The second highest ranking player in the team is a 157-kilometer high school graduate rookie, so he won, won, won, won, won, and won an All-Star. It's going as I thought in the first half of the year

Jul 17, 2025

The second highest ranking player in the team is a 157-kilometer high school graduate rookie, so he won, won, won, won, won, and won an All-Star. It's going as I thought in the first half of the year
LG Kim Young-woo is interviewing. Jamsil = Reporter Kwon In-ha



The second highest ranking player in the team is a 157-kilometer high school graduate rookie, so he won, won, won, won, won, and won an All-Star. It's going as I thought in the first half of the year
Kim Young-woo is pitching hard in the 2025 KBO All-Star Game held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 12th. Daejeon = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.07.12/
The second highest ranking player in the team is a 157-kilometer high school graduate rookie, so he won, won, won, won, won, and won an All-Star. It's going as I thought in the first half of the year
Kim Young-woo is performing in the 2025 KBO All-Star Game held at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 12th. Daejeon = Reporter's book@sportschosun.com/2025.07.12/
Kim Young-woo, a rookie pitcher who was nominated by the LG Twins as the 10th in the first round and joined the team with a 156km fastball, survived the first half of the first year. He never went down to the second team and threw in the first team.

He even took the mound in 38 games, the second most after Kim Jin-sung (50 games). In 34 ⅓ innings, he played one win, two losses, one save, one hold, and a 2.62 ERA. This is the result of facing professional players along with sliders, curves, and folk balls with a maximum speed of 157 kilometers.

He played in the All-Star Game on the coach's recommendation. Many rookies received attention this year, but Kim Young-woo is the rookie who produced the most fruitful fruit.




Kim Young-woo's face, which he met at Jamsil Stadium on the 16th, a day before the start of the second half, was also proud. Kim Young-woo self-evaluated that it was the first half of the year as he thought.

Kim Young-woo "I'm grateful just to be in the first team, but he kept giving me opportunities. Of course, there are some well-throwed games and some that were a little disappointing, but I think it's okay now. I have to keep improving, but I think it's going as I thought that I've been doing this much without getting sick so far.

Kim Young-woo continued "Even if there was a bad match, I learned there again and the next match became okay. Of course, the next game may be bad, but the next game will be fine. I think it's okay because it's not falling and it's still blowing gently." It means that he didn't continue to pitch well, but he was satisfied that he continued to endure without being sluggish.




Kim Young-woo also said, `I entered the season thinking it would be very difficult to play every day. I purposely made up my mind stronger, but it was difficult in the beginning, but I tried continuous pitching, took a day off, threw it the next day, and took good care of it, so I think I played so well in the first half of the year.

The second highest ranking player in the team is a 157-kilometer high school graduate rookie, so he won, won, won, won, won, and won an All-Star. It's going as I thought in the first half of the year
The game between Hanwha and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 29th, and LG Kim Young-woo is delighted after winning the game in the top of the ninth inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.29/
The second highest ranking player in the team is a 157-kilometer high school graduate rookie, so he won, won, won, won, won, and won an All-Star. It's going as I thought in the first half of the year
A game between the LG Twins and the Kiwoom Heroes at Jamsil Stadium on the 14th. LG Kim Young-woo and Kim Hyun-soo are talking. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.05.14/
The second highest ranking player in the team is a 157-kilometer high school graduate rookie, so he won, won, won, won, won, and won an All-Star. It's going as I thought in the first half of the year
The game between Hanwha and LG at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on the 29th, LG Kim Young-woo is pitching hard in the top of the 9th inning. Jamsil= Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.05.29/
In particular, he expressed his appreciation for the training part. Before joining the army, I heard that rookies might not be managed, so I thought I should ask here and there by myself and do well on my own. But when I came here, I was so grateful that the coaches of the training part took care of me first. " On the day I threw, I always do the recovery program, get a massage before the game, and receive various care such as high frequency treatment. Thanks to the coaches, I was able to endure the first half without getting sick"

I experienced all the wins, holds and saves, but the most pleasing thing was the save. On May 29, LG, the first-place team, played against Hanwha, the second-place team by 2.5 games, and Kim Young-woo took the mound in the ninth inning with a 3-1 lead. Kim Young-woo had an opportunity because pitchers who can play the final round, such as Kim Jin-sung and Park Myung-geun, were unable to take the mound for two consecutive days. Kim Young-woo struck out Moon Hyun-bin and gave up a walk to Noh Si-hwan, but he struck out Chae Eun-sung and caught Lee Jin-young with a ground ball in front of the shortstop to earn his first save.




"I was lucky enough to have a chance, and I had a good pace at that time, so the ball was okay."Kim Young-woo believed and posted it, so even if I made a Blon save, I thought I should throw it confidently and leave the result to God."

There are three memorial balls in the house. On April 19, when Kim recorded his debut ball, a winning ball, a save ball and a hold, the match against Incheon SSG lasted for a total of 2 hours and 35 minutes due to rain, so there was no time to win Kim Young-woo's first hold since his debut.

Kim Young-woo, who confidently aimed for the Rookie of the Year award, laughed, saying, `I don't even think about it.' This is because Song Seung-ki and KT Ahn Hyun-min are too good.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.