Why the first choice was 'outfielder' Kim Hyun-jong [sports]
KBO held the 2024 KBO Rookie Draft at the Grand Ballroom of the Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul at 2 p.m. on the 14th.
The 2024 KBO Rookie Draft was played in a full-scale draft method. Nominations will be made from the first round to the 11th round, followed by the Hanwha Eagles, Doosan Bears, Lotte Giants, Samsung Lions, NC Dinos, KIA Tigers-kt wiz-LG-Kium-SSG Landers in the reverse order of the club's ranking in 2023.
LG traded with Kiwoom on July 29. Outfielder Lee Ju-hyung, right-hander Kim Dong-kyu, and right-hander Choi Won-tae were recruited after giving up the right to nominate him in the first round of the 2024 rookie draft. The trade forced LG to start the nomination in the second round.
LG picked out outfielder Kim Hyun-jong in the second round. It was a draft with a lot of great pitchers.Other teams also started the draft with pitchers except for SSG. In this situation, LG drew a lot of attention by selecting an outfielder first.
LG especially boasts the strongest outfielders in the league. It had Hong Chang-ki, Park Hae-min, Kim Hyun-soo, and Moon Sung-joo. Lee Jae-won, one of the league's leading outfield prospects, is also not easily getting a chance. Nevertheless, LG's first choice was Kim Hyun-jong. This was because Kim Hyun-jong had different advantages from LG outfielders.
Kim Hyun-jong is a valuable right-handed hitter in LG. All of the LG 1st-tier outfielders are left-handed except Lee Jae-won. Ahn Ik-hoon, Lee Joon-seo, and Ham Chang-gun, who are cultivating their skills in the second division, are also left-handed hitters. It is difficult to find a right-handed outfielder other than Lee Jae-won.
Kim Hyun-jong also has a quick focus and strong shoulders. Among LG's main outfielders, Park Hae-min lacks throwing ability, while Hong Chang-ki and Moon Sung-joo are lacking in focus. Under LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop's "running baseball," Hong Chang-ki and Moon Sung-joo have 19 steals and 21 steals this season, respectively, but their success rates are only 51.4% and 63.6%, respectively.
On top of that, Kim Hyun-jong has excellent batting response speed and batting judgment ability. In other words, he has the potential to have high-quality defense skills in all outfield positions in the future. Kim Hyun-jong's defense was inevitably attractive for LG, which lacked center fielder resources other than Park Hae-min, who was 33 years old, by sending Lee Joo-hyung to Kiwoom.
Kim Hyun-jong has both accurate contact skills and power, especially in attacks. It is a type that cannot be found in LG, which has big guns such as Hong Chang-ki, Moon Sung-joo, and Park Hae-min, who are hard to expect a home run, but lacks accuracy. After naming Kim Hyun-jong, an LG official also said, "He has a clear strength in his offensive power. "He is a medium and long-distance type, and he is a player who is generally stable in terms of defense range, batting judgment ability, and batting response speed," he said. Kim Hyun-jong's versatile ability was highly evaluated.
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The 2024 KBO Rookie Draft was played in a full-scale draft method. Nominations will be made from the first round to the 11th round, followed by the Hanwha Eagles, Doosan Bears, Lotte Giants, Samsung Lions, NC Dinos, KIA Tigers-kt wiz-LG-Kium-SSG Landers in the reverse order of the club's ranking in 2023.
LG traded with Kiwoom on July 29. Outfielder Lee Ju-hyung, right-hander Kim Dong-kyu, and right-hander Choi Won-tae were recruited after giving up the right to nominate him in the first round of the 2024 rookie draft. The trade forced LG to start the nomination in the second round.
LG picked out outfielder Kim Hyun-jong in the second round. It was a draft with a lot of great pitchers.Other teams also started the draft with pitchers except for SSG. In this situation, LG drew a lot of attention by selecting an outfielder first.
LG especially boasts the strongest outfielders in the league. It had Hong Chang-ki, Park Hae-min, Kim Hyun-soo, and Moon Sung-joo. Lee Jae-won, one of the league's leading outfield prospects, is also not easily getting a chance. Nevertheless, LG's first choice was Kim Hyun-jong. This was because Kim Hyun-jong had different advantages from LG outfielders.
Kim Hyun-jong is a valuable right-handed hitter in LG. All of the LG 1st-tier outfielders are left-handed except Lee Jae-won. Ahn Ik-hoon, Lee Joon-seo, and Ham Chang-gun, who are cultivating their skills in the second division, are also left-handed hitters. It is difficult to find a right-handed outfielder other than Lee Jae-won.
Kim Hyun-jong also has a quick focus and strong shoulders. Among LG's main outfielders, Park Hae-min lacks throwing ability, while Hong Chang-ki and Moon Sung-joo are lacking in focus. Under LG manager Yeom Kyung-yeop's "running baseball," Hong Chang-ki and Moon Sung-joo have 19 steals and 21 steals this season, respectively, but their success rates are only 51.4% and 63.6%, respectively.
On top of that, Kim Hyun-jong has excellent batting response speed and batting judgment ability. In other words, he has the potential to have high-quality defense skills in all outfield positions in the future. Kim Hyun-jong's defense was inevitably attractive for LG, which lacked center fielder resources other than Park Hae-min, who was 33 years old, by sending Lee Joo-hyung to Kiwoom.
Kim Hyun-jong has both accurate contact skills and power, especially in attacks. It is a type that cannot be found in LG, which has big guns such as Hong Chang-ki, Moon Sung-joo, and Park Hae-min, who are hard to expect a home run, but lacks accuracy. After naming Kim Hyun-jong, an LG official also said, "He has a clear strength in his offensive power. "He is a medium and long-distance type, and he is a player who is generally stable in terms of defense range, batting judgment ability, and batting response speed," he said. Kim Hyun-jong's versatile ability was highly evaluated.
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2023-09-16 11:42
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