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Yes, he is ranking ninth. KT Wiz coach Lee Kang-chul looked gloomy when he met him at Gocheok Sky Dome on Wednesday.

There was a moment when a smile came back to his face. This is the news of Kim Min-hyuk, who played in the Futures game.

"We have decided to check the progress after today's game. If it's okay, I'll be registered the day after tomorrow," coach Lee Kang-chul said with a big smile. He has been one of the pillars of KT's outfield with OPS (on-base plus slugging) of 0.741 last year.

Kim Min-hyuk, who had a batting average of 27 percent this year, left due to shoulder pain he felt during the match against LG in Jamsil on the 7th. It was not a major injury, but he was found to be rehabilitated for two weeks.

After spending a week working hard on rehabilitation, it was his first actual game. In a Futures League game against the Lotte Giants at Iksan Baseball Stadium, Kim started the game as the first batter, left fielder, and recorded one hit and one walk from three times at bat.

He had a hit off Lotte's Park Jun-woo in his first at-bat in the bottom of the first inning. He grounded out to the second base in the bottom of the third inning, and hit a fly ball to the left field in the bottom of the fourth inning with two outs and runners on the second and third bases. Instead, he got a walk in the bottom of the seventh inning to post multiple on-base hits, and was replaced by a pinch runner later.

KT's Ko Young-pyo has been out this season due to elbow flexor muscle injury. Pil Seung-jo's Lee Sang-dong was also out after eight weeks of rehabilitation due to a ruptured ligament. Bae Jung-dae and Kim Min-hyuk also left the team. Due to a broken columnar bone in his left foot that he was hit by a foul ball, he was found to have been out for six weeks of rehabilitation.

KT, which was considered a favorite along with the LG Twins before the season, remains ninth in the league at the beginning of the season due to the repeated power loss and the sluggishness of the mound.

This is why coach Lee Kang-chul had no choice but to laugh when Kim Min-hyuk said he would return after recovering quickly.