`He is tall and talented.' Scouts answered, "198 cm throwing 150 km. Why was he turned away
Sep 12, 2024
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Yang Jae-yi's name was not finally called in the 2025 KBO League Rookie Draft held on the 11th. Yang Jai, the nephew of current Hyundai Mobis coach Yang Dong-geun, was in the spotlight with his enormous physicality at the KBO rookie tryout held on August 19.
Coach Yang Dong-geun's sister is Yang Jae-yi's mother. Coach Yang's older sister married an American husband while studying in the U.S. and is a son born to him.
Yang Jae-yi is a pitcher who sprays fastballs up to 150 kilometers tall at 1m98 and made his debut in front of scouts at the tryout site. Although it stands out only by its appearance and physique because it is mixed race, the fact that it throws fast balls despite not taking the baseball elite course appealed to scouts from 10 clubs.
Yang Jae-yi, who was studying club baseball in the United States, visited her mother's country, Korea, to challenge herself as a professional baseball player, and prepared for a tryout by playing for Hwaseong Coreyo, an independent club.
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His physicality was so good that he received a lot of attention through the media to see how likely Yang Jae-yi would be to join the professional league, but he was not named in the rookie draft, which was selected by a total of 110 people. Scouts of each club evaluated it as a gemstone that has yet to be refined, although it has acknowledged its natural physique, potential and talent.
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Yang Jie is also good to be in the second division if he joins the professional league. You can learn a lot there. I feel like I haven't used my strength properly yet. I want to learn professionally. The same goes for the military. He expressed his ambition, "If I could play baseball in Korea, of course I would join the military." However, he still needs more time to train.
The scout for club B is also "He is tall and in good physical condition. I have talent. But I'm still feeling a lot less. I still see some parts that need to be refined in order to go to the professional," he advised.
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