Bae Chan-seung's opening entry? We want more than that, shall we get the Super Rookie key

Mar 08, 2025

Bae Chan-seung's opening entry? We want more than that, shall we get the Super Rookie key
Samsung's Bae Chan-seung is pitching hard in a practice game between KIA and Samsung at Onnason Akama Stadium in Okinawa, Japan on the 2nd. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com ./2025.03.02/



Bae Chan-seung's opening entry? We want more than that, shall we get the Super Rookie key
The Samsung Lions team left for Guam, where spring camp was set up, through Incheon International Airport on the morning of the 22nd. Rookie Bae Chan-seung is waiting for the departure process. Incheon Airport = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.1.22/
"We're looking beyond that."

As soon as he joined the team, he attracted attention. Bae Chan-seung of the Samsung Lions' 'Super Rookie' is in a situation where he can look beyond the opening entry and beyond.

Bae Chan-seung, a left-hander from Daegu High School, is the third-ranked player in the first round of the 2025 rookie draft by Samsung. He is now a 19-year-old young pitcher who just graduated from high school, but has already been evaluated as a 'completed pitcher' since high school. He is a left-hander who throws fastballs over 150 kilometers away and can quench Samsung's thirst with his left hand.




Bae Chan-seung, who showed a threatening fastball from the bullpen pitching in the closing camp last year, was quickly likely to use the first team, and the spring camp from Guam to Okinawa was also completed without difficulty. Bae Chan-seung shot a maximum speed of 152 km at the end of the Okinawa practice race.

Bae Chan-seung's opening entry? We want more than that, shall we get the Super Rookie key
In a practice game between LG and Samsung held at Akama Stadium in Okinawa, Japan on the 1st, Samsung manager Park Jin-man meets with reporters for an interview. Okinawa (Japan) = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2025.03.01/
Samsung manager Park Jin-man, who met with reporters ahead of the opening of the exhibition game on the 8th, said "He has been managing the number of pitches and the timing of the practice game since the middle and second half of the camp. All the rookies seem to need management at the beginning."

As for Bae Chan-seung's possibility of entering the opening entry, "We have no left-handed fireballer. In that sense, it's not the opening entry, and we're looking beyond that," he said positively. "We'll watch this exhibition game." he forewarned.




In addition to Bae Chan-seung, rookie players designated for the first round already stand out from the camp, including Kiwoom Heroes Chung Hyun-woo, Hanwha Eagles Jung Woo-joo, and LG Twins Kim Young-woo. Among them, the final winner is the player who performs well in the first team until the end. The debut season of `Super Rookie' has already begun.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.