The team was in last place for two consecutive years. The Kiwoom Heroes, who were ranked No. 2 in the Korean Series in the 2022 season, started rebuilding as ace Ahn Woo-jin joined the military with surgery. He sent veteran Park Byung-ho to renew his commitment to raise young players.스포츠토토

As Lee Jung-hoo was injured during the season in 2023, he ranked 10th with 58 wins, 3 draws and 83 losses. He is 1.5 games shorter than the 9th-ranked Hanwha Eagles. After the season, Lee Jung-hoo announced his entry into the Major League and moved to the San Francisco Giants through posting, further weakening Kiwoom's power. In the meantime, Kiwoom tried harder to nurture future prospects.

Last year, Kiwoom was 58 wins and 86 losses. It was four games behind the ninth-ranked NC Dinos. Foreign pitchers Ariel Furado (10 wins and eight losses) and Emmanuel de Heysus (13 wins and 11 losses) led the team to grab the upper rank, which was fun to enjoy but failed to avoid ranking last.

However, the team will lose even more power next year. Furado and Heyesus, who supported Kiwoom's starting pitchers, left. Furado moved to the Samsung Lions, and Heyesus wore KT Wiz uniforms. As the pitchers with 10 wins at Kiwoom, which is weak in power, some predict that they will throw better. Kiwoom sent them away and brought in new pitchers Yasiel Puig and Ruben Cardiness to Kenny Rosenberg. They put together a foreign player, one pitcher, and two batters. Considering that Lee Jung-hoo is leaving and Kim Hye-sung is moving forward, the move is interpreted as a measure to increase promising pitchers in consideration of weakening of the team's batting lineup.

On top of that, the team sent its closing pitcher Jo Sang-woo to the Kia Tigers in a trade. The team will have two rookies in the first and fourth rounds of next year's rookie draft. Kiwoom will pick the first and 10th picks in the first round, and the first pick in the second round immediately. The team picked No. 1, No. 10 and No. 11 overall, and selected a large number of promising players.

On top of that, Kim Hye-sung left for the Major League as expected. He signed a three-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday for 12.5 million U.S. dollars and a maximum of 22 million dollars for five years.

Kiwoom almost created a new team after missing two foreign starters, finishes, and central hitters who supported the team.

Definitely, the team's strength has weakened. However, Kiwoom has always shown unexpected performance by raising promising players despite weak performance. Nexen was expected to rank third with 77 wins, one draw and 66 losses in 2016, when Park Byung-ho and Kang Jung-ho left the team, showing off their robustness.

It is also interesting to see whether the recent effect of attracting prospects can show a meaningful process this season.