"I haven't made up my mind yet." Bae Chan-seung's rapid rise, and the top-ranked team fluctuating in Samsung's selection...Lotte → KIA Domino's Inevitable
Sep 10, 2024
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This is what Lee Jong-yeol, the head of the Samsung Lions, said in a local interview after visiting Taiwan to see the youth team.
As such, there are many good players in the 2025 KBO Rookie Draft, which will be held on the 11th. There's only one choice. That's how hard it is. Lions with the third pick. Until the last minute, he has been struggling with his troubles.
General manager Lee Jong-yeol said on the 9th, `We have yet to make a final decision. Internal opinions are also divided, he said. Then "We are paying attention to pitchers who can throw fast balls and breaking balls."We will rule out the region of Yeongo and judge it only by ability" he explained.
Except for Deoksu High School left-hander Jung Hyun-woo and Jeon High School right-hander Jung Woo-joo, who are certain to be ranked first and second, Samsung is virtually the first-choice team. That's why lower-order clubs are very interested in Samsung's pick.
Right now, the fourth-ranked Lotte Giants are likely to shoot one of the pitchers Samsung does not shoot.
Samsung has three major choices.
They are Daegu High School left-hander Bae Chan-seung, Gwangju Il High School left-hander Kim Tae-hyun, and Deoksu High School right-hander Kim Tae-hyung.
Although he wants to complete the generational change by picking the first outfielder in the field draft, second baseman Park Joon-soon, it is a reasonable choice to select a pitcher who can be used in the bullpen right away due to the reality of WIN NOW, which is competing for the championship this season.
Bae Chan-seung, who has been attracting attention as the best left-hander since his second year, was sluggish in the early third year due to his slight shaky balance. The turn was also pushed back.
However, it has recently recovered its fast ball position in the 150km range and is attracting attention as a top ranker. In particular, the stock price was raised with a fastball over 150km and a large slider. It is reminiscent of the situation in which Kim Taek-yeon drew attention last year for her stellar pitching in international competitions just before the draft.
Another factor is that it is supported by Samsung fans for its merit as a left-handed pitcher in the relational area throwing a 150-kilometer fastball. It is not a big physical condition of 1m82 and 80kg, but it is not expected to be a big problem because it is a sturdy and hard type of physique.
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He is a stable pitcher with impeccable 150km of fastballs, stable ball control, game operation, and completeness of outer sliders and curve breaking balls from 1m86 and 91kg of sluggish bodies. It is a resource that can be fostered as a large starting pitcher.
With Bae Chan-seung's rapid rise, the fourth-ranked Lotte and the fifth-ranked KIA Tigers have also become busy.
For Lotte, one of the left-handers, such as Bae Chan-seung and Kim Tae-hyun, who is hard to ignore, is expected to think about Kim Tae-hyung and the left-hander.
KIA, which prefers left-handers, is expected to enter into a complicated calculation over whether it is Kim Tae-hyung or another left-hander if Bae Chan-seung and Kim Tae-hyun are all out of the front rankings.
hschung@sportschosun.com
