A message from Lee Eui-ri who rang So Hyung-joon's phone to overcome Tommy John surgery..."I told you my experience"
A message from Lee Eui-ri who rang So Hyung-joon's phone to overcome Tommy John surgery..."I told you my experience"
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KT Wiz's So Hyung-joon (24) received a message on the 24th, a day before the starting lineup.메이저놀이터
The caller was Lee Eui-ri (23), left-hander of the KIA Tigers, who joined the World Baseball Classic (WBC) team two years ago.
Lee Eui-ri, who underwent a so-called "Tommy John surgery" in June last year, wanted to hear Cho Hyung-joon's experience of undergoing the same surgery a year before her.
Cho Hyung-joon said, "I talked to Lee yesterday (24th) on the phone with a text message saying 'Give me a phone' and told me my experience."
Cho Hyung-joon also went through a hard time like Lee Eui-ri.
He was able to get back on the first-team mound only in September last year because of a broken ligament in his right elbow in May 2023.
In the process, he encountered an unexpected reef during his rehabilitation pitch and his return became unclear once.
"In my case, I was rehabilitating without stopping at first, but when I took the mound for the second time in the Futures (second division) league, I felt a little bad, so I took a rest and threw it again," Cho Hyung-joon said.
Cho Hyung-joon, who returned after a long rehabilitation tunnel, has been at the center of KT's starting lineup this season after learning his sense of practice in the bullpen last year.
After returning as a full-time starter for the first time since injury, this season's performance is also outstanding with four wins and two losses in nine games, an ERA of 2.47 and an on-base allowed per inning (WHIP) of 1.10.
On the 25th, a day after contacting Lee Eui-ri, he made his third quality start plus (QS+, pitching more than 7 innings and less than 3 earned runs) of the season with seven scoreless innings.
In nine games, he has written seven QSs (pitching more than six innings and less than three earned runs), and only this ratio (77.8%) is the first in the team and the third in the league.
For Lee Eui-ri, who wants a healthy return, Cho Hyung-joon can be an ideal example.
Lee Eui-ri, who is nearing the end of his rehabilitation with the goal of returning to the first team in June, is expected to rotate his starting rotation like Cho Hyung-joon.
Cho Hyung-joon said, "If you throw a strong pitch in a long time after not throwing it for a while, not only your arms but also your body will be stained. I think I contacted you because I wanted to ask you how it felt when I was rehabilitated."
"Loyalty will also be preparing well with KIA's coaches," he said. "All I can say to loyalty is, 'Don't rush, recover completely and come back."