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The final list of 30 players for the World Baseball Classic in March has been announced.
For the first time in history, three major leaguers have been named, including Ha-seong Kim and Ji-man Choi, in addition to Tommy Edmon, the first Korean player.
This is reporter Jeon Min.
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The most prominent name in the national team roster, consisting of 15 pitchers and 15 batters, is the 'Keystone Combi', which boasts the world's best defense.
Kim Ha-seong, a finalist for this year's Gold Glove, will play second baseman, and 2021 winner Tommy Edman will play shortstop to build an iron wall defense.
Edmund wrote a new history by becoming the first non-Korean player of Korean descent to be selected for the national team.
[Lee Kang-cheol/WBC national team coach: (Edman) is a player who played abroad together with Kim Ha-sung, so I think it suits him well as a keystone combination.
We plan to use (Edman and Ha-seong Kim) as starting pitchers.]
Choi Ji-man, who underwent elbow surgery two months ago, was also named for his strong will to participate, and home run king Park Byung-ho, who is recovering quickly from his injury, will compete in the WBC for the first time in his life.
Lee Jung-hoo, the league's top star, played a central role in the outfield, and the pitching staff was selected by 11 pitchers in their 20s, including veterans Kim Gwang-hyun and Yang Hyeon-jong, Koo Chang-mo and Sohn Joon-jun, to achieve harmony between old and new.
Coach Lee Kang-cheol said that the pitching staff was formed with a focus on the first game against Australia, the biggest match for passing the first round.
[Lee Kang-cheol: I knew that Australian batters were weak against swing trajectories, big swings, and forkball types, so I picked some pitchers that fit them.]
Ahn Woo-jin, who emerged as the best pitcher in the league, was excluded due to school violence in the past.
(Video coverage: Lee Byung-ju, video editing: Nam Il, CG: Seo Dong-min)