Ahn Woo -jin, the shoulder injury of bad luck… It takes 1 year to rehabilitation after surgery
Kiwoom Heroes Ace Ahn Woo -jin (26) is back to the operating table with an unfortunate injury. This time it is a shoulder.
In a press release on the 5th, the Heroes team announced in a press release on May 5 that “Woojin received three precise checkups from the 2nd to the 5th of the injured shoulders, and the ligament damage of the right shoulder shoulder clavicle joint was confirmed. The club added, “The rehabilitation period is expected for about one year after surgery,” he added.
Ahn Woo -jin, who is regarded as the best ace in Korea, received an elbow ligament joint surgery (Tommy John Surgeon) at the end of 2023 and was enlisted as a social worker. On the 17th of next month, he participated in his own Cheongbaekjeon on the 2nd, when he was resting before the discharge, and was injured during the rest of the training after the game, not during the game.
An official of Heroes said in a call with the Hankyoreh on the day, “The rest of the training was scheduled after the game, but it was a hot weather, so I decided to do the team. I belonged to the team. Ahn Woo -jin was a break, so he asked for the remaining training, but he participated in the recommendation of Part Coach. As Ahn Woo -jin suffered an injuries of one year of rehabilitation, the part coach expressed his intention to resign to the club. Kiwoom said, “The additional Fungo training was not intense and it was not in a coercive atmosphere, but the club is accepted as a serious issue caused by the neglect of the team’s safety management.”
Following the elbow, the red light turned on in the future of An Woojin. Ahn Woo -jin was also aiming to enter the major leagues, but he will be able to challenge the post after the 2028 season. Ahn Woo -jin had a record of 43 wins, 35 losses, 2 saves, 14 holds, and an average ERA of 3.21. In 2022, he was ranked first in the average ERA (2.11) and strikeouts (224). In 2023, it was also second in the average ERA and strikeout.
By Kim Yang -hee, reporter whizzer4@hani.co.kr
