A second-year high school student hit a 130-meter home run and a 150-kilometer fastball in front of ML Scouts. It's a real thing.
Jul 03, 2025
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This year's KBO League rookie draft is evaluated as not having many good resources from the fielder. While Kim Sung-joon confirmed his trip to the Texas Rangers early, even pitchers Park Joon-hyun (Bukil High School) and Seo Moon-joon (Jang Chung High School) are aiming to go to the U.S. Major League, and the scouting team of 10 teams is said to have a headache.
Therefore, at the 80th Cheongryonggi National High School Baseball Championship, which will be held this year, attention is being paid to second-year players. The main characters are Kim Ji-woo from Seoul High School and Ha Hyun-seung from Busan High School, who have outstanding abilities in both pitching and batting.
It showed why Kim Ji-woo gets the attention of Major League Baseball in one body. Kim Ji-woo started the second round match against Seongnam High School at Mokdong Stadium on the 3rd as the 4th-3rd baseman. Kim Ji-woo hit a chase solo shot against opposing starter Cho Yoon-ho, who was playing well in the bottom of the fourth inning when his team was losing 2-5.
Cho Yun-ho's 124km slider came into the middle of the 1B2S unfavorable count, and Kim Ji-woo did not miss it and hit it in perfect timing. a home run over the left-center fence. With almost no high school players crossing the fence with wooden bats, Kim Ji-woo showed off his strength of foot. It was his third homer of this season. He already garnered attention by hitting a 130-meter home run at a Cheongryonggi competition held in his freshman year last year.
Kim Ji-woo also throws a ball close to 150 kilometers from the mound. Since last year, he has received the attention of Major League scouts. Even though it was hot on this day, many Major League Scouts visited Mokdong Stadium, and they appealed to themselves properly in front of them.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
