"I haven't made up my mind yet." Bae Chan-seung's rapid rise, and the top-ranked team fluctuating in Samsung's selection...Lotte → KIA Domino's Inevitable

Sep 10, 2024

'I haven't made up my mind yet.' Bae Chan-seung's rapid rise, and the top-ranked team fluctuating in Samsung's selection...Lotte → KIA Domino's Inevitable
The 77th Cheongryonggi National High School Baseball Championship and the weekend league King of Kings were held at Shinwol Baseball Stadium on the 12th. Daegu High School starter Bae Chan-seung is pitching vigorously in the match between Daegu High School and Hwimungo. Shinwol-dong = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2022.07.12/
'I haven't made up my mind yet.' Bae Chan-seung's rapid rise, and the top-ranked team fluctuating in Samsung's selection...Lotte → KIA Domino's Inevitable
The 77th Cheongryonggi National High School Baseball Championship and the weekend league King of Kings were held at Shinwol Baseball Stadium on the 12th. Daegu High School starter Bae Chan-seung is pitching vigorously in the match between Daegu High School and Hwimungo. Shinwol-dong = Reporter Song Jeong-heon @sportschosun.com/2022.07.12/
"I want to pick all the players here"

This is what Lee Jong-yeol, the head of the Samsung Lions, said in a local interview after visiting Taiwan to see the youth team.

As such, there are many good players in the 2025 KBO Rookie Draft, which will be held on the 11th. There's only one choice. That's how hard it is. Lions with the third pick. Until the last minute, he has been struggling with his troubles.

General manager Lee Jong-yeol said on the 9th, `We have yet to make a final decision. Internal opinions are also divided, he said. Then "We are paying attention to pitchers who can throw fast balls and breaking balls."We will rule out the region of Yeongo and judge it only by ability" he explained.

Except for Deoksu High School left-hander Jung Hyun-woo and Jeon High School right-hander Jung Woo-joo, who are certain to be ranked first and second, Samsung is virtually the first-choice team. That's why lower-order clubs are very interested in Samsung's pick.

Right now, the fourth-ranked Lotte Giants are likely to shoot one of the pitchers Samsung does not shoot.

Samsung has three major choices.

They are Daegu High School left-hander Bae Chan-seung, Gwangju Il High School left-hander Kim Tae-hyun, and Deoksu High School right-hander Kim Tae-hyung.

Although he wants to complete the generational change by picking the first outfielder in the field draft, second baseman Park Joon-soon, it is a reasonable choice to select a pitcher who can be used in the bullpen right away due to the reality of WIN NOW, which is competing for the championship this season.

Bae Chan-seung, who has been attracting attention as the best left-hander since his second year, was sluggish in the early third year due to his slight shaky balance. The turn was also pushed back.

However, it has recently recovered its fast ball position in the 150km range and is attracting attention as a top ranker. In particular, the stock price was raised with a fastball over 150km and a large slider. It is reminiscent of the situation in which Kim Taek-yeon drew attention last year for her stellar pitching in international competitions just before the draft.

Another factor is that it is supported by Samsung fans for its merit as a left-handed pitcher in the relational area throwing a 150-kilometer fastball. It is not a big physical condition of 1m82 and 80kg, but it is not expected to be a big problem because it is a sturdy and hard type of physique.

'I haven't made up my mind yet.' Bae Chan-seung's rapid rise, and the top-ranked team fluctuating in Samsung's selection...Lotte → KIA Domino's Inevitable
The match between Ansan Industrial High School and Gwangju Jeil High School in the round of 16 at the 79th Blue Dragon Open National High School Championship was held at Mokdong Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 11th. Kim Tae-hyun of Gwangju Il High School is pitching hard. Mokdong = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com/2024.07.11/
'I haven't made up my mind yet.' Bae Chan-seung's rapid rise, and the top-ranked team fluctuating in Samsung's selection...Lotte → KIA Domino's Inevitable
The 79th Blue Dragon Open National High School Baseball Championship and the weekend league king match against Gwangju Il High School in the semifinals of the king's match against Masan Yongmago at Mokdong Stadium on the 14th. Kim Tae-hyun of Gwangju Il High School is pitching. Mokdong = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2024.07.14/
However, the pitcher who gives Samsung until the last minute is Kim Tae-hyun, a left-hander with as much potential as Bae Chan-seung. The maximum speed is only 147 kilometers, but the speed is not all. A mechanism using a flexible body of 1m85 and 87kg and a wrist is good. The fast ball emitted from the high RBI has good rotational speed, vertical movement, and de-ception (hidden motion), so the speed of feeling is felt faster. Combined with the pitch-value splitter, it has a high strikeout rate of 88 strikeouts in 54 ⅔ innings. A player reminiscent of Koo Chang-mo of the NC Dinos. The ball control is also stable, so it is a resource that can be used as a middleman right away when joining the professional league and then converted to a starter.

'I haven't made up my mind yet.' Bae Chan-seung's rapid rise, and the top-ranked team fluctuating in Samsung's selection...Lotte → KIA Domino's Inevitable
The 79th Cheongryonggi National High School Baseball Championship Gwangju Jeil High School and Deoksu High School were held at Mokdong Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 13th. Deoksu High School Kim Tae-hyung is struggling. Mokdong = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com/2024.07.13/
'I haven't made up my mind yet.' Bae Chan-seung's rapid rise, and the top-ranked team fluctuating in Samsung's selection...Lotte → KIA Domino's Inevitable
The 79th Cheongryonggi National High School Baseball Championship Gwangju Jeil High School and Deoksu High School were held at Mokdong Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 13th. Deoksu High School Kim Tae-hyung is struggling. Mokdong = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com/2024.07.13/
Right-hander Kim Tae-hyung is also a pitcher to miss.

He is a stable pitcher with impeccable 150km of fastballs, stable ball control, game operation, and completeness of outer sliders and curve breaking balls from 1m86 and 91kg of sluggish bodies. It is a resource that can be fostered as a large starting pitcher.

With Bae Chan-seung's rapid rise, the fourth-ranked Lotte and the fifth-ranked KIA Tigers have also become busy.

For Lotte, one of the left-handers, such as Bae Chan-seung and Kim Tae-hyun, who is hard to ignore, is expected to think about Kim Tae-hyung and the left-hander.

KIA, which prefers left-handers, is expected to enter into a complicated calculation over whether it is Kim Tae-hyung or another left-hander if Bae Chan-seung and Kim Tae-hyun are all out of the front rankings.





hschung@sportschosun.com