I miss the 1st team stage, of course.”
LG Twins pitcher Lim Jeong-woo (32) had a career high season in 2016. He appeared in 67 games, where he went 3-8 with 28 saves and a 3.82 ERA. After his first-team debut in 2011, he played the most games and was ranked second after Kim Se-hyun in the save category.
However, it was not easy to see Lim Jung-woo after that. Injuries continued to plague him. As his shoulder and elbow hindered his baseball life, he only played 17 games in the 2017 season and 2 games in the 2018 season.
Afterwards, Lim Jeong-woo enlisted as a public service worker in January 2019 and went to fulfill his military duties, and was discharged in November 2020.토토사이트
Lim Jeong-woo steadily improved his physical condition and waited for the day to stand in the first team. However, it was not easy to see Lim Jeong-woo in the first team. He did not come up easily. He appeared in 4 games in the 2022 season exhibition game. He had a not bad record with 3.2 innings giving up 2 runs (1 earned) in 4 games, but no first-team call-ups. He only made a mound in September in the Futures League as well, but appeared in all three games.
The last time LG fans saw Lim Jeong-woo on the first team stage was on March 27, 2018 against Nexen Heroes (now Kiwoom Heroes).
In the 2023 season, I met Lim Jeong-woo, who was sweating heavily at Icheon LG Champions Park to return to the stage in Jamsil for the first team.
Lim Jung-woo said, “I can’t say my condition is very good right now, but it’s not bad. He said last year was the worst. He couldn’t play a lot, and he couldn’t get a lot of injections because of the rules when he was injured, so it seems to have had an effect.”
“Especially last year, I had a bad back. It hurt a lot. He’s not completely better now, but he has to get over it.”
He has not been on the first team ground for 1,774 days. While Lim Jeong-woo could not climb to the mound for the first team, the manager changed twice, and his teammates also changed a lot
Lim Jung-woo said, “Since the hiatus was long, I thought, ‘How can I make a good comeback?’ Since there are many injuries, I think the first thing is not to get sick. In fact, I can’t honestly say that I like it even now,” he said. The coach is paying extra attention. He tries to prepare well,” he said.
He continued, “It is the same that we are currently focusing on the off-season. The first step is to prepare without injury. It is important to minimize injuries and improve physical condition. And I don’t know when it will be, but I have to play the game anyway. My second goal is to go back to the first team this season.”
It takes a lot of effort to go to the first team stage. He knows too. I am waiting for the day when I will stand on the mound again with Oh Ji-hwan, who kept Jamsil Stadium together in 2016.
Lim Jung-woo said, “Of course there is a longing for the 1st team stage. I think I couldn’t go because I wasn’t feeling well and my skills weren’t good enough. I have to do better to play baseball together. I will prepare well.”