Who will wear Samsung’s uniform.
The 2025 KBO Rookie Draft will be held at Lotte Hotel World Crystal Ballroom in Seoul on the 11th. It is a full-scale draft method, and a total of 1,197 people will participate, including 840 high school graduates, 286 college graduates, 56 early draft applicants, and 15 other players, including overseas flax and professional graduates.
It will be held in the order of Kiwoom Heroes, Hanwha Eagles, Samsung Lions, Lotte Giants, KIA Tigers, Doosan Bears, NC Dinos, SSG Landers, KT Wiz, LG Twins, which are in the reverse order of the 2023 club rankings.
Kiwoom, which received the nomination right through the previous trade under the agreement that allowed the club to exchange the nomination right with the player next year, will exercise the first and third round nominations that NC had and the third round nominations that SSG had, while LG will exercise the fifth round nominations that Lotte had.
As a result, if all clubs exercise all nomination rights, Kiwoom will appoint 14 players, LG 12 players, SSG and Lotte 10 players, NC 9 players, and other clubs 11 players, a total of 110 players will wear KBO League team uniforms.
The first candidates for Glory are Deoksu High School left-hander Chung Hyeon-woo and Jeon high school right-hander Chung Woo-joo. Everyone is curious which player’s name will be called as the third choice if the two players are named as the first and second choices. Samsung has the third choice.
Candidates include Bae Chan-seung, a left-hander at Daegu High School, and Kim Tae-hyun, a left-hander at Gwangju Jeil High School. Bae Chan-seung’s strength is fastballs with speeds of nearly 150 kilometers. He recorded two wins and two losses with an ERA of 3.44 in 11 games and 34 innings this year. At the Asian Youth Championship Super Round match against Japan held in Taipei, Taiwan on July 7, he started the game and showed off his presence by allowing two hits, one walk, five strikeouts and no runs in three innings. From Daegu Local Boy, Kim has stable ball control. This year, he recorded six wins and two losses with an ERA of 1.47 in 17 games and 54.2 innings. He is the only high school player to participate in the 5th World Baseball Championship. 스포츠토토
An official familiar with Samsung’s situation hinted, “I think I will nominate either Kim Tae-hyun or Bae Chan-seung.”
Samsung has many resources for right-handed pitchers. Starting with ace Won Tae-in, young players including Lee Ho-sung and Yuk Sun-yeop are waiting for their growth. On the other hand, Lee Seung-hyun is the best left-handed pitcher, but we should think about his back. It is regrettable that Choi is not rising as much as expected. Therefore, there is a high possibility that he will start as a left-handed pitcher.
Of course, in addition to Bae Chan-seung and Kim Tae-hyun, Deoksu High School right-hander Kim Tae-hyung, Deoksu High School infielder Park Joon-soon and Gangneung High School catcher Lee Yul-ye are also among the candidates. Park Joon-soon, who mainly sees second basemen and shortstop, hit 0.442 (50 hits in 113 times at bat) with five homers, 22 steals and 33 RBIs during his third year, while Lee Yul-ye also hit 0.391 (27 hits in 69 times at bat) with two homers and 16 RBIs.
Who will wear Samsung’s uniform as the third priority? Depending on whose name Samsung calls as the third priority, Lotte and KIA tables may become busy as well.
