Who will be the backup catcher who will support Park Dong-won (34), LG's main master.

LG recently excluded catcher Heo Do-hwan (40) from the list of players on hold through the team's cleanup work.

Heo Do-hwan, who graduated from Seoul Hakdong Elementary School, Seoul Lee Soo-joong, Seoul High School, and Dankook University, joined the Doosan Bears in 2007 and made his debut. He then played for the Nexen Heroes (currently Kiwoom Heroes), Hanwha Eagles, SK Wyverns (SSG Landers), and KT Wiz before wearing the LG Twins uniform in 2022.메이저사이트

At the time, LG signed Heo Do-hwan, who was a free agent, with a two-year contract period of 400 million won (down payment of 200 million won and annual salary of 100 million won). Since then, Heo has served as LG's backup catcher. In the 2023 season, he even had a Korean Series championship ring. He played 59 games this season as well, displaying stellar performance when his team was in need.

Heo will leave the team at the end of this season. The 40-year-old catcher was released in a surprise move even though there was no experienced backup catcher. This is interpreted as LG's intention to raise a young catcher who will succeed Park Dong-won in earnest.

Who will be the second LG catcher to fill Heo's void? LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop is considering Lee Ju-hun (21) and Kim Bum-seok (20) as backup catchers to support Park Dong-won in the final camp.

It is said that each team has a main catcher, but the importance of backup catchers is very high. If the main catcher is injured, the backup catcher should wear a starting catcher mask right away. Therefore, it is one of the very important tasks for LG to raise a backup catcher ahead of the 2025 season.

After graduating from Seongnam High School, Lee Joo-heon wore the LG Twins uniform as the 27th overall pick in the second third round of the 2022 KBO Rookie Draft. Having fulfilled his duty of defense as an active player, he has only three games of experience playing in the first team. Lee Joo-heon, who made his surprise debut against Hanwha in Jamsil on September 25, took the opportunity to start his first career first team stage against Kiwoom in Jamsil on the 26th and swung three hits. Based on these intense performances, he was listed as the third catcher in the last semi-playoff along with the main homeowner Park Dong-won and backup catcher Heo Do-hwan.

During the semi-playoff, Heo Do-hwan told Star News, "Lee Joo-heon did a great job at the end. I heard he did well in the second division. When I went down to the second division, he practiced really hard with Kim Sung-woo and Jeon Jun-ho. I think Joo-heon has a good opportunity. This post-season will be a great experience for him."

Along with Lee Joo-heon, Kim Bum-suk is also aiming for the position as LG's backup catcher. Kim played in 70 games during the regular season this year, and marked a batting average of 0.241, six homers and 24 RBIs. In the early days of the season, he showed good batting performance and was dubbed a "genius hitter." However, Kim was excluded from the entry for the semi-playoff after receiving favorable comments from LG's general manager Cha Myung-seok, saying that he will become a epitome of Korean baseball. However, he was invited again just ahead of the playoffs, but had no hits and two strikeouts in two games.

Both Lee Joo-hun and Kim Bum-suk have opportunities. Both Lee and Kim are expected to sweat hard at LG's closing camp. Who will be LG's backup catcher next season.