I wanted a quick fielder, but I couldn't pick the player I wanted, but Yum Liang smiled brighter. You just need to pick a good pitcher.

Sep 18, 2025

I wanted a quick fielder, but I couldn't pick the player I wanted, but Yum Liang smiled brighter. You just need to pick a good pitcher.
The match between Hanwha and LG at Hanwha Life Ball Park in Daejeon on the 14th. LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop is answering reporters' questions in the dugout. Daejeon = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.06.14/



I wanted a quick fielder, but I couldn't pick the player I wanted, but Yum Liang smiled brighter. You just need to pick a good pitcher.
2026 KBO rookie draft was held at Lotte Hotel World in Seoul on the 17th. Yang Woo-jin of Gyeonggi Air High School, who was nominated by LG in the first round, is taking a commemorative photo. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.17/
I wanted a quick fielder, but I couldn't pick the player I wanted, but Yum Liang smiled brighter. You just need to pick a good pitcher.
2026 KBO rookie draft was held at Lotte Hotel World in Seoul on the 17th. Yang Woo-jin of Gyeonggi Air High School, who was nominated by LG in the first round, is giving his feelings. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.17/
"I asked them to pick a fast and good defense fielder…"."

The LG Twins had an unexpected harvest in this draft.

LG, ranked eighth, selected Yang Woo-jin, a fastball pitcher at Gyeonggi Aviation High School, in the first round, which was expected to be the top pick.




In fact, the resource that LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop wanted was a fielder. Coach Yeom talked about the rookie draft before the first game of the doubleheader against KT Wiz held at KT Wiz Park in Suwon on the 18th and asked the scout team to select a quick player if possible"He said "I'm going to use it unconditionally, so I'm a fast player and a good defense player, so I said I can use it quickly." He said he wanted a fielder who was good at defense and quick, saying, "We can teach hitting for two or three years."

Coach Yeom went on to say, "There is a player named Oh Jae-won, and he said he won't come to our turn. "And there seems to be no player. I think I'll have to wait until Kim Dae-won comes."

But there was more good news. I picked Yang Woo-jin. In the beginning, LG expected good pitchers to be selected, so they picked the list thinking of the fielder as the first priority. However, Yang Woo-jin's name did not continue to be called, and LG was also pushed down, and LG chose Yang Woo-jin without questioning or questioning.




Coach Yeom also called Yang Woo-jin's choice a delight. Even though he couldn't pick the fielder he wanted, coach Yeom said "I think I picked a good pitcher" and "You just have to pick a good pitcher." What's important about loan sharking and logarithmic ratio. It is more important to raise one starter and one middle. The pinch runner may be a little disappointed, but it's much better to pick a good pitcher, he said, expressing great satisfaction with the nomination of Yang Woo-jin.

Even on the day before the draft, Yeom said "I'm grateful. I'm so happy. Another pitcher who throws 150 kilometers will be created," he welcomed.

LG, which earned Kim Young-woo, who threw 156km despite being ranked 10th in the 2025 draft, achieved unexpected results in Yang Woo-jin, who sprayed more than 150km even though he was ranked 8th in the 2026 draft that there were no good pitchers.




The reason why the teams in turn who were ahead of the elbow micro-fatigue fracture did not nominate him. Will LG be able to dispel injury concerns and nurture promising players.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.