NC announced that it released five pitchers, including Shim Chang-min, Lee Hyun-woo, Ha Jun-su, Lee Woo-seok and Kim Joo-hwan, and four fielders, including Yoon Hyung-joon, Choi Woo-jae, Kim Soo-yoon and Kim Taek-woo, prior to the “2024 Shinhan SOL Bank KBO League” game at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon on the 29th.
His departure from pitcher Shim Chang-min is notable. NC has acquired pitcher Shim Chang-min and catcher Kim Eung-min by giving up catcher Kim Tae-gun in a trade with the Samsung Lions ahead of the 2022 season. Shim Chang-min, who played a must-win role during the Samsung Dynasty, hoped to move to NC and make a comeback.
Shim Chang-min, however, pitched below expectations. During the past three years with the NC Dinosaurs, Shim pitched in 16 games, recording one win and three losses, nine ⅔ innings and an ERA of 10.24. He was not even invited by the first team this year.
Shim Chang-min was a player full of question marks even before moving from Samsung to NC. Shim Chang-min joined Samsung as the fourth-ranked team in the first round in 2011 and played as a national team-class bullpen, including joining the WBSC Premier 12 in 2015 and the World Baseball Classic in 2017. He has earned 51 saves as a closing pitcher.
However, he did not have good pace before moving to NC. His ERA was very high at 5.78 in both 89 games in 2020 and 2021. Lim Seon-nam, NC`s general manager, said at the time of his recruitment, “Sim Chang-min was disappointed in his performance this year, but he is still a good player. Through the trade, we wanted to give him a chance to move forward in a new environment. We did not just pick Shim Chang-min on the spot, but we formed a consensus that bullpen needs to be strengthened,” but Shim failed to make a comeback in the end.
On the fielder’s side, Hyung-jun’s departure is noticeable. Yun Hyung-jun, a right-handed high school infielder, graduated from Jinheung High School and joined NC in the fourth round of the 2013 rookie draft. He failed to make the first team stage at NC, and after the end of the 2015 season, he moved to the LG Twins in the second draft. And with the trade between NC and LG in November 2020, Yun Hyung-jun will wear his old team uniform again. 토토사이트
After moving to NC Dinos, Yoon had quite a chance to play in the first division from 2021 to last year. He had a batting average of 0.253 (91 hits in 359 times at bat), 11 homers and 42 RBIs in 168 games. He did not play in any games in the first division this year, and has come to pack up as he is.