2026 draft, only a bunch of pitchers were worth picking... Beasts All-Bread 2022 Draft's Legacy, More Anticipated Next Year
Sep 25, 2025
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The Samsung Lions intensively selected pitchers amid the top 'field strength' He was a pitcher until the top six rounds. Nine of the 11 designated players are pitchers. The fielders were only two lower picks in the seventh and eighth rounds.
After finishing the rookie draft, Samsung's general manager Lee Jong-yeol said, `The basic goal of this rookie draft was to select pitchers with good physical conditions to throw strong pitches.' `We chose three good fielders in last year's draft, but this year we went all-in to secure good pitching resources"I explained the reason.
The general manager said 'Pitcher All In' It was a reasonable choice.
First of all, the first-round pitcher was more urgent than the first-round fielder.
Players such as infielder Shin Jae-in (NC), Park Han-gyeol (hereinafter Kiwoom), and outfielder Oh Jae-won (Hanwha) and Kim Joo-oh (Doosan) are A-class fielders who are difficult to pick again in the second and third rounds. This is why the early picks of teams with high-ranking nominations were made.
But Samsung was not very interested.
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Shortstop Lee Jae-hyun and third baseman Kim Young-woong 'two-top' are firmly at the center of the infield. The two players led the team to a 9-4 victory over Lotte in Daegu on the 24th, which was an important watershed in the last five-round fight.
Top hitter Lee Jae-hyun was active in the first inning with two hits, one RBI and three runs from four times at bat, including a solo shot at the first final. In defense, he also helped start Hurado achieve his 14th win of the season with a great defense in the first and third innings.
No. 5 Kim Young-woong played a role as a troubleshooter for the batters with two outs in the third inning with a 1-0 lead, followed by a three-base hit and five RBIs in five at-bats, including a wedge two-run shot in the fourth inning. He clearly planted his image as an infield slugger by achieving 20 home runs for the second consecutive year following last year (28 home runs) with his 20th home run of the season. In the third base defense, he handled a series of difficult pitches with soft movements, making pitchers comfortable.
Now these two players have become the center of Samsung's infield and indispensable pillar duo. This is the achievement of Lee Jae-hyun in his third year as a starting member and Kim Young-woong in his second year as a starting member.
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Samsung's 2022 rookie draft picked Lee Jae-hyun and Kim Young-woong. It was the opposite of this draft. It was 'Beast all over the field. It was a year when the fielders who will lead the future were intensively selected in the upper round.
Following Lee Jae-hyun and Kim Young-woong, second-round outfielder Kim Jae-hyuk and third-round catcher Cha Dong-young were selected. In addition, promising fielders, such as sixth-round infielder Cho Min-sung and eighth-round outfielder Kim Sang-min, will complete their military service and start a full-fledged first-team challenge next year.
Lee Jae-hyun and Kim Young-woong will be on the fall baseball stage for the second consecutive year following last year's playoffs and the Korean Series. Expectations are already high on how much more perfect he will transform next year.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
