Choi Min-seok (19) → 2025 First Newcomer QS+ and Kang Min-ho's respect

Jul 01, 2025

Choi Min-seok (19) → 2025 First Newcomer QS and Kang Min-ho's respect
A game between Samsung and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 1st, Choi Min-seok, with one out and runners on the first and third bases, roars after the inning, treating Kang Min-ho with a double play in the top of the seventh inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.01/



Choi Min-seok (19) → 2025 First Newcomer QS and Kang Min-ho's respect
A game between Samsung and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 1st, Choi Min-seok, with one out and runners on the first and third bases, is making a high five with catcher Ryu Hyun-joon after the inning, treating Kang Min-ho with a double play in the top of the seventh inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.01/
We lost, but we fought well. Kang Min-ho, the opponent's flagship hitter, also admitted.

Choi Min-seok, a high school graduate of the Doosan Bears, showed his best pitching of the season. But the team lost and couldn't laugh. Choi Min-seok showed off his performance that improved day by day. The spotlight kept shifting due to Doosan's loss.

Choi Min-seok started against the Samsung Lions in the KBO League in the 2025 season held in Jamsil on the 1st.




Choi finished seven innings with 87 pitches. One home run hit by Kang Min-ho was a fly in the ointment. Kang Min-ho was also surprised that Choi Min-seok had considerable potential after the game.

Choi Min-seok has five hits, one walk, two strikeouts and two runs in seven innings, and is a quality start plus. He is the first among 2025 rookies.

He took the loss. Doosan lost 1-4. The opponent was even after Samsung's first starter. Furado blocked Doosan's batters with seven scoreless innings.




High school rookie this year deserves praise for fighting equally with the first foreign starter.

Choi didn't get much attention compared to his peers. Because it wasn't just the first round and there was no fastball over 150km. Choi Min-seok was voted 16 times overall in the second round of the 2025 Rookie Draft. At that time, he briefly became famous for an anecdote that he was watching at home and hurriedly moved to the draft field after hearing the news of the nomination.

Choi Min-seok shows that he was a de facto 2025 draft ace with his skills.




On May 28, he won his second professional appearance against Suwon KT. In the match against Daegu Samsung on June 18, he succeeded in his first quality start in 2025 as a rookie with two runs in six innings. However, Doosan lost again on this day. Choi Min-seok did not give in and succeeded in quality start plus. Choi Min-seok has a 1-2 record with a 3.03 ERA.

Choi Min-seok (19) → 2025 First Newcomer QS and Kang Min-ho's respect
A game between Samsung and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 1st, Choi Min-seok of Doosan with one out and one base in the top of the 2nd inning allowed Samsung Kang Min-ho to hit a two-run homer. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.01/
Choi Min-seok (19) → 2025 First Newcomer QS and Kang Min-ho's respect
After the game between Samsung and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 1st, Choi Min-seok of Doosan is smiling. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.01/
Choi Min-seok (19) → 2025 First Newcomer QS and Kang Min-ho's respect
The game between Samsung and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 1st, and Doosan's Choi Min-seok is welcoming Lee Yoo-chan, who played a good defense in the top of the 3rd inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.01/
Choi Min-seok's strength is the control that is difficult to find in rookies. They use the two-seam fastball as their main weapon. It is formed from 142 km to 148 km, with an average of 145 km on the day. Here, a splitter and a sweeper are mixed in a similar proportion. Veteran hitters are also tongue-in-cheek as they throw pitches that move the ball finely.

Samsung's Kang Min-ho also hit a home run to Choi Min-seok in the game, but bowed his head to the next at-bat with a double play.

Kang Min-ho said "I'm sure he's a pitcher who throws a good ball. The two-seam movement is very good. I think the ball I hit a home run was not a two-seam, but a slider. The next time I hit it, I thought it was a fastball, but it wasn't easy enough to hit under the bat."





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.