KT Robust X Commercial Ryu Hyun-in Wins MediHill Futures Rookie Award in July
Aug 05, 2025
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KT Kang Kyung-won, the winner of the pitching category, joined KT after graduating from Jangan High School, with 11th round 110 in the 2023 rookie draft. Meanwhile, Sangmu Ryu Hyun-in, the winner of the batting category, was selected by KT as the 70th in the seventh round of the 2023 rookie draft after passing through Jinheung High School and Dankook University, and joined Sangmu in June 2024 to continue his steady performance in the Futures League. Ryu Hyun-in won his third Futures Rookie Award after March-April and June with this award, becoming the most awarded player of the year.
KT Kang Kyung-won started two of the three Futures League games in July and pitched a total of 112/3 innings (5th in the South) with a 4.63 ERA. In June, he started all four games and recorded 23 1/3 innings and a 3.09 ERA, and in May, he started three games and recorded 16 innings and a 3.94 ERA, proving his ability every month with KT's stable starting resources.
In July, Sangmu Ryu Hyun-in played in 11 games and recorded a batting average of 0.441 (No. 1 in the South), a on-base percentage of 0.558 (No. 1 in the South), and a slugging percentage of 0.529 (No. 4 in the South) to be named the Rookie of the Year in July. Ryu Hyun-in, who won his third Rookie Award this season with this award, said in his acceptance speech, `I didn't expect it, but I'm proud that I've won the award three times this year, and I think my preparation so far is going well.'"I was able to maintain my steady condition thanks to training with Sangmu Yoon Joon-ho even on my day off." Aiming to be the batting champion this season, I want to show good performance in the rest of the game," he said of his future determination.
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Meanwhile, the monthly MediHill Futures Rookie Award was first established in 2024 with the support of MediHill, a Futures League title sponsor, and was designed to encourage younger players playing in the Futures League and to support the development of growing promising players.
The award criteria are for players who have met the stipulated innings or the stipulated at-bats in the Futures League among players in their first to third years of joining, and are awards for selecting the best pitcher and batter based on the monthly WAR of the Futures League.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.