Yang Woojin, in Korean? Right-hander strength, fielder advancement, trauma, national team, rookie draft in fog, fate is split in pick two
Sep 16, 2025
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The order is set in a regular arrangement to some extent. But this time it's different.
The 2026 KBO Rookie Draft will be held at Lotte Hotel World in Songpa-gu, Seoul at 2 p.m. on the 17th. It's in the fog. There are a lot of variables. Each club is deeply concerned, centering on the scout team.
Why is that.
Usually, the first round is the pitching market. It's time to pick a pitcher who can grow as the main pitcher in the team.
It mainly focuses on fireballers over 150km/h and large pitchers with a size of 1m85 or larger.
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All of the top five pitchers are right-handed. Park Joon-hyun (Bukil High School), who is likely to be nominated by Kiwoom, Yang Woo-jin (Gyeonggi Air High School), Kim Min-joon (Daegu High School), who is drawing attention for his "real use," Shin Dong-gun (Dongsan High School), who has rapidly emerged as "Choi Jang-shin," and fire bowler Park Ji-hoon (Jeongo High School) are all right-handed pitchers.
Players who have different strengths and weaknesses that are hard to say are superior. It is certain that they are pitchers who are disappointed to skip when the order comes.
But the variable is the fielder's pick. There are a lot of special fielders this season. Among them, the top three fielders are attracting attention.
Third baseman Shin Jae-in (Yoo Shin-go) and shortstop Park Han-kyul (Jeon High School) will compete for the top of the infield. Oh Jae-won (Yoo Shin-go), the largest outfielder in the outfield, is an attractive player as a fast-paced top hitter in center field.
Usually, good fielders are often selected in the second round, but at least these three players have no more chances if they pass in the first round.
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Right-hander Lee Ho-beom (Seoul High School) is a tall fireballer who can threaten top five players.
Choi Yo-han (Yongin City Baseball Team) is not a fireballer of more than 150km, but he is attracting attention as a candidate for the first round of the left-hander shortage market as he strikes out with a tricky ball with a deception in the middle of 140km.
Left-hander Junsung Park (Incheon High School), tall Kim Sang-ho (Seoul Convention High School), stable right-hander Park Ji-sung (Seoul High School), Lee Tae-yang (Incheon High School), who stands out for his ability to manage the mound, and Park Jung-min (Hanil Jang Shin University), who has a good combination of fastballs and changeups, are among the pitchers on the first and second rounds.
Kim Ji-seok (Incheon High School), the third baseman of the right-handed left-handed national team, is also one of the players attracting attention in the fielders market.
It is the order of nomination that is difficult to predict. 'Top 5 pitchers → top 3 fielders' are arranged in a regular arrangement, but the possibility of an early pick that missed expectations cannot be ruled out.
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It is questionable whether the NC Dinos will choose Yang Woo-jin, who is expected to be the second pick right now. The NC club has left all possibilities open. The position is that he may or may not choose Yang Woo-jin.
Yang Woo-jin is rehabbing with a fracture of micro-fatigue in his elbow. It usually recovers with a two to three-month break, but it is not a good thing ahead of the draft. Due to the ace Koo Chang-mo case, NC is already a sensitive club to the word 'fatigue fracture'.
All three pitchers, Kim Min-joon, Shin Dong-gun, and Park Ji-hoon, have their own strengths and charms. Depending on the perspective of each team, I can understand who you take first.
When Hanwha, who holds the third pick, gets a chance to Yang Woo-jin, his worries will inevitably grow. Hanwha is a team that needs not only pitchers but also No. 1 center fielder. I am interested in Oh Jae-won, but if I pass the first round, I do not have a chance to embrace him, so I am worried. However, there is another level of concern that if the fielder is chosen, it will be difficult to meet large pitchers who can be selected from the top pick of the first round from the second round.
In this situation, each club's strategy is complicated. It is difficult to predict the first round pick. an externality-laden field situation. The first round change pick is expected to have a series of fallout on subsequent rounds such as the second and third rounds soon.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
