No. 1 prospect → Poor → Less restraints → Finishing fastball → Thank you for hanging in there with Kim Seo-hyun, the No. 1 all-star fan vote

Jun 25, 2025

The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Doosan Bears at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 12th. Hanwha closer Kim Seo-hyun is cheering after preventing the bases-loaded crisis with two outs in the eighth inning. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.12/

The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Doosan Bears at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 12th. Hanwha Lee Jae-won and Kim Seo-hyun, who succeeded in the sweep, are delighted. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.12/

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/

He was in the spotlight as the No. 1 fastball prospect, but was sluggish in the first year. It has been difficult for the second year due to a decrease in speed, but returned to its old wild form, regained the fastball and revived as a midfielder in the first team. In the third year, he suddenly took the finishing position at the beginning of the opening, locked the back door, and became the No. 1 contributor, and as a result, he ranked No. 1 in the All-Star fan voting.

It is a dramatic baseball life walked by Kim Seo-hyun of Hanwha Eagles, who is now in his third year. Now, he will play in the All-Star Game with the finishing of the fastball representing the KBO League.

Kim Seo-hyun won the most votes with 1,786,837 fan votes in the 2025 All-Star Best Sharing All-Star (Hanwha, LG, KIA, NC, Keum) closing category announced by KBO on the 23rd, and also won 220 votes, the most among the closing pitchers, receiving the highest score among all candidates with a total score of 54.19.

In all-time fan voting, he broke the record of exceeding the most votes (1,413,722 votes) ever set by KIA Tigers Yang Hyun-jong in 2022.

As of the 24th, Kim Seo-hyun played a big role in Hanwha's No. 1 ranking by firmly blocking the team's backdoor with 1-1 losses, 18 saves and one hold and an ERA of 1.51 in 37 games.

Regarding being No. 1 in the overall fan voting, Kim Seo-hyun said, "(Yoon) Dong-hee thought he would win the first place, but I'm so grateful that many people chose him,' adding that he was ranked No. 1 in the team voting. But I'm grateful that the seniors picked me a lot."

The Hanwha-Kium match held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on the 9th. Kim Seo-hyun is pitching in the bottom of the ninth inning. Gocheok = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.5.5.9/

The Doosan-Hanwha match held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 13th. Kim Seo-hyun, who pitched in the top of the 10th inning and blocked the inning without losing a point, is delighted. Daejeon = Reporter Jung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025..May 13/

The game between the Hanwha Eagles and the Doosan Bears at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 12th. Hanwha closer Kim Seo-hyun is catching his breath after blocking the bases-loaded crisis with two outs in the eighth inning. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.06.12/

The All-Star selection seems to have been prepared because it was ranked first in the interim tally of fan votes. When asked if there was a performance you thought of, Kim Seo-hyun asked for a spoiler at least on the topic, saying "I have it, but it's not strong" I won't tell you. Only those who come in person can see it."

I didn't expect it and I thought Donghee would win first place, but I'm so thankful that so many people picked me

Kim Seo-hyun, who played in the Futures All-Star Game last year, will enjoy the excitement of going to the All-Star Game as the No. 1 fan vote in a year. I was very proud of myself.

Kim Seo-hyun said, "After spending a long time with Futures, I wanted to play in the first team, and I came up with a lot of plans to do something even after I went up, but I felt like it was going well, so I felt very proud of myself and I felt like I endured it well. Thank you for hanging in there."It seems that there is some thought that "

The All-Star Game will be held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon, its home stadium. Kim Seo-hyun said "The new stadium was selected as the All-Star Game Stadium, and I think I'm so lucky to be an All-Star again. Our team won first place, and I think this year is a lucky year," he said of his good relationship with the new stadium.

It's all-out pitching. Kim Seo-hyun said "I always have to be slow. I think I need to use my strength"It made us expect a fastball in the All-Star Game as well.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.