Yoo Kang-nam hits a single during the first inning of the Lotte offense in the third inning of the baseball game between the Doosan Bears and the Lotte Giants of the '2023 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League' at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on July 25.
Lotte Giants catcher Yoo Kang-nam has been removed from the first team roster due to injury.
Lotte made changes to its roster ahead of its game against the KIA Tigers at Kia Champions Field in Gwangju on July 29.
According to the team, Yoo Kang-nam has been removed from the first team for the first time this season due to injury.
Yoo, who joined Lotte as a free agent ahead of the season, suffered a torn left adductor muscle while swinging in the previous game against KIA.
This left him unable to play and eventually dropped from the first team. "Yoo's return is expected to take two to three weeks," a Lotte official said.
In his place, Lotte called up Information Geun.
In addition, KIA demoted infielder Byun Woo-hyuk, who has symptoms of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), to the second team and registered Yoon Young-cheol, who is scheduled to start the day.
SSG Landers also promoted starter Park Jong-hoon and demoted catcher Jeon Jeon-won.
The Samsung Lions sent reliever Choi Ji-kwang to the second team and registered right-hander Lee Seung-hyun.
The NC Dinos included Jung Goo-beom in the first team roster in place of pitcher Chae Ji-seon.
The Kiwoom Heroes, who previously sent Choi Won-tae to the LG Twins in a trade, called up pitchers Oh Sang-won and Joo Seung-woo, as well as newly acquired infielder Lee Ju-hyung. In return, they designated pitcher Kim Jae-woong and infielder Kim Byung-hwi for assignment.
The Doosan Bears called up pitcher Lee Hyung-beom and outfielder Yang Chan-yeol, and designated pitcher Kim Jung-woo and outfielder Hong Seong-ho for assignment.