Hanwha Eagles shortstop Sim Woo-jun is in action against the Kiwoom Heroes during a Korea Baseball Organization regular-season game at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on May 10, 2025. (Image courtesy of the Eagles.)
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Hanwha Eagles, in first place in South Korean baseball, announced Monday they will be without their starting shortstop Sim Woo-jun for several weeks due to a leg injury.
The Eagles said Sim, who took a pitch to his left leg during Saturday’s game against the Kiwoom Heroes in Seoul, was diagnosed with a broken fibula after multiple tests done Monday.
The Eagles added Sim will be reevaluated after resting for two weeks, and said it could take up to four weeks before he can resume baseball activities.
Sim, 30, is a glove-first shortstop who signed with the Eagles as a free agent last November after spending the first nine seasons of his Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) career with the KT Wiz.
Though Sim only had a lifetime batting average of .254 with 31 home runs in 1,072 games through 2024, the Eagles still handed him a four-year deal worth 5 billion won (US$3.51 million), hoping he could be the defensive anchor that they haven’t had lately.
And Sim has mostly lived up to his billing, ranking as one of the KBO’s top defensive shortstops while hitting just .170 with five extra-base hits in 33 games.
The Eagles, in first place at 27-13-0 (wins-losses-ties), are in the midst of a 12-game winning streak, the second-longest in franchise history, behind a 14-game run from 1992.
(Yonhap)
