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Two Korean pitchers withdraw from APBC with elbow injuries
Doosan’s Choi Min-seok and NC’s Shin Young-woo will miss the APBC after right elbow injuries ruled them out of South Korea’s squad.
The Asia Professional Baseball Championship takes place in Tokyo from November 12 to 15, with South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Australia competing.
Choi had been a leading candidate to start for South Korea after a strong season and helped the country win gold at the Asian Games in September.
Shin was set for his first senior national-team appearance.
South Korea named 33 players but can take only 28, and the team had already expected to cut players from its pitching group.
Manager Choi Won-ho said one more player will be dropped, with a final decision due by November 11 after checking the condition of KIA players joining the team.
Players left off the roster will still travel with the team and observe during the tournament.
Right-handed pitchers Choi Min-seok of the Doosan Bears and Shin Young-woo of the NC Dinos will miss the 2026 Asia Professional Baseball Championship because of right elbow injuries.
The Korea Baseball Organization’s Power Enhancement Committee confirmed their withdrawals on November 2.
Choi had been considered a candidate to start Korea’s opening game after a strong season and a successful Asian Games.
The national team will decide its final roster by November 11.
The tournament is scheduled to take place at Tokyo Dome from November 12 to 15, with teams from Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Australia.
- Who
- Doosan Bears pitcher Choi Min-seok and NC Dinos pitcher Shin Young-woo.
- What
- Both withdrew from the 2026 Asia Professional Baseball Championship because of right elbow injuries.
- When
- The KBO confirmed their withdrawals on November 2, 2026.
- Where
- The tournament will be held at Tokyo Dome in Japan.
- Why
- Both sustained right elbow injuries.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The KBO confirmed that Choi Min-seok and Shin Young-woo would miss the tournament because of right elbow injuries.
Korea began its training camp at Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon.
Korea is scheduled to finish domestic training and practice games.
Korea is scheduled to travel to Japan.
The team is due to submit its final roster.
The tournament is scheduled to take place at Tokyo Dome.
- Withdrawn players
- Choi Min-seok and Shin Young-woo
- Injury
- Right elbow
- Initial roster
- 33 players announced on October 13
- Tournament roster
- 28 players, according to Yonhap
- Tournament dates
- November 12–15, 2026
- Venue
- Tokyo Dome, Japan
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What people are saying
We have already selected five more pitchers. So we have to cut three anyway, and with Samsung advancing to the Korean Series, Jang Chan-hee and Bae Chan-seung will also be out. So we only need to exclude one more player without additional selections.
We decided that even the players who do not make the roster will go along, watch the games and experience life with the national team.