Daegu High School left-hander fireballer Bae Chan-seung has significantly increased his ransom ahead of the 2025 KBO Rookie Draft. Bae took the mound at the international stage and displayed a strikeout performance against Taiwanese batters. The maximum speed of his ball speed was reportedly 152 km/h.
The South Korean national team, led by head coach Park Gye-won, lost 0-1 to Taiwan in the first round of the 13th Asian Youth Baseball Championship (under 18) at Taipei Teaching Stadium on September 2 (Korea time).
On this day, Yeom Seung-won, who entered the batter’s box with two outs in the top of the first inning, succeeded in getting on base due to an opponent’s error. Subsequently, No. 4 Park Joon-soon had an infield hit and had a chance to score, but failed to score as a follow-up hit failed.
Afterwards, the starting pitcher Chung Hyeon-woo allowed a double to the right-center in the bottom of the third inning, and then a hit by a follow-up batter, putting the team on the edge of 1.3rd base with no outs. In the end, the national team, which gave up a run with a walk and a walk, escaped the crisis of additional runs in the bottom of the third inning as Bae Chan-seung, a substitute pitcher, finished the inning with a strikeout and a ground ball with one out.
In the top of the sixth inning, the team advanced to the third base due to wild pitching and stealing by a substitute pitcher after Park Jae-hyun’s hit to the middle of the game. However, the third batter Yeom Seung-won’s hit was caught on a drive-out to the second base, failing to score a point. The team, which remained scoreless in offense in the top of the seventh inning, was also defeated by a one-run gap. 안전놀이터
Bae Chan-seung left an impressive pitching performance with three hits, seven strikeouts, one walk and no run in 3.2 innings. Bae Chan-seung is a left-hander fireballer who is likely to be nominated in the first round of the upcoming rookie draft. While the first and second candidates have already been narrowed down to Chung Hyun-woo and Jung Woo-ju, four to five candidates from the Samsung Lions, who have the third overall nomination, are in a fierce battle.
Thanks to its good pitching against Taiwan, Bae will likely receive a “plus” score. Starting with Samsung, Lotte Giants, KIA Tigers and Doosan Bears will likely consider winning against Bae in the first round. Of course, the possibility that Bae Chan-seung’s card will be eliminated first seems impossible now.
Meanwhile, the national team’s two qualifying rounds against Thailand will be held at 7:30 p.m. on September 3 at Ticho Stadium.