The disastrous debut season of the 152-kilometer-completed left-hander special rookie, Park Jun-hyun, is comingIt's a matter of survival

Sep 29, 2025

The disastrous debut season of the 152-kilometer-completed left-hander special rookie, Park Jun-hyun, is comingIt's a matter of survival
The match between the Hanwha Eagles and the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 14th. Kiwoom Jung Hyun-woo is catching his breath. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.14/



Park Junhyun is coming, but if it's Jung Hyunwoo...

First overall draft pick in the history of the Heroes franchise. He beat Chung Woo-joo (Hanwha), who was going to the U.S. Major League Baseball.

Expectations were high. The Kiwoom team was enthusiastic about the promotion, saying, "Complete left-hander throwing 152km." The actual evaluation was the same. Since Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha), Kim Kwang-hyun (SSG), and Yang Hyun-jong (KIA), praise has continued. The ball power is good, but the young player said he already has the ability to manage the game. It was about Jung Hyun-woo.




Kiwoom left Chung Hyun-woo in charge of the opening four starters without questioning or questioning. And he looked like he would walk on solid roads by winning his debut match. He won two games in his first three games. Some even said that the Rookie of the Year award is actually a reservation. He also has good skills, because he can receive stable opportunities from a team called Kiwoom.

But the joy was only for a moment. There were wounds after his debut match against the KIA Tigers and victory. He threw as many as 122 pitches to fill the fifth inning. I had a shoulder problem in the aftermath. a closing of business.

The disastrous debut season of the 152-kilometer-completed left-hander special rookie, Park Jun-hyun, is comingIt's a matter of survival
The match between the Hanwha Eagles and the Kiwoom Heroes at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 14th. Kiwoom Jung Hyun-woo is pitching hard. Daejeon = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.14/
Kiwoom is a young player and a player with a strong future, allowing him to focus on a perfect recovery for a long time. And it came back in June. But it was a series of hardships. Since returning, he has lost only six games without winning 11 games. There may have been some aftereffects of the injury, but his fastball speed, which was only around 140 kilometers, showed no signs of going up. This was the same even before the shoulder was injured. After the opening, the weather was cold, so the restraint did not come out, and I was confident that I could climb enough if it got warm, but the appearance did not come out. The ball control was jagged, perhaps because of the lack of confidence.




It seemed to rebound with a two-run victory in six innings against the LG Twins on the 29th of last month. However, the three games in September were disastrous. The Samsung Lions and Hanwha Eagles collapsed with five runs in two consecutive innings. He took the mound as a starter again in the game against Samsung on the 28th, but went down after three innings. There was no loss. However, he faced a crisis by getting the leadoff hitter on base every inning until the fourth inning. He allowed two hits and three walks. It was really hard to stop three innings without losing a point.

The disastrous debut season of the 152-kilometer-completed left-hander special rookie, Park Jun-hyun, is comingIt's a matter of survival
2026 KBO rookie draft was held at Lotte Hotel World in Seoul on the 17th. Bukil High School's Park Joon-hyun, who was nominated in the first round by Kiwoom, is posing. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.17/
This is Chung Hyeon-woo's debut season performance with 3 wins and 7 losses with a 5.86 ERA in 18 games. Kiwoom has virtually no chance for Jung Hyun-woo to throw more as it is the last game against SSG Landers on the 30th.

Neither the performance nor the skills were what I expected. To survive in the cold professional world, we need to show a clear change in the offseason. In particular, Kiwoom, which ranked last for three consecutive years, picked Park Joon-hyun as the first overall this year. He is a big prospect who can throw up to 157 kilometers. The down payment was also 700 million won, 200 million won more than Chung Hyun-woo. Expectations are higher. If the team is formed now, chances are high that they will receive a chance to start unless there is a big problem.




Two foreign players and Ha Young-min are fixed. Ha Young-min underwent elbow surgery, but there is no big problem in returning in time for next season. If Park Joon-hyun comes in here, there is only one remaining starting position. I can't guarantee that this seat belongs to Jung Hyun-woo unconditionally.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.