When he was a high school student at Busan High School, Yoon Seong-bin (25) was considered one of the best prospects in baseball. Scouts from KBO League teams were not the only ones who nodded at fastballs despite his strong physique. Major League scouts also showed keen interest in Yoon, which led to a fierce competition among scouts.
Lotte, which embraced Yoon in the first nomination in 2017, gave him a down payment of 450 million won, showing no secret of its expectations. Majority of the respondents said that Yoon deserves such treatment. Whether he started or finished the game, many assessed that he could become a top-tier player anywhere. However, Yoon has played in only 21 matches for the first team for eight years since joining the team. 토토사이트
Basically, he was in a lot of pain. Although he was physically fit, he suffered serious and minor injuries constantly. In the meantime, his body and ball power started to melt. Yoon still played in 18 games in 2018, his second year, with two wins, five losses and an ERA of 6.39, which is his personal best season. He played only one game in 2019, one game in 2021, and one game in the first division this year as well. In the meantime, he has become a player who is moving away from fans’ eyes.
Yoon, who had difficulties including complicated military service, pitched 29 innings in 16 games in this year’s Futures League (second division). His performance was not good, with two wins, four losses and one hold and an earned run average of 9.31, but 29 innings was his highest since 2019 (41 ⅓ innings in the Futures League). For now, he is recovering gradually.
Kim Yong-hee, manager of Lotte’s second division, said about Yoon’s condition at Ulsan Munsu Baseball Stadium on the 28th, “I feel fine now.” He has been injured for a while, but he is not currently in the worst condition to be unable to play due to injuries. Asked about Yoon’s current arrest, manager Kim stressed that his talent itself is clear, saying, “150km comes out easily,” and “Even if he throws it upward, it is 150 or 150 even if he throws it sideways.” Yoon Sung-bin has been in the process of continuously changing his pitching form, and the arrest itself is competitive no matter what form and arm angle he throws.
Yoon is showing off his potential at the 2024 Ulsan KBO-Fall League, which is taking place in Ulsan and Gijang in October. He played in two games at this year’s championship, and did not score a single run during three innings. In fact, the latest polyg, which includes a large number of players who have played as backup players in the first team and need to participate in more games, is a higher level than the Futures League in the season. Against this backdrop, Yoon’s good pitching is raising expectations of his dormant fans again.
Yoon Sung-bin pitched well in the game against Goyang on the 16th, and in the game against Jiangsu, China on the 26th, he pitched 37 pitches in two innings, giving one hit, walking, and four strikeouts, helping the team’s mound.
The key is ball control. There are still some ups and downs in ball control. “I went to four field training sessions in the U.S., and every time I saw young (local) pitchers,” Kim said. When I first went to the U.S. in 1993, there were pitchers who threw 97-98 miles (156-157.7 kilometers) in the Minor League Rookie League. Then, of course, I have to go to the Major League, but there were cases where I couldn’t control the ball. That’s how important ball control is,” Kim said.
However, the fact that he is not sick deserves high expectations in that he will be able to experiment in various ways. Up until now, he was frustrated by injuries and lost what he had been doing again. Now, if he fails to achieve something rebound in his baseball career, he is in a crisis. Attention is focusing on whether he will be able to explode the ball that many fans have expected.
