Choi Won-tae (27), a right-hander wearing a Samsung Lions uniform through an FA contract, will leave for Florida in the U.S. to be tempered.
According to the Samsung Lions on the 23rd, Choi Won-tae asked the club to train in the U.S. with the goal of the best pitching in the 2025 season, and the club reportedly accepted it willingly.
Choi will depart for Cressey Sports Performance (CSP) in West Palm Beach, Florida, with his colleagues left-hander Lee Seung-hyun and outfielder Lee Ho-seong at the end of this month. CSP is a baseball training facility, and Samsung is conducting intensive training sessions there this winter to help key players develop their skills.
Earlier, Samsung sent pitcher Hwang Dong-jae and infielder Lee Jae-hyun to CSP for three weeks of training. Lee Jae-hyun optimized the swing mechanism, and Hwang established a training routine to improve his ball control. "We are looking forward to the effect," Samsung's general manager Lee Jong-yeol said during a visit to Florida to check the training process.
Choi Won-tae, who signed an FA contract with Samsung on the 6th for up to 7 billion won for four years, is expected to play as an axis of the starting lineup next season. At LG this season, Choi Won-tae recorded 9 wins, 7 losses and an ERA of 4.26, showing good performance. 메이저사이트
Samsung has built a solid starting lineup with foreign one-two punches Denny Reyes and Ariel Furado, native ace Won Tae-in, and newly joined Choi Won-tae. In particular, attention is being paid to whether Choi Won-tae can take a leap forward through CSP training to be competitive at batter-friendly Daegu Samsung Lions Park (Rapak).