reaching the quarterfinals.

Head coach Ryu Jung-il will be looking to qualify for the Super Round by starting his team against Taiwan in the final Group B match against Australia.

One of Ryu's strengths is his bullpen, with Park Young-hyun, Kim Taek-yeon, Jung Hae-young, Cho Byung-hyun, and Yoo Young-chan making the final roster as the team's five closers.

“Our bullpen is really good,” said Ryu, ”and even if the starters can keep us out for four innings, we'll be able to win the game.”