Chung heard about the trade on Tuesday. After joining the Doosan Bears in the second round (20th overall) of the rookie draft in 2018, Chung made his debut in the first division in 2022 after finishing his military service. He recorded 23 holds and became the Rookie of the Year. The 23 holds is the new record for the most holds in a season since his debut.
He has the guts to boldly put a fastball over 150km into the strike zone, making him a must-winner and finisher for short breath, and finished the season with a 3.96 ERA with 13 saves and 11 holds last year.온라인바카라
He proved his value for the second consecutive year, but has slowed down a bit this season. He had a sluggish year with 2-1 with six saves and a 6.40 ERA in 36 games.
Lotte offered a trade to Doosan, which lacked a base of fielders, saying it wanted Jeong Cheol-won, and it failed during the season, but it was finally completed after the end of the season. Doosan sent Jung Chul-won and infielder Jeon Min-jae, and received outfielder Kim Min-seok and Choo Jae-hyun pitcher Choi Woo-in from Lotte.
Soon after the announcement of the trade, Chung contacted Lotte's Ko Seung-min. He brought up his number. He wore No. 65 with Doosan. Currently, Ko Seung-min wears it with Lotte. Jung Cheol-won told Ko that he wanted to wear his number, which he gladly offered to do.
There was a reason why Chung showed special affection for No. 65. "It was my uniform number when I received the Rookie of the Year award," Chung said. "I made a promise to Doosan fans that I would not change my uniform number when I received the Rookie of the Year award. Although the teams are different, I wanted to keep that promise. Doosan fans can recall their memories with No. 65 when they see me, so I wanted to use that number."
Chung Cheol-won said he would give up his number and wanted to give a present to Han Seung-min. In 2022, Choo Shin-soo (SSG) gave a watch worth 20 million won (17,800 U.S. dollars) when he got a number from Lee Tae-yang, who was wearing No. 17 when he returned to SSG Landers after finishing his Major League career. In addition, Shohei Ohtani (LA Dodgers) presented a "supercar" to Joe Kelly, who gave up his number 17 when he transferred to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Jeong Cheol-won said, "It's not that bad, but he said he wanted to give a present. But (the late) Seung-min asked me to buy him a nice meal," adding, "Thanks to this, I can keep my promise with my fans, so I'm going to repay him properly."
Jung Cheol-won said, "Thank you for the support of the fans in Doosan. I'm sorry that I can't be with you anymore, but I'll do my best at Lotte."