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As the NC Dinos received Kim Hui-jip from the Kiwoom Heroes, it failed to secure the first round of the 2025 Rookie Draft. Instead, it has to nurture the first-rounders well in 2023 and 2024. The key to this is when the two right-handed fireballers, Shin Young-woo (20) and Kim Hui-gun (19), will burst their potential. This is a very important factor for NC, which has not strong native starting pitchers. 토토사이트
In particular, Shin Young-woo appeared on JTBC’s entertainment program Strongest Baseball as the ace of Gyeongnam High School in 2022, surprising the Monster’s batting line led by Doosan Bears coach Lee Seung-yeop. Basically, he has a four core that easily shoots 150 kilometers, and also has sliders, curves, and folk balls.
He has failed to display potential over the past two years. He had one loss and an earned run average of 10.61 in four games for the first team this year. The former coach said about a year ago, “The best thing to do is to motivate Shin by using him in the first team when the starting lineup sometimes gets loopholes, and to nurture him steadily in the second team and promise his future.”
However, he is apparently struggling in the Futures League as well. The problem is clear: three wins and seven losses and an earned run average of 6.14 in 17 games in the 2023 season, and one win and three losses and an earned run average of 4.84 in 14 games in this season. He has control and command. He played 114 ⅓ innings in total in the Futures League, but gave up a whopping 148 pitches. He only had 77 hits. Free on-base hits have plagued Shin for the past two years.
In this regard, the Futures League home game against the Lotte Giants held at the Masan Baseball Stadium in Changwon on Friday was encouraging. He pitched four innings, allowing three hits, six strikeouts and one walk. Six strikeouts and no run are also meaningful. However, it is all the more encouraging that he allowed only one walk.
He only walked Kim Dong-hyuk with two outs and a runner on the second inning. The damage was not significant as the first base was empty. In addition, he settled the inning by striking out his follow-up Seo Dong-wook. It was a so-called understandable walk. If this season ends as it is, it can be a good finish. However, the NC C team will have an exchange game with Softbank in Japan from July 7 to 11.
In fact, the four-and-out ball problem improved significantly in September. He had eight hits during five ⅔ innings, including two relief appearances in three games, but managed to keep the score at seven. This compares with 16 walks he gave during 11 ⅓ innings in three games in July.
When will Shin Young-woo come to the first team and occupy a position with weight? We still have time. A rookie in the first round does not mean that he will burst into the first team immediately. We need to take enough time to watch. I also wonder how the new coach will view Shin.
