A rookie this year is as big as a third baseman in the dynasty? → In fact, the same age group has already exceeded

Jul 21, 2025

A rookie this year is as big as a third baseman in the dynasty? → In fact, the same age group has already exceeded
A game between Samsung and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 2nd, and Doosan's third baseman Park Joon-soon, with two outs in the top of the 5th inning, throws Samsung's Kim Sung-yoon's ball to first base after catching it. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.02/



A rookie this year is as big as a third baseman in the dynasty? → In fact, the same age group has already exceeded
Dusan won the game between Doosan and Lotte at Busan Sajik Baseball Stadium on the 8th by 8-5. Acting coach Cho Sung-hwan, Kim Taek-yeon, and Park Joon-soon sharing their joy after the game. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.08/
Doosan Bears inflated their dream of creating a 'large infielder' for the first time in a long time. High school graduate rookie Park Joon-soon is performing very well without needing a professional adaptation period.

Cho Sung-hwan, acting manager of Doosan, diagnosed that Park Joon-soon could be as tall as Heo Kyung-min. Huh Kyung-min is Doosan's main third baseman when he advanced to the Korean Series for seven consecutive years. However, Park Joon-soon has already surpassed Heo Kyung-min of the same age.

As of the 21st, Park Joon-soon has a batting average of 0.307 / on-base percentage of 0.333 / slugging percentage of 0.386 in 41 games and two OPS (on-base percentage + slugging percentage) of 0.719 homers and four stolen bases. He started 22 games and played 199 innings in defense.




Park Joon-soon was struggling with a batting average in the .100 range until May when he played all of a sudden.

However, he proved his potential in defense and increased his playing time little by little in backup. With a batting average of 0.296 in June, he even got the hang of his offense. He flew to 0.345 in July. In the match against Incheon SSG on the 20th, the team even exploded with a come-from-behind final hit that destroyed closer Cho Byung-hyun.

Acting Cho Sung-hwan saw Park Joon-soon as having a hexagonal talent with no unique strengths but no special weaknesses.




Acting President Cho Sung-hwan said, `Park Jun-soon is an average player. If you burst all your potential, you can see a picture like Heo Kyung-min. Defending, of course, requires a lot of effort. Huh Kyung-min was balanced on the offensive defense. I think it would be great if Park Jun-soon grew like that. Coincidentally, I'm going to third base, but I hope I can go that wayexpected "

Park Joon-soon got his chance on his own. Doosan groaned from May to June due to infielder string injuries. Lee Yoo-chan, Park Joon-young, Oh Myung-jin, and Im Jong-sung all got hurt once and left the first team. At this time, Park Joon-soon played at least a role in the second and third bases, catching the eyes of the coaching staff. Now, he sat down on the main third baseman. The batting order is also mainly placed in No. 6 after Yang Eui-ji's Kim Jae-hwan Cave.

A rookie this year is as big as a third baseman in the dynasty? → In fact, the same age group has already exceeded
The game between KT and Doosan at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 6th, and Doosan's Park Joon-soon hits in the bottom of the 4th inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.06/
A rookie this year is as big as a third baseman in the dynasty? → In fact, the same age group has already exceeded
Park Joon-soon hits a game between Doosan and Lotte at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 9th, with two outs and runners on first base in the top of the seventh inning. Busan = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.07.09/
Park Joon-soon and Heo Kyung-min are almost the same. Heo Kyung-min is the 7th overall player in the first round of the 2009 rookie draft. Park Jun-soon was selected as the sixth overall in the first round of the 2025 Rookie Draft.

However, Heo Kyung-min made his debut in 2012 when he was 22. He played in 92 games and recorded a batting average of 0.266 / on-base percentage of 0.317 / slugging percentage of 0.318. WAR 0.05 and wRC+ 76.9 were recorded.

Park Joon-soon made his debut right away in the 19-year-old season. Park Jun-soon has already built a WAR of 0.16. The wRC+ is 93.6.

Heo Kyung-min was a career high in the 2020 season. He had a batting average of 0.332 / an on-base percentage of 0.382 / a slugging percentage of 0.442 with a WAR of 4.00 and a wRC+ of 131.4.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.