The 4th elbow surgery alone, Hanwha bullpen regular who suddenly disappeared one day, "I'll come back before I'm forgotten."

Right-hander Kim Jong-soo (29), who was like salt in the Hanwha bullpen, disappeared this season. The exhibition game against Daejeon KIA on March 14 was the last appearance, and there has been no record in the first division as well as the second division since then. The pitcher, who was second in the Hanwha team in 190 games in the first division for four years from 2019 to 2022, disappeared without sound rumors. 바카라사이트넷

It was due to an elbow injury. Last year, his elbow condition was not good, so he finished the season a little early after the match against Suwon KT on September 7, but the pain recurred during the exhibition game. I tried to endure it through rehabilitation, but in early May, I had surgery to remove the bone fragments of my elbow that caused the pain. After recovering, it has now entered the technical training stage.

Kim Jong-soo, who is building his body in Seosan Rehabilitation County, laughed and said, "Some people thought I had an accident because the news was not known," adding, "I tried rehabilitation after injuring my elbow during the demonstration game, but when I threw the ball, it hurt again. "I had surgery in early May and I'm in the stage of throwing the ball," he said.

It is Kim Jong-soo's fourth elbow surgery. Kim Jong-soo, who underwent elbow ligament surgery for the first time in 2014, in his second year of joining the team, performed two elbow surgeries in the summer of 2017 alone when he returned from military service. Following ligament joint surgery, he even underwent bone fragment removal surgery. He went through three surgeries and two long rehabilitation sessions at a young age in his early and mid-20s, but he was not frustrated.

Kim Jong-soo, who made his first appearance in the first division from the second half of 2018 when he finished rehabilitation after escaping the swamp of terrible injuries, played 190 games over the past four years from 2019 to last year. After Kim Bum-soo (203 games), he ranked second in the team. In particular, he has been the main bullpen since 2020 and has played 49 games and more than 45 innings for three consecutive years. He played the role of salt in the Hanwha bullpen with his fastball in the mid-140km range with good rotation. Last year, he had a career-high season with 3 wins, 4 losses, 1 save, 6 holds, 4.40 strikeouts and 45 strikeouts in 52 games (45 innings). In the first half alone, he had a 3.34 ERA of 3 wins and 6 holds.

Kim Jong-soo said, "I threw 50 games for three consecutive years, but I don't think I played that much as a bullpen pitcher. "The injury is my lack of care, and it's also my bad luck," he said. "I haven't had stress from elbow pain for three years. "As I am sick again, I think it was a really grateful thing," he looked back.

Elbow ligament junction and bone fragment surgery alone are two times, a total of four times. Although he has a lot of rehabilitation experience, this process is still not easy. Kim Jong-soo, who started rehabilitation again after six years, said, "At first, I started curiously with the idea that 'I haven't been sick for three years, so I can make it run for a few more years.' However, it was hard because I was sick again during rehabilitation and rested. "It's still not easy because I know too well how boring and difficult the rehabilitation process is," he said.

Still, it is fortunate that it is not a ligament joint surgery that takes at least a year to rehabilitate. Kim Jong-soo said, "Surgical removal of bone fragments is rehabilitation for three months at the earliest. It's not a big surgery, so I'm holding myself together. This is thanks to the training coaches who helped a lot from the side. If it goes as planned, I think I can throw it in the actual game around the middle of August or the end of August. "I want to return quickly before it is forgotten by the fans," he said. "Our bullpen is doing so well right now." "I gave up my position after playing as a regular in the first division for three years, so I will prepare hard to take that position again," he vowed.