NC Dinos Ahn Jung-yeol (28) has been removed from the first team roster.

The KBO announced its first-team roster on Monday. Five players were removed from the first team roster, including NC catcher Ahn Jung-yeol.

In 66 games this season, Ahn is 2-for-26 (126 RBI) with four home runs, 15 RBI and a .633 OPS. In August, he was 2-for-7 with two home runs and four RBIs in 16 games (10-for-36). NC called up catcher Hyung-Jun Kim to the active roster on Aug. 23. After keeping three catchers on the first team roster, Ahn Jung-yeol was eventually removed from the first team roster.스포츠토토

Samsung designated catcher Kim Jae-sung and pitcher Lee Sang-min for assignment. Kim is batting .615 with two doubles (16 in 80 at-bats), one home run, six RBIs and an OPS of .615 in 43 games this season. Lee Sang-min has struggled in 22 games (17 1/3 innings) with a 2-1 record and an 8.83 ERA.

At SSG, Jun-woo Choi was sent down to the second team. In 35 games this season, Choi is batting 2-for-7 with 15 RBIs (55 at-bats) and a .650 OPS. In his last 10 games, he has gone 0-for-6.

KT has designated outfielder Byung-jun Kim for assignment. Kim was called up to the first team on April 19 and went 0-for-2 in three games. He was sent back down to the second team after nine days on the first team.