`He is tall and talented.' Scouts answered, "198 cm throwing 150 km. Why was he turned away

Sep 12, 2024

He is tall and talented.' Scouts answered, '198 cm throwing 150 km. Why was he turned away
Jay Yang participating in the KBO tryout. Icheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.08.19/
He's 1m tall. Why didn't Yang Jie, who throws up to 150 kilometers, get chosen by professional teams.

Yang Jae-yi's name was not finally called in the 2025 KBO League Rookie Draft held on the 11th. Yang Jai, the nephew of current Hyundai Mobis coach Yang Dong-geun, was in the spotlight with his enormous physicality at the KBO rookie tryout held on August 19.

Coach Yang Dong-geun's sister is Yang Jae-yi's mother. Coach Yang's older sister married an American husband while studying in the U.S. and is a son born to him.

Yang Jae-yi is a pitcher who sprays fastballs up to 150 kilometers tall at 1m98 and made his debut in front of scouts at the tryout site. Although it stands out only by its appearance and physique because it is mixed race, the fact that it throws fast balls despite not taking the baseball elite course appealed to scouts from 10 clubs.

Yang Jae-yi, who was studying club baseball in the United States, visited her mother's country, Korea, to challenge herself as a professional baseball player, and prepared for a tryout by playing for Hwaseong Coreyo, an independent club.

He is tall and talented.' Scouts answered, '198 cm throwing 150 km. Why was he turned away
2025 KBO rookie draft tryout was held at LG Champions Park in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do on the 19th. Yang Jie is being tested as a pitcher. Icheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.08.19/
Yang Jae-yi threw a total of 30 pitches at the tryout site, and his maximum fastball speed was 147km. The weather was so hot due to the heat wave, and it was expected that the unfamiliar environment would have affected it. At the scene, the father and mother of Yang Dong-geun, Yang Jae-yi's maternal grandparents, watched their grandson's tryout.

His physicality was so good that he received a lot of attention through the media to see how likely Yang Jae-yi would be to join the professional league, but he was not named in the rookie draft, which was selected by a total of 110 people. Scouts of each club evaluated it as a gemstone that has yet to be refined, although it has acknowledged its natural physique, potential and talent.

He is tall and talented.' Scouts answered, '198 cm throwing 150 km. Why was he turned away
2025 KBO rookie draft tryout was held at LG Champions Park in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do on the 19th. Pitcher Yang Jie is doing an interview. Icheon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2024.08.19/
Club A Scouts have confirmed that they throw "150km, but they are not yet able to make use of their tall height. It was a pity that it was thrown in the third quarter, not overhand. There were also factors of concern in terms of life, he said.

Yang Jie is also good to be in the second division if he joins the professional league. You can learn a lot there. I feel like I haven't used my strength properly yet. I want to learn professionally. The same goes for the military. He expressed his ambition, "If I could play baseball in Korea, of course I would join the military." However, he still needs more time to train.

The scout for club B is also "He is tall and in good physical condition. I have talent. But I'm still feeling a lot less. I still see some parts that need to be refined in order to go to the professional," he advised.





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