The Washington Justice took to Twitter to announce Chung-hee “Stitch” Lee would be joining the team on a long-term contract. This news comes after the Justice recently announced Stitch’s Vancouver Titans teammate Hyeon-Woo “JJANU” Choi also signed with Washington on a long-term contract. Both players were picked up by Washington a few weeks back on temporary 14-day contracts as sort of a “trial period” with the team.
Stitch, like the rest of the former Vancouver squad, was released from the Titans following a falling out between the team and management despite finishing second in the 2019 season and looking strong at the very beginning of the season. Unfortunately, the talented group of players were scattered about free agency hoping to find new teams to join. Stitch is a hitscan player with a lot of potential but was often overshadowed by some of the more larger-than-life superstars and personalities while playing for Vancouver. Him getting picked up by a Justice team looking to rebuild seems like a great move for all involved.
It’s nice to see Stitch will be sticking by JJANU’s side in Washington as the former Titans were also part of the historic RunAway team in Korea for their professional careers before the whole squad was brought over to Vancouver as a 2019 expansion team. There is a familiarity between them that should eventually help out a depleted Justice roster who also seems to be building towards a predominantly Korean-speaking roster.
The Washington Justice have been disappointing for all of the 2020 season to this point and restructuring within the organization shows the willingness to try and build a good team. One of Washington’s coaches hinted at the possibility of more player news which left fans hoping to see some other RunAway favorites join Stitch and JJANU such as Sang-beom “Bumper” Park or Sang-hoon “Kaiser” Ryu in the main-tank slot. It certainly would bode well for brand popularity if the Justice built a sort of mini-RunAway squad but nothing is certain at this point.
