Even a 19-year-old rookie who said it was still too early...Why Baseball Doesn't Become Like Life, Common Sense, Not Outcome

Apr 08, 2025

Even a 19-year-old rookie who said it was still too early...Why Baseball Doesn't Become Like Life, Common Sense, Not Outcome
롯데 박세현. Busan = Reporters Song Jeong-heon@sportschosun.com



Even a 19-year-old rookie who said it was still too early...Why Baseball Doesn't Become Like Life, Common Sense, Not Outcome
롯데 정철원. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.03/
"The ball is fast...It's still too early to write in the first team."

The long-awaited debut match of the first team. However, the first experience of Lotte Giants Park Se-hyun (19) was harsh.

Park Se-hyun made his first appearance in the first division against the Doosan Bears in Busan on the 6th.




However, even though the game lasted only regular innings, it was a so-called 'Counterattack' that lasted 4 hours and 53 minutes. Park Se-hyun, who took the mound as Lotte's ninth pitcher in the bottom of the eighth inning, allowed a come-from-behind home run to Yang Seok-hwan of Doosan in his first ball of the first team, and Kim Jae-hwan's timely hit allowed one more run in the ninth inning, becoming the losing pitcher of the day.

Park Se-hyun is a pitcher who had already attracted attention by throwing up to 151km of fastballs during his time in Baemyung High School. In the rookie draft, he wore a Lotte uniform in the second round (14th overall).

Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung watched carefully, including Park Se-hyun in the spring camp. But just before the opening, he said "The ball is fast. immediately deserves to be called a sense of power. However, he sent Park Se-hyun to the second team with an explanation that it is too early to throw in the first team right now.




He was called up to the first team two weeks after the opening, which was earlier than scheduled, but Park Se-hyun's professional debut ended with regret.

The game was a game of bad luck for Lotte. On this day, Lotte allowed a 5-6 reversal after leading 5-0, and turned it over again 12-7, but lost an unbelievable upset by giving up seven points in the top of the eighth inning and one point in the top of the ninth inning.

Recently, in Lotte's bullpen, one Jung Chul-won is overloaded. Jung Cheol-won took the mound in four games last week alone, and in the previous three games, he was responsible for 10 pitches or less and one inning or less. However, it eventually collapsed in the match.




Even a 19-year-old rookie who said it was still too early...Why Baseball Doesn't Become Like Life, Common Sense, Not Outcome
KBO League match between Hanwha and Lotte at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 3rd. Lotte Jung Cheol-won pitches in the eighth inning. Daejeon =Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.04.03/
When he took the mound in the seventh inning, he didn't look very good either. This is why some express regret over Jung Cheol-won's use of multi-inning and taking the mound in the eighth inning.

But it would be great if everything went as planned, as we prepared it. Lotte is missing Koo Seung-min and Choi Jun-yong due to sluggishness and injuries this year. Veteran Kim Sang-soo remains in the first division, but he is also sluggish.

Also, the game on the 6th was on the Sunday ahead of the rest day. The head coach also had no choice but to trust Jung Chul-won a little more than Park Joon-woo or rookie Park Se-hyun, who showed signs of shaking after the gust at the beginning of the season.

Last year, head coach Kim Tae-hyung said, `I usually replace him if I don't think so. When Lotte came, he was strangely calculating 'If I pass this time' and 'If I block this inning' As a result, he recalled, "There was a come-from-behind loss in the second half of the game."

Even a 19-year-old rookie who said it was still too early...Why Baseball Doesn't Become Like Life, Common Sense, Not Outcome
롯데 박준우. Song Jeong-heon, reporter song@sportschosun.com
In the process, he has consistently discovered Park Jin, Kim Kang-hyun, and Park Joon-woo and is using them this season. The problem is the current situation in which they have become a must-win group, which should be used as a chasing group or a stepping stone. This is because the existing must-win pitchers left at once. In other words, the April 6 Battle is the game that was forced to repeat 'One More Time' and then failed.

The so-called "master" coaches say together that the player grows only when he has the experience of winning. Baseball can't argue with common sense. It only responds to the situation of the moment. From Lotte's point of view, unfortunately, he did his best to win and it was not enough.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.