Find hidden pearls Scouts are here...20 professional challengers including former TB Shin Woo-yeol and Fireworks Baseball Sun Sung-kwon

Aug 18, 2025

Koyang=Reporter Lee Jong-seo

Those who did not let go of their dream of becoming professionals gathered in one place.

KBO held a 2026 KBO rookie draft tryout at Goyang National Baseball Training Center on the 18th. This tryout is for players from overseas flax and professional backgrounds, and dropouts after registering as high school/college players.

A total of 20 players applied for the tryout on this day. The event will be held in the order of hitting/defending/base/pitching tests.

Shin Woo-yeol (24), an outfielder from the Tampa Bay Rays, is the most interested player in professional scouting.

Shin Woo-yeol, who showed outstanding batting talent such as hitting a .400 batting average during Bae Jae-jae's time, but who was not nominated, challenged the U.S. stage after graduating.

After going to American college, he was drafted in the 16th round of the 2023 MLB Rookie Draft. After going through the 2023 Complex League, he played for Minor League Single A from last year to this year. This year, he appeared in 49 games with a batting average of 229, a three-homer on-base percentage of 0.347 slugging percentage of 0.343. Multiple scouts who watched the batting on the day praised "Certainly have more power in hitting than other players."

Sun Sung-kwon, a non-elected pitcher who made his name known in the `fireball' baseball, also participated in the tryout and challenged himself to become a professional.

Sun Sung-kwon, who improved his skills with the independent team Yeoncheon Miracle, is not a starter, but he received a lot of attention when he joined 'fire baseball' and threw a mid-to-late 140km ball.

Including them, eight pitchers and 12 fielders (one catcher, two infielders and nine outfielders) will participate and wait for the professional's call.

▲ 2026 List of New Draft Tryout Contestants

- Pitchers (8 players): Kim Min-woo (Seongnam McPais/Former Gangneung Yeongdong University) Roh Tae-hoon (Former Pocheon Monster/Being Player), Park Seok-ho (Former Busan National University of Science and Technology), Sun Sung-kwon (Yeoncheon Miracle/Being Player) Eo Joo-yong (Hwaseong Fortress/Former Dongguk University), Ok Joo-won (Black Gold Baseball in Canada), Jo Jae-woo (Central Florida University in the United States), Choi Woo-hyuk (Yeoncheon Miracle/Former Hanil Jangshin University)

-Beast (12): Jisan (Seongnam MacPais/Odesa University, USA), Kang Min-cheol (Yongin Dragons/non-elected), Wang Sang-joon (Yeoncheon Miracle/Former Gangneung Yeongdong University), Kang Dong-dae (Hwaseong City Miracle/Taiwan Woopeng University of Science and Technology), Kim Sung-yoon (Pocheon Monster/Former Dong-A University), Du Jung-min (Yeoncheon Miracle/Former Yonsei University), Shin Woo-yeol (Former Tampa Bay), Yoo Ji-woong (Gapyeong Wales/Former Wonkwang University), Ok Joo-won (Canada Black

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.

Find hidden pearls Scouts are here...20 professional challengers including former TB Shin Woo-yeol and Fireworks Baseball Sun Sung-kwon

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