There are 10 rookies in Samsung and Hanwha training... "This year will be different from last year."

[Anchor]
The overseas training season for professional baseball clubs is back.

First, the Samsung and Hanwha teams left for Guam and Australia, including a large number of rookie players on the field training list.

I'm reporter Yang Si-chang.

[Reporter]
In the early hours of the morning, Samsung players appear at the airport in neat suits.

On my way to Guam for off-season training ahead of the opening of the season.

I realize that a new season has begun by taking pictures and signing autographs with the fans who came out to cheer.

[Kim Young-woong / Samsung infielder: It's an off-season training starting from a different starting line from last year, so I want to do another year without getting hurt.]

Samsung broke the club's formula of "Newcomers are 2nd-tier off-season training" and included 4 rookies in the 1st-tier off-season training for the first time in a long time.

This is a different part of the expectation than previous years.

[BAE CHAN SEUNG / Samsung Pitcher: I'll show you my strengths and everything I can and reveal who I am]

As he kneeled on the threshold of winning last season, the performance of the new players is important this season.

[Choi Won-tae / Samsung Pitcher: Since the ballpark is small, the ABS has been lowered, so I think we need to practice throwing the ball low a lot]

Around the same time, Hanwha's team also boarded a flight to Australia.

As baseball failed in the fall last year, expectations for this off-season training are inevitably high because of the massive reinforcement of off-season players.

[Um Sang-baek / Hanwha Pitcher: My goal is to play full-time for a year without getting sick. I think my first goal is to relieve bullpen pitchers' overload.]

Hanwha also registered six new players for its first-team training, signaling an infinite competition.

[Jung Woo-joo / Hanwha pitcher: I think he needs me to show the spirit of the youngest in this camp]

Samsung and Hanwha will hold the first training camp in Guam and Melbourne, respectively, and then the second training camp in Okinawa, Japan, from the end of next month.

It's YTN Yang Si-chang.



Photographer: Kwak Young-ju