The 3rd place that I was more curious about than the 1st and 2nd places. Samsung's choice is Bae Chan-seung. Lotte is Kim Tae-hyun
Sep 11, 2024
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Samsung named Bae Chan-seung of Daegu High School as the third place in the first round of the 2025 Rookie Draft held at Lotte Hotel World in Seoul at 2 p.m. on the 11th.
Prior to this draft, the first and second overall rankings were virtually definitive. As Jeonju High School's Jung Woo-joo and Deoksu High School's Jung Hyun-woo were considered the top two, it was highly likely that Kiwoom Heroes and Hanwha Eagles, the second-ranked, would share the two.
Naturally, who Samsung, the third-ranked team, will choose has emerged as the biggest concern. The choice of other teams will also change depending on Samsung's choice.
So far, four candidates who were likely to be nominated as the third-ranked candidate were Gwangju Il High School pitcher Kim Tae-hyun, Daegu High School pitcher Bae Chan-seung, Deoksu High School batter Park Joon-soon and Deoksu pitcher Kim Tae-hyung. Park Joon-soon, the only fielder, was selected as the only resource that could be selected in the first round with this rookie draft 'The Beast's Largest Fish'. Park Ji-hwan, who was classified as the fielder's biggest fish in the 2024 rookie draft held last year, was selected by SSG Landers in the last order of the first round.
Among them, Samsung's eyes are reportedly narrowed to two-way race between Kim Tae-hyun and Bae Chan-seung. Gwangju Jeil High School left-hander Kim Tae-hyun is considered a pitcher with very high growth potential, and he was selected as the only high school student in the ongoing under-23 national team, starting against Taiwan and pitching one run in three ⅔ innings to announce his true value.
Daegu High School left-hander Bae Chan-seung also received high praise. However, he was considered a subordinate in the first round. However, due to his recent performance in the under-18 national team, his stock price has risen to the third place.
The Samsung club held several meetings but could not confirm it. Since Samsung uses a batter-friendly home stadium with a lot of long balls, it is taking a closer look at the completeness of the falling breaking ball and the evaluation of its potential to see how much more its current skills can be raised after joining the professional league. It was even more difficult to choose because they were both left-handed pitchers.
As expected, No. 1 Kiwoom chose Deoksu and Chung Hyeon-woo, No. 2 Hanwha chose Jeongo and Jung Woo-joo, and it was Samsung's turn to be curious about everyone.
Samsung's general manager Lee Jong-yeol called Bae Chan-seung of Daegu High School. "I saw it at the bottom at the beginning of the season, but I'm in the top right now," Lee said. "I think it's thanks to enthusiastic fans. "I chose a player who can repay the fans' support..." he said, choosing Bae Chan-seung.
"I needed a left-hander to throw fastballs during this season," Lee said. We received the highest score, and we decided that our performance in the U-18 tournament could make the Samsung Lions a stronger team."
Bae Chan-seung thanked the Samsung Lions for selecting him for the third time. I'll work harder and show you the best of meLet's ask him to tell us his role model "I like Baek Jung-hyun. I want to resemble my crisis management ability or my breaking ball completeness."
Lotte, who wanted a left-handed pitcher, then picked Kim Tae-hyun as the fourth priority, and Kia, the fifth-ranked player, chose Deoksu Kim Tae-hyung.
indyk@sportschosun.com
