Son Ah-seop, Left Knee Ligament Damage… NC Replaces with Captain Park Min-woo
Son Ah-seop, long-term absence inevitable due to knee injury.
Professional baseball player Son Ah-seop (36, NC Dinos) has been sidelined due to an injury that damaged the posterior cruciate ligament of his left knee.
As the injury required long-term treatment, Son Ah-seop also gave up the captain's armband. https://bit.ly/outlookindiapowerball
On the 8th, the NC Dinos excluded Son Ah-seop from the first-team roster and announced, "Son Ah-seop received a detailed examination today, and damage to the posterior cruciate ligament of his left knee was discovered.
Son Ah-seop will begin rehabilitation treatment."
Son Ah-seop currently has his left knee fixed, and plans to undergo another examination in a month.
The timing of his return can also be expected in a month.
As Son Ah-seop's long-term absence became inevitable, NC decided to replace the captain as well.
The NC club announced, "Park Min-woo will be the captain in the second half."
Son Ah-seop collapsed after colliding with Park Min-woo while playing defense in the second inning of the game against Changwon SSG Landers on the 4th, which was the last game of the first half.
He underwent a detailed examination on the 8th, a day before the start of the second half, and it was discovered that he had damaged knee ligaments.
Son Ah-seop appeared in 79 games in the first half of this year, posting a batting average of 0.291 (95 hits in 326 at-bats), 7 home runs, and 50 RBIs. https://paste.toolforge.org/view/3c146ed1
On June 20, in the game against Doosan Bears at Jamsil, he hit a left-field hit in the top of the 6th inning, and with his career total of 2,505, he surpassed KBSN Sports commentator Park Yong-taek (2,504 hits) and became the sole leader in this category.
In the second half, he tried to continue his challenge of 100 hits for the 15th consecutive season and 150 hits for the 9th consecutive season, but was caught in the trap of injury.