How can this be a 154km prospect with elbow injury → Midway back home...I didn't finish ABL

Jan 07, 2025

A picture of Shin Young-woo (second from left) playing in the ABL league for the Perth Heat.

Shin Young-woo.Sports Chosun DB

An unexpected injury occurred. Shin Young-woo, a big prospect of the NC Dinos, will eventually return home without completing the race.

The NC club complained of minor discomfort in his right elbow after Shin Young-woo, who plays for the ABL (Australian professional baseball) Perth Heat, started against the Melbourne ace on the 4th. It is currently possible to pitch through rest and management, but it was concluded that it would be better to return to Korea, receive an accurate hospital diagnosis, and take care of it than to forcefully pitch. Shin Young-woo will prepare for the second Taiwan camp,' he said in a statement. Shin Young-woo will return home via Incheon International Airport on the 8th and then set a date for a hospital examination.

Shin Young-woo, who throws up to 154 kilometers, is one of NC's most anticipated promising pitchers. He was considered a big-time pitcher in high school as an ace at Gyeongnam High School, and was selected as NC's fourth overall pick in the first round of the 2023 rookie draft. In the same year, Shin Young-woo was ranked second after Shim Joon-seok, Kim Seo-hyun, and Yoon Young-chul, who were called the `biggest fish.' It is a fireballer that can spray up to 154 kilometers or more, but due to control anxiety, it was evaluated as an unfinished atmosphere.

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However, it was Shin Young-woo who received the best spotlight in the offseason after the end of last season. He played outstandingly in the warm-up match against the Softbank Hawks and the KBO promising league Fall League, and continued to pitch well even after entering the Australian League. In addition to Shin Young-woo, NC dispatched a total of four pitchers to the ABL Perth hit, including Won Jong-won and Seo Ui-tae and Park Ji-han. Shin Young-woo took the mound as a starting pitcher in seven games before the injury, recording 23 hits (two home runs), 41 strikeouts, 20 walks and 14 runs (12 earned runs) with an ERA of 3.45 in 31 ⅓ innings, and showed good performance with WHIP (on-base allowance per inning) of 1.37.

Shin Young-woo, who was cruising, was planning to finish Perth's season schedule as originally planned. With NC teammates, if Perth made it to the postseason, the schedule could continue until early February. Unfortunately, however, he returned home halfway.

First of all, there is no significant obstacle to the plan for the spring camp of his team NC. Initially, Shin Young-woo was not included in the list of the first camp in Tucson, Arizona. He could take the mound in Australia until early February, so when he returned home after completing his ABL schedule, he was going to play the first camp in Changwon, take personal training and rest, and join the second Taiwanese camp focused on practice. As the elbow pain is mild, if there is no major problem, there will be no problem in preparing for the second Taiwan camp.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.