I insisted. Why Shin Young-woo, an alternative starter chosen by El Jalal Hodu, is a customized starter for LG

Aug 27, 2025

NC Dinos Shin Young-woo. Sports Chosun DB



I insisted. Why Shin Young-woo, an alternative starter chosen by El Jalal Hodu, is a customized starter for LG
NC Dinos Shin Young-woo. Sports Chosun DB
I insisted. Why Shin Young-woo, an alternative starter chosen by El Jalal Hodu, is a customized starter for LG
NC Dinos Shin Young-woo. Sports Chosun DB
It is a customized alternative selection for LG that manager Lee Ho-joon of NC Dinos, who spent three years with LG Twins, thought of.

NC announced Shin Young-woo to be selected for the home game against LG at Changwon NC Park on the 27th.

Shin Young-woo is a promising fastball player who graduated from Kyungnam High School and joined the team as the fourth-ranked player in the first round in 2023. He consistently plays in the second division as a starting resource and sometimes gets chances in the first division, but his potential has not exploded. The problem is the control.




Last year and this year, he pitched 17 ⅓ innings in eight games in the first division for two years, with 13 hits and 24 walks. There were 17 strikeouts, but there were too many walks. As a result, there were many runs and the ERA was 9.35.

He has lost two games and posted a 7.88 ERA in four appearances this season. In eight innings, he recorded four hits, nine walks, and 11 strikeouts, reducing the number of walks this year.

Recently, he started as a bullpen pitcher in the second division, but this time he will throw again in the first division as an alternative starter.




There were disagreements within the team over this start. Manager Lee thought of starting the game, but the coaching staff expressed their opinion to turn into bullpen pitchers for the rest of this year.

I insisted. Why Shin Young-woo, an alternative starter chosen by El Jalal Hodu, is a customized starter for LG
NC Dinos Shin Young-woo. Sports Chosun DB
I insisted. Why Shin Young-woo, an alternative starter chosen by El Jalal Hodu, is a customized starter for LG
NC Dinos Shin Young-woo. Sports Chosun DB
I insisted. Why Shin Young-woo, an alternative starter chosen by El Jalal Hodu, is a customized starter for LG
NC Dinos Shin Young-woo. Sports Chosun DB
Lee was fine when he threw in the middle in the second division. So there was a question about going to the middle"But what our team needs now is a starter, not a bullpen. And what we expected from Shin Young-woo is a starter. It was Shin Young-woo's own request that made him throw it for a while in the middle. I'm still thinking of Shin Young-woo as the starting pitcher. It is also possible to use it as a bullpen pitcher during the expanded entry in September, but now there is no time for Shin Young-woo to come up unless he is a substitute starter. That's why I insisted on it."

It is the best alternative starter that manager Lee thought of after seeing pitchers with weak LG hitters during his three-year coaching career at LG.




Director Lee said, `The other candidates were Kim Tae-kyung and Choi Sung-young. "Kim Tae-kyung is also a good pitcher for the LG match. LG hitters are rather good at pitching ace pitchers with fast ball speed and good control." However, LG hitters sometimes struggle with pitchers with slightly jagged control. Shin Young-woo is the most suitable pitcher on our team. You don't know where the ball will come from. He said, "He is not an easy pitcher if he is hooked on ABS."

Manager Lee hoped Shin Young-woo would play aggressively against LG hitters. "I'm not going to change it if I get hit." But if you keep playing ball, you have to change it. It's for the player's own mental strength."

Changwon = Reporter Kwon In-ha indyk@sportschosun.com



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.