Doosan Bears, who are about to have an overwhelming rookie award with Kim Taek-yeon’s nomination a year ago, are preparing for the rookie draft with the sixth nomination this year. Doosan is expected to have a variety of first-round picks, including the biggest fish of fielders, the next generation of national catchers, and left-hander and right-hander fireballers.
KBO will host the 2025 KBO Rookie Draft at Lotte Hotel World Crystal Ballroom in Seoul at 2 p.m. on September 11.
This year’s rookie draft targets total 1,197 people, including 840 prospective high school graduates, 286 prospective college graduates, 56 early draft applicants, and 15 other players, including amateurs and professionals abroad. 메이저사이트
The 2025 KBO Rookie Draft will be conducted through an all-out draft method. The nominations will be made from the first to 11 rounds, followed by Kiwoom-Hanwha-Samsung-Lotte-KIA-Doosan-SSG-KT-LG, which is the reverse order of the 2023 club rankings.
Kiwoom, which received the nomination right through the previous trade under the agreement that allowed the club to exchange the nomination right with the player next year, will exercise the first and third round nominations that NC had and the third round nominations that SSG had, while LG will exercise the fifth round nominations that Lotte had.
As a result, if all clubs exercise all nomination rights, Kiwoom will appoint 14 players, LG 12 players, SSG and Lotte 10 players, NC 9 players, and other clubs 11 players, a total of 110 players will wear KBO League team uniforms.
This year’s draft composition has been clearly set in the second and third round. The second round is Deoksu High School left-hander Chung Hyeon-woo and Jeon High School right-hander Jung Woo-ju. Kiwoom and Hanwha are expected to share the two players.
Three of them are Daegu High School left-hander Bae Chan-seung, Gwangju Il High School left-hander Kim Tae-hyun, and Deoksu High School right-hander Kim Tae-hyung. Which of the three players Samsung, which holds the third-place nomination right in overall, will inevitably affect the latter’s choice of Lotte and KIA. As Bae Chan-seung displayed powerful pitching at the 13th Asian Youth Championship recently held, Samsung’s mind became more complicated.
The team seems to be agonizing over the nomination of fielders and pitchers from the next round. Doosan, which has the sixth pick overall, seems to be agonizing over the first-round pick of fielders. Deoksu High School infielder Park Joon-soon and Gangneung High School catcher Lee Yul-ye could be in Doosan’s sights. Or left-hander Fireballer Bibong High School Park Jung-hoon could also be a good choice. Kim Young-woo, a right-hander of Seoul High School, is also a fireballer who has no choice but to play first in the first round.
Doosan is currently agonizing over the depth of fielders rather than pitching staff. The concern is also linked to the possibility that Doosan could become the only team designated as fielders in the first round. Notably, nomination of Park Joon-soon will be more attractive because no next-generation runner has emerged from the infield position. Park played in 34 official games this year, posting a batting average of 0.442/50 hits, five homers/33 RBIs/22 steals/0.681.
If Doosan decides to nominate the sixth overall pick in the first round, Kiwoom, SSG and KT are also expected to make decisions in order on the remaining players. LG, which will be the 10th overall pick by winning a combined championship last year, is reportedly considering nominating right-hander Kim Dong-hyun from Seoul High School and right-hander Kim Seo-hyun from Chunghoon High School.
Attention is focusing on the nine teams’ brain battles over the results of the first round of the 2025 KBO rookie draft, which is just a day away.