Cho Hyung-joon and Reexamination Report also treated injections for 'bending muscle damage'...Return point 'opaque'
Cho Hyung-joon and Reexamination Report also treated injections for 'bending muscle damage'...Return point 'opaque'
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Recovery comes first.
The return of KT Wiz starting pitcher Cho Hyung-joon has been delayed further. "Cho received a re-examination on April 21. As a result, the blood of the deceased has disappeared, but the damage to the flexor muscles remains," KT said on Wednesday. "We need to wait and see. We will focus on rehabilitation first."
Cho consistently returned from starting rotation after joining KT through the first round of nomination in 2020, and faced a setback last year. Immediately after the season play-off, he returned to the injured list due to a sprained right forearm muscle, but was out for the season after a game against the NC Dinos on May 10. He ruptured the medial ligament in his right elbow and underwent Tommy John Surgery to link tendons in his elbow. He finished the 2023 season with an earned run average of 11.45 in three games and 11 innings.
After surgery, he focused on rehabilitation. He rested due to inflammation once, but overall his performance went smoothly. He sweated hard not only by recovering his arm but also by supplementing his quick motion. He had his first live pitching on May 18. He pitched a total of 30 pitches, checking two-seam fastballs, cutters, changeups and curves. He finished pitching without any problems. He then performed his second live pitching on May 25.
He started the game against the Goyang Heroes in the second-tier Futures League on May 31, and pitched three innings, one hit, one walk, five strikeouts, and no run. He seemed to be able to return by the end of June.
However, he faced unfavorable factors. Cho started the game against the Lotte Giants in the Futures League on June 7. He had three hits, two walks and four strikeouts in four innings, and allowed two runs and 53 pitches.
After that, he felt uncomfortable with the outside of his right elbow, so a detailed examination was conducted on the 8th, the next day. He was diagnosed with micro-damage to the outer flexor muscle of his right elbow. He stopped pitching immediately. It was decided to conduct a re-examination one to two weeks later, and the schedule for returning to the first team was postponed. I received the sad news that the re-examination showed that the flexor muscle damage had not fully recovered.
As things stand now, his return to the team is also uncertain. It is uncertain whether he will be able to come back within this season. He is not in a hurry. Earlier, KT coach Lee Kang-chul said, "(Small) Hyeong-jun will not overdo it. He is a player who will be good enough starting next year, even if it is not this year. I have been waiting for a year (since last year), but how many months will I be able to endure this year?"
"If he returns to the first team for the first time in a long time, he could experience trial and error at least one or two turns. We have to watch him take the mound several times," Lee said. "Especially, Hyeong-jun would not rotate his rotation normally right away. Once he throws it, he tries to take out 10 days." Cho will try to wait calmly until he recovers his condition after complete recovery.
유흥알바 The comforting part is that Ko Young-pyo returned safely. Ko Young-pyo was listed as injured on April 5 due to micro-damage to his right elbow flexor. He originally sought to join the first team at the end of May, but it took more time. He returned to the team against Lotte Giants on the 19th of last month. He struggled with six runs in five innings against Lotte, but he showed his power by allowing two hits, no outs and no runs in seven innings against SSG Landers on the 25th, and six hits, two walks, five strikeouts and one run (non-earned) in six ⅓ against the Samsung Lions on the 30th.
KT has filled the four starting positions with William Cuevas, Wes Benjamin, Ko Young-pyo and Um Sang-baek. The other position is being taken as a substitute. Cho will try to hold out until he returns healthy.