Baseball's Samsung part ways with outfielder Kim Dong-yup and Futures coach Lee Byung-gyu

Baseball's Samsung part ways with outfielder Kim Dong-yup and Futures coach Lee Byung-gyu

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After finishing the 2024 regular season in second place and losing the Korean Series championship to the Kia Tigers, the Samsung Lions have overhauled their roster.

The organization announced a list of non-renewal notices on Monday.

Five members of the coaching staff, including first-team hitting coach Yoshiie Tachibana, Futures (second-team) manager Lee Byung-kyu, Futures battery coach Lee Jung-sik, developmental team hitting coach Kang Bong-kyu, and rehabilitation team coach Kwon Oh-joon, were not re-signed.

Tachibana will move to the Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Pitchers Kim Tae-woo, Jang Pil-joon, Hong Jung-woo, and Kim Si-hyun, infielder Kim Dong-jin, and outfielders Lee Jae-ho and Kim Dong-yup were included in the release list.

One name that stands out is Kim Dong-yup.

Kim graduated from Cheonan Bukil High School in 2009 and signed with the Chicago Cubs.

However, 메이저사이트 he was released in June 2013 after failing to make it to the major leagues, and was selected by the SK Wyverns in the ninth round (86th overall) of the 2016 KBO First-Year Player Draft.

Kim was acquired by Samsung in a trade in December 2018 and was touted as a right-handed slugger and seemed to rebound in 2020, hitting 20 home runs.

However, his playing time dwindled in 2021 and he played just eight games for the first team this year.

Kim's career numbers for the first team are .268 with 92 home runs and 316 RBIs in 657 games.

Pitcher Jang Pil-joon, another “overseas product,” was also released after appearing in just one game this year.

Jang played exclusively for Samsung in the KBO, compiling a 17-29 record, 42 saves, 47 holds, and a 5.29 ERA in 345 games over 10 seasons.

Lee Byung-kyu began the season as the first team head coach of the Futures, a position he held last year, but was moved to the Futures in July and left the organization after the season.