Are you going to be a must-winner? MZ Fireballer, who didn't know where to turn, is about to turn around KBO's top star life beyond the finish line

Jun 10, 2025

The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Lotte Giants at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 23rd. Hanwha Kim Seo-hyun is cheering after finishing the game. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.23/

"Can I throw a must-win group?"

It was only about four months ago. Hanhwa Eagles' Australian Spring Camp. Yang Sang-moon, the pitching coach, watched Kim Seo-hyun's bullpen pitching and said, "We need to relax more."," he continued to stress.

The No. 1 prospect in the 2023 Rookie Draft. Attractive resources to throw fastballs well over 155km. However, there were many twists and turns as soon as he made his professional debut. During the rookie spring camp, personal SNS controversy broke out. He also tried to correct his wild pitching form as soon as he joined the team, but he couldn't throw his own ball.

Last year was the beginning of the turnaround of life. During the season, manager Kim Kyung-moon was appointed, and manager Kim even recruited pitching expert Yang. The two veteran leaders told me as soon as they saw Kim Seo-hyun. "Throw whatever you want to throw."

He returned to his wild pitching form in high school. The ball began to pick up. Of course, control is still at large. However, this became an unexpected boon. I often cringe because I'm afraid of hitters. He stopped each inning and finished the season with 10 holds last year.

2025 season to take a leap forward. As a young player, he must have wanted to appeal to himself. Hanwha had many candidates for the senior must-win group even if it wasn't him. Not only did the ball control falter when the force went in, but there was also a fear of injury. Coach Yang advised him to worry about this and `relax.'

A game between the LG Twins and the Hanwha Eagles at Jamsil Stadium on the 28th. Hanwha Kim Seo-hyun is pitching hard. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.28/

At that time, no one was sure that Kim Seo-hyun would play a stable must-win role in the new season. Still, he couldn't shed his unstable image as a player.

However, another variable changed Kim Seo-hyun's baseball life. Hanwha trusted Joo Hyun-sang, who played an active role last year in finishing in a lack of environment. He took the mound as the closing pitcher. However, Hanwha had many pitchers who threw more than 150 kilometers of balls, including starters Ponce, Weiss and Moon Dong-ju, and bullpen Han Seung-hyuk, Kim Seo-hyun, Park Sang-won and Jung Woo-ju. When the main phenomenon of the arrest in the mid-140km range came out, the bats of the batters who were struggling in front of them turned cheerfully. Kim and Yang had to solve this dilemma.

Therefore, the pitcher who sprays the strongest ball had to go to finish. Kim Seo-hyun was the only candidate. But I couldn't get rid of my last worries. My ball control is shaking, so wouldn't it be more confusing if I was given the final responsibility. If he shakes in the final debut game, will he be able to overcome the pain. But there was no choice. I made a precipitation to Kim Seo-hyun.

The game between KT and Hanwha at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 4th, Hanwha won 4-3. Kim Seo-hyun and Choi Jae-hoon, who blocked KT's pursuit in the top of the ninth inning, are sharing their joy. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.06.04/

It was a huge success. March 29 against KIA Tigers. Even when he gave up a straight walk to Park Jae-hyun, the leader, in a one-point game, he would have thought 'Oh, right'. However, he is on a roll after winning his first save in the game. He is trailing Park Young-hyun (KT), the leader of saves with 20 saves with 16 saves.

Personal records are not important, but it is important that Hanwha, which had a rough road earlier in the season, settled down as Kim Seo-hyun finished, stabilized. It is currently competing for first place. Other players were also good, but Kim Seo-hyun's finishing transformation was truly a `God's move.' There was something I didn't know. Rather, when Kim Seo-hyun gives her a seat, it's typical that she wants to focus and do better because she's excited.

The Hanwha-NC match held at Changwon NC Park on the 31st. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Kim Seo-hyun took the mound at the batter's box with two outs and third base, but when his control was not good, manager Kim Kyung-moon is calling catcher Choi Jae-hoon. Changwon = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.5.31/

This is how a star is born. Strong performance, twists and turns, and loyal fans have been combined to become a player who invigorates the league. This was evident in the All-Star fan vote. As of 5 p.m. on the 8th, Kim Seo-hyun received 694,511 votes as a result of the combined All-Star fan vote, the most votes among all candidates in the first interim tally. This is about 50.6% of the 1.37 million 2012 votes. He was far ahead of last year's top vote-getter Jung Hae-young. Kim Seo-hyun, who became the first All-Star Best 12 candidate since his debut, deserves to win the most votes beyond his first All-Star Game appearance. Baseball, people really don't know what's going to happen.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.