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| Lotte Shin Dong-gun interview. Reporter Kim Young-rok |
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| The KBO League game between Lotte and Samsung held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 26th. Rookie players from 2026 made their first greetings in front of home fans. Shin Dong-gun, a rookie pitcher in the first round, is throwing the first pitch. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.26/ |
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| The KBO League game between Lotte and Samsung held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 26th. Rookie players from 2026 made their first greetings in front of home fans. Shin Dong-gun, a first-round rookie pitcher, smiles after the first pitch. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.26/ |
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| The KBO League game between Lotte and Samsung held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 26th. Rookie players from 2026 made their first greetings in front of home fans. Shin Dong-gun, a rookie pitcher in the first round, is throwing the first pitch. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.26/ |
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"I want to throw better than Park Jun-hyun."
He was as cool as a first-round pick. Shin Dong-gun of the Lotte Giants, who entered the professional league, was outspoken.
Shin Dong-gun, a native of Dongsan High School in Incheon, attended the 'Rookie Day' event held at Lotte's last home game of the season on the 26th and won the honor of being the first pitchman.
In the 2026 rookie draft, he wore a Lotte uniform as the fourth overall pick in the first round. When asked about Lotte's first impression "Fans' support is really hot, and I think Busan is a city that really likes baseball" he said.
Yoon Sung-bin, who recently threw a fastball '160km', said 'My role model'. Yoon Sung-bin has come to the surface of Lotte's first team since this year.
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| The KBO League game between Lotte and Samsung held at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan on the 26th. Rookie players from 2026 made their first greetings in front of home fans. New pitcher Shin Dong-gun greets Busan fans. Busan = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.09.26/ |
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Shin Dong-gun watched the game against the LG Twins on May 20, when Yoon Sung-bin collapsed with nine runs in one inning. The result was not good that day, but Yoon Sung-bin's fastball, which shot 156, 157km in Shin Dong-gun's head, left a deep impression. He said "It's so attractive to see him throw a fastball. I really like fastballs. Especially, I don't have many chances to see people bigger than me," he said with a smile.
Since then, Yoon Sung-bin has already risen to the position of surpassing Lotte's must-win group. It is a remarkable leap forward in the ninth year of his professional debut.
Shin Dong-gun has also tried to refine his pitching mechanism while working on quickness and weight training to resemble Yoon Sung-bin. As a result, the fastball speed of 4-5km increased compared to last year.
The main weapon is a 151km fastball that comes out of a confident physique of 1m93 and a heavy curve that is evaluated as "already not at the level of a high school player". His record this season is 71 ⅓ innings in 23 games, 8 wins, 2 losses, and 0.51 ERA. He recently played for the U-18 baseball World Cup. Lotte praised "Good lumber to grow into a starting pitcher in the future."
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| 2026 KBO rookie draft was held at Lotte Hotel World in Seoul on the 17th. Dongsan High School's Shin Dong-gun, who was nominated by Lotte in the first round, is giving his feelings. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.17/ |
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Regarding Shin Dong-gun's nomination, Lotte manager Kim Tae-hyung said, `I had good physical conditions and a flexible pitching form. I didn't expect it to come to our turn." He greeted the rookies warmly in his first greeting. Shindongun "Don't give up. I can come up to the first team at any timeHe also encouraged Kim Tae-hyung.
"Thank you for liking it so much, and I feel a lot of pressure." If you work hard, wouldn't your current mind turn into confidence? The goal is to throw better than Bukil High School's Park Joon-hyun (one pick overall). Among the hitters, I would like to face Eo Jun-seo from Kiwoom and Ryu Hyun-jin from Dongsan High School as a pitcher."
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| 2026 KBO rookie draft was held at Lotte Hotel World in Seoul on the 17th. Dongsan High School's Shin Dong-gun, who was nominated by Lotte in the first round, is taking a commemorative photo with general manager Park Joon-hyuk. Jamsil = Reporter Park Jae-man pjm@sportschosun.com /2025.09.17/ |
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
